All Europe articles – Page 208
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NewsAirbus fleet forecast simplifies aircraft classifications as single-aisle jets blur boundaries
Increasingly-blurred boundaries between traditional single-aisle and twin-aisle operations have spurred Airbus to simplify aircraft segmentation in its latest 20-year demand forecast. Its outlook to 2041 increases the overall new delivery demand to 39,490 passenger and freighter aircraft – from the previous figure of just over 39,000 – across the next ...
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NewsQantas A350-1000s and undisclosed A350F customer lift Airbus’s widebody orders
Qantas Airways has firmed its order for a dozen Airbus A350-1000s while the airframer has also secured an agreement for another seven A350 freighters, from an undisclosed customer. Two A350 freighters recently identified for Silk Way Airlines, and a single A330-900 for Delta Air Lines, added to a lively end ...
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NewsBoeing plans P-8 deliveries to New Zealand, Germany and South Korea
Transfer of the anti-submarine and rescue aircraft will be completed over the next two years.
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NewsEuropean Parliament backs draft rules to increase availability of sustainable fuel
Members of the European Parliament have adopted new draft rules broadening the definition of sustainable aviation fuels and accelerating availability levels in a bid to achieve 2050 climate targets. Parliament has raised – from 32% to 37% – the European Commission’s original proposal for minimum availability of sustainable fuel at ...
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NewsZeroAvia tightens flight-test regime after Piper crash probe flags pressure points
ZeroAvia has tightened the experimental regime for its hydrogen fuel-cell aircraft testing, including management of commercial pressures, after a UK investigation into a serious loss-of-power accident uncovered safety weaknesses in the programme. The accident, at Cranfield on 29 April last year, involved a modified Piper M350 (G-HYZA) whose single piston ...
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Airline BusinessChanges at the top as airline operational woes continue
The unbecoming spectacle of more airlines cancelling flights – having spent the past two years desperate to ramp-up operations – has continued this week. And while IATA used its recent AGM to play down the scale of the problem, it nevertheless acknowledged that airlines and the wider industry have work ...
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NewsSAS secures court approval to continue operating under Chapter 11
Scandinavian carrier SAS has obtained court approval to continue operating as normal, following its filing for US Chapter 11 protection. The company has been granted clearance to continue operating as an airline, pay employees’ wages, suppliers’ fees, and taxes, and honour customer programmes including its EuroBonus loyalty scheme. SAS had ...
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NewsJet2 chair lambasts ‘atrocious’ service from ‘ill-prepared’ UK airports
UK budget carrier Jet2’s executive chair has issued a scathing opinion over the readiness of its base airports to deal with recovering passenger demand, describing them as being “woefully ill-prepared”. Philip Meeson says “most” of the airline’s 10 base airports in the UK have been “poorly resourced” for the volume ...
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NewsAn-124 successor tweaked to feature winglets and larger cross-section
Russian developers have tweaked the design of a proposed successor to the Antonov An-124 to increase its capacity, and assess the potential benefits of winglets. The proposed design – tentatively designated the ‘Slon’, a word meaning ‘elephant’ – has been undergoing windtunnel tests at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute. Previous testing ...
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NewsRussia poses tough EW problem for Ukrainian UAVs: RUSI
A new think tank report highlights the challenge that Russian electronic warfare (EW) poses for Ukrainian unmanned air vehicles (UAVs).
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NewsLogistics entrepreneur Kuehne overtakes state as largest Lufthansa shareholder
Logistics entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kuehne has increased his stake in German flag-carrier Lufthansa, becoming the largest single shareholder in the company. Lufthansa Group filings show that Kuehne raised his stake on 5 July from just over 10% to a little more than 15%. The company states that its shareholder structure, as ...
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NewsFBI, MI5 cite aerospace sector in warning about CCP espionage
The counterintelligence agencies of the United Kingdom and USA have issued a stark warning about the espionage risk the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) presents for western businesses, citing examples in the aerospace industry.
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NewsVertical Aerospace picks battery cell supplier for VX4 eVTOL
Vertical Aerospace has selected the Taiwanese firm Molicel to supply high-power battery cells for the company’s VX4 electric vertical take-off aircraft. The two sides have entered a partnership which will result in Molicel providing its cell technology for integration with Vertical Aerospace’s battery-pack design. Vertical Aerospace says the agreement will ...
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NewsBritish Airways recruits KLM operating chief de Groot
KLM chief operating officer Rene de Groot is to step down from his role to take up the same position at British Airways.
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NewsVirgin continues Florida push with Heathrow-Tampa service
Virgin Atlantic is to launch year-round flights from London Heathrow to Tampa from this November, marking the first service to the Florida city from the London airport.
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NewsUS support for Ukraine includes 20 Mi-17s, 700 Switchblades
The US Department of Defense has provided over 20 Mil Mi-17 helicopters in addition to other airpower support to Ukraine.
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NewsAeroflot Group to consolidate MRO capabilities within A-Technics subsidiary
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot is to reinforce its maintenance capabilities by transferring infrastructure and personnel to its specialised technical subsidiary A-Technics. It intends to complete the transfer of production facilities – including hangar complexes at Moscow Sheremetyevo – and re-assignment of qualified staff by the end of this year. As a ...
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NewsSAS’s largest creditors include state bondholders and loan providers
Initial US Chapter 11 filings from Scandinavian carrier SAS show that government loans and hybrid bonds make up the most significant unsecured creditor claims against the company. Just under $600 million in state hybrid bonds, plus another $161 million in commercial hybrid bonds, are listed with Intertrust Group which acts ...
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NewsSAS Chapter 11 filing 'accelerated' to protect company: chief executive
SAS chief executive Anko van der Werff insists the pilot strike affecting the company did not directly trigger its US Chapter 11 filing, but has accelerated the decision to seek court protection. The board made the decision on 5 July to proceed with the filing, the day after SAS pilots ...
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NewsSAS files for US Chapter 11 protection to push through restructuring
Scandinavian operator SAS has voluntarily filed for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as part of its efforts to push through a comprehensive restructuring of its business. Through the court-supervised process it aims to reach agreements with its main stakeholders, restructure its debts and reconfigure its aircraft fleet. It expects the ...