All Europe articles – Page 175
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News2Excel to disband The Blades aerobatic display team
The UK’s 2Excel Aviation has called time on its aerobatic display team The Blades, citing factors such as global economic pressures and the reduced number of domestic air shows for creating “an unsustainable business model”.
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NewsFinnair outlines profitability incentive plans for staff and management
Finnair has drawn up incentive plans to support its strategic efforts to restore profitability, based on pre-tax earnings targets. It has approved a personnel plan for 2023-25 which covers staff groups that contributed to savings agreement as the carrier sought to reduce unit costs – this plan envisions a cash ...
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NewsIl-114-300 engine certified as derivative for TVRS-44 takes shape
Russian authorities have certified the engine for the modernised Ilyushin Il-114-300, while the manufacturer is developing derivative test powerplants for a proposed future turboprop. The Klimov TV7-117ST-01 engine is being combined with a six-blade propeller for the Il-114. Federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia has issued a type certificate for the ...
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NewsKey US senator opposes F-16 sale to Turkey, favours F-35s to Greece
Senator Bob Menendez, who chairs the powerful committee on foreign relations – which wields approval authority over arms deals – opposes providing F-16 fighter jets to Ankara, but supports selling F-35s to Greece.
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NewsNew signals intelligence role planned for Dutch Reapers
The Netherlands could acquire three signals intelligence-gathering pods for its General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted air vehicles.
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NewsSwansea airport eyes scheduled services return with Exeter link
Plans are under way to launch flights this summer from Swansea airport to Exeter, restoring scheduled operations at the Welsh airport for this first time since Air Wales stopped flying from there almost two decades ago.
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NewsAirbus nears C295 maritime patrol deal with Spain
Airbus Defence & Space expects Spain to sign a contract this year to acquire C295 twin-turboprops adapted for maritime patrol duties, after the nation’s air force recently retired its last long-serving Lockheed P-3 Orion.
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In depthUSA must pair anti-missile systems with ‘passive’ air base defences: Rand
Hardened shelters, camouflage and widely dispersing aircraft on the ground are the most cost-effective means of increasing the resiliency of air bases against attack from advanced adversaries, according to analysis by research group Rand Corporation.
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NewsAirbus insists A350 lightning-protection change unconnected to Qatar dispute
Qatar Airways has highlighted Airbus’s introduction of an alternative to expanded copper foil for lightning protection on the A350, but the airframer insists it is not a reaction to its skin-paint dispute with the carrier. The airframer attributes paint cracking on the A350 to different thermal expansion rates of the ...
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NewsCrucial Airbus-Qatar meeting rescheduled after being scuppered by attendance rules
Airbus and Qatar Airways have rescheduled a crucial meeting with European and Qatari civil aviation regulators, after a plans for an earlier gathering, intended for 11 January, fell apart following a disagreement over conditions for attendance. Qatar Airways is immersed in a legal dispute with the airframer, over skin-paint deterioration ...
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NewsRyanair chief encouraged by 737 Max ‘production ramp-up’ at Boeing
Ryanair has observed an improvement in Boeing’s output of 737 Max jets following issues with production delays last year, prompting the carrier to upgrade its delivery expectations for the coming months.
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NewsAurora’s unified east Russian carrier to integrate Khabarovsk Airlines
Russian regional carrier Khabarovsk Airlines is to be integrated with the unified eastern carrier being created under operator Aurora Airlines, through a newly-signed shareholder agreement. The agreement covers key aspects of corporate governance of Khabarovsk Airlines, which has a fleet of Antonov An-24, An-26 and Let L-410 aircraft. Aurora’s wholly-owned ...
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NewsInterstate Aviation Committee veteran Anodina succeeded by former Rosaviatsia deputy
Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee has named a new chair, Oleg Storchevoy, to succeed veteran Tatiana Anodina. Anodina has headed the Interstate Aviation Committee since its creation, a term of more than three decades. The organisation was established in late 1991, founded on a civil aviation and airspace agreement between newly-independent ...
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NewsSchiphol airport to lift temporary departure caps for summer season
Amsterdam Schiphol airport’s operator will from the start of the summer season lift restrictions on the number of departing passengers which have been in place amid continued operational challenges following the sharp jump in travel demand last summer.
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NewsUK court refuses judicial review of Manston airport approval
Efforts to block the resurrection of Manston airport in the south-east UK have suffered a setback after a court refused permission to grant a judicial review of the government’s development consent. The consent order had previously been quashed, because the government had not fully explained why it disagreed with the ...
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NewsLufthansa submits bid for ITA Airways as it seeks exclusive talks
Lufthansa has submitted an offer for ITA Airways under which it aims to secure a deal to initially acquire a minority stake in the Italian carrier with an option to take full ownership at a later date.
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NewsSanctions add complexity to Russian-linked CargoLogicAir’s administration
Administrators of UK-based freight operator CargoLogicAir expect to realise sufficient funds to pay all creditors in full, but have outlined the difficulties of its task given the company’s Russian links and the international sanctions regime. CargoLogicAir, which operated Boeing 747 freighters, was forced to halt services after sanctions relating to ...
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NewsAir Serbia follows return to profit with Qatar Airways codeshare
Air Serbia will next month begin codesharing with Gulf carrier Qatar Airways, building on an existing interline agreement.
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NewsUkrainian interior ministry leadership killed in H225 crash
At least 16 people were killed when a Ukrainian interior ministry-operated Airbus Helicopters H225 transport crashed near Kyiv on 18 January.
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NewsRyanair chief keener on organic growth than ‘pain in the arse’ acquisitions
Ryanair is likely to focus on organic growth in the coming years, having found its acquisitions to be “a pain in the arse”, according to group chief executive Michael O’Leary