Europe – Page 673
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AUVSI: Airbus to continue weaponisation of Tanan UAV
Airbus Defence & Space is continuing development work on its Tanan vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle, including weaponising the platform, despite the lack of a confirmed customer.
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NewsGermanwings crash: Extreme altitude selections recorded on prior flight
Investigators have disclosed that the altitude selector on the ill-fated Germanwings Airbus A320 was adjusted to extreme values several times, in the captain’s absence, during the previous outbound flight to Barcelona.
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Ryanair eyes Egypt and Tunisia routes in 2016
Ryanair could start flights to Tunisia and Egypt as soon as summer 2016 if regulatory hurdles and capacity constraints can be overcome.
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NewsThomas Cook Airlines debuts A330 leased from AirTanker
Thomas Cook Airlines has made its first commercial flights with an Airbus A330-200 being operated under a three-year “damp lease” agreement with the UK’s AirTanker Services.
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Lufthansa executive Kratky to head Austrian
Lufthansa Group has named senior manager Kay Katky to succeed Jaan Albrecht as chief executive of Austrian Airlines on 1 August 2015.
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Thomas Cook to add new US links next summer
Thomas Cook will add routes to Los Angeles and Boston from Manchester airport from May 2016 after agreeing a new five-year deal on airport charges with operator Manchester Airports Group (MAG).
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NewsNATO rotates Baltic air policing force
NATO has made its latest force rotation to deliver the Baltic Air Policing mission protecting the airspace of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, with Norway to lead the activity until 31 August.
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EASA details joint upset-recovery training initiative
European safety authorities are introducing training requirements aimed at reinforcing the ability of pilots to recover from upset scenarios and avoid loss-of-control accidents.
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NewsLuxaviation snaps up ExecuJet to become world's second-largest business jet operator
Luxaviation’s ambition to become the largest business aircraft operator in the world after NetJets has been realised, thanks to its successful acquisition on 30 April of ExecuJet Aviation Group.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Middle East carriers slurp Vietnam Airlines' pho
Vietnam experienced strong growth in visitor arrivals from Western Europe in 2014, but this correlated with heavy capacity growth to Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi in recent years by the big three Middle Eastern carriers.
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Atlantic steps up to A320 but also studies smaller type
Atlantic Airways has agreed to acquire an Airbus A320 next year, a step up in capacity from its A319 fleet.
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OpinionOPINION: Can we all learn to love Ryanair?
Is Michael O’Leary a sinner come to repentance? For years, Ryanair seemed to delight in being vile to customers. Cheap fares, an extensive network, modern (if frill-free) aircraft and punctual service kept punters rolling in. But few would have professed any kind of warm feelings to Europe’s biggest short-haul airline.
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Norwegian plans to wet-lease out A320neos
Norwegian intends to wet-lease out the Airbus A320neos it receives next year and is "highly likely" to do the same with those delivered in 2017, the airline's head of investor relations has disclosed.
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NewsRise in pay-to-fly pilot numbers raises ECA concerns
Despite years of protest from the pilot community, pay-to-fly schemes are becoming more common, according to the European Pilot Association. This is a practice where inexperienced but licenced pilots – who want to gain experience to become more employable - pay to act as crew on commercial or business aviation ...
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NewsLiebherr division to build 777X folding wing-tip systems
German firm Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg is to supply crucial components for the folding wing-tip mechanism on the Boeing 777X.
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NewsPICTURE: Pilatus PC-24 begins taxi runs
Pilatus has begun taxi runs of its PC-24, and says the light business jet remains on target to make its first flight in May.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary
Ryanair expects to carry 100 million passengers in its current financial year, and the 30-year-old Irish budget carrier seems infused with a new-found respect for its passengers. Or, as chief executive Michael O'Leary puts it: "We've moved from being cheap and nasty to cheap and cheerful."
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NewsIAG achieves first operating profit for initial quarter
British Airways and Iberia parent IAG expects to achieve a full-year operating profit of more than €2.2 billion ($2.4 billion), after generating a first-quarter profit for the first time.
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NewsUK to bolster Nepal relief efforts with Chinooks
The UK is to bolster its commitment to the relief efforts in Nepal with the deployment of three Royal Air Force Boeing CH-47 Chinook HC3 heavy-lift helicopters.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Is airline social marketing misunderstood?
Many marketers and consultants, including us, have been talking about the benefits of social marketing for airlines. Yet, today, it seems that organic reach may soon be a thing of the past, as airlines now have to pay in order to reach fans on “social media”. So what happened? Was ...