All Europe articles – Page 366
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NewsGround-handler Menzies halves active workforce as airline operations evaporate
Ground services firm Menzies has temporarily halved its active global workforce, as it assesses the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on its operations. The company – which has some 32,000 personnel, across 34 countries – says it has reduced its headcount by 17,500, although it stresses that these are not ...
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NewsSaab commences production of first Brazilian Gripen F
Saab has cut metal on the first two-seat Gripen F for the Brazilian air force. The first part cut for the aircraft will form part of the jet’s air duct section, just behind the fighter’s cockpit, says Saab. Video: First Metal Cut Gripen F to Brazil ...
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NewsICAO welcomes government support for aviation sector
UN aviation body ICAO welcomed a statement from G20 countries to aid in the global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting that aviation is one of the worst-hit sectors. The G20 said on 26 March it will do “whatever it takes” to overcome the pandemic, and will continue to “conduct ...
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NewsSafran reinforces finances as outbreak exacerbates Max misery
French aerospace firm Safran has enhanced, in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, measures it had already been implementing in response to the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max. Safran’s activities include production of the CFM International Leap-1B engines for the Max as well as the Leap-1A powerplants for the ...
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Airline BusinessGovernments face ‘moral hazard’ in deciding to help airlines: analyst
Governments across the world face a ‘moral hazard’ when it comes to supporting airlines through the coronavirus crisis, as they seek to ensure any investment benefits the citizens of their respective countries, according to CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry.
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NewsAn-225 returns to flight after modernisation
Antonov has restarted flights with the An-225 outsize transport, after a period of absence during which the aircraft underwent modernisation. The design bureau says the aircraft has commenced a series of test flights following installation of a domestically-designed power management and control system. Departing from the Gostomel airfield near Kiev ...
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NewsParis Orly to shut as European airports gradually quieten
European air traffic data shows that the coronavirus outbreak has effectively set the continent’s airspace back by more than a quarter of a century, to flight levels not experienced since the early 1990s. Statistics from pan-European air navigation organisation have already shown that daily flight totals have more than halved, ...
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NewsAirbus temporarily cuts wing production at UK and German sites
Airbus is to roll back wing production at its UK and German plants, to bring wing supply into line with demand at its final assembly lines. Production at its UK wing sites at Broughton and Filton, as well as its high-lift operation in Bremen, will be reduced for three weeks, ...
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NewsHAECO acquires Dallas-based commercial engine shop
HAECO has announced the acquisition of US-based engine MRO firm Jet Engine Solutions (JES). “JES has a strong reputation within the engine maintenance business for quality and delivery in the United States, which will complement the HAECO Global Engine Support business,” says Christopher Gibbs, HAECO group director for components and ...
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NewsLondon City airport to close until end of April
London City airport is to close for all flights from this evening until the end of April.
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PodcastAirline Business podcast: Latest IATA impact assessment plus Asia-Pacific focus
Graham and Lewis talk through the latest figures and thoughts from IATA as airlines across the world ground their fleets in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsA320neo overbooking will help steer Airbus through crisis: Faury
Airbus believes its policy of overbooking orders will give the airframer a degree of flexibility to manage the impact of the coronavirus crisis on its production and delivery processes. Chief executive Guillaume Faury says the single-aisle backlog, over 6,200 A320-family jets, includes a “significant level” of overbooking which is “providing ...
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Airline BusinessAirline coronavirus story could go from ‘Apocalypse Now’ to ‘The Big Short’
When IATA outled its latest estimates for the impact of coronavirus on the airline industry on 24 March, the urgency of the situation was front and centre of its messaging.
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NewsUK air transport representatives try to calm concerns over government aid
UK airline and crew interest groups are trying to allay concerns over planned government support to the industry after confusion emerged over the nature and extent of financial measures for the sector. Pilot union BALPA insists that recent suggestions that the government is backpedalling on plans to assist the industry ...
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In depthHow the A380 ran out of runway after just two decades
A year on from Airbus’s decision to halt A380 production, the outlook for the superjumbo’s long-term prospects has diminished further
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NewsAutothrottle contributed to Belavia 737's long landing and overrun
Ukrainian investigators have determined that the autothrottle of a Belavia Boeing 737-300 was left active before the aircraft touched down long and overran at Kiev Zhulhany. The jet had been operating from Minsk on 12 July last year, and had been descending in darkness and rain to Kiev’s downtown airport. ...
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NewsNorwegian receives first financing under sector’s rescue package
Low-cost carrier Norwegian has obtained the first 10% of the funding that Norway’s government is guaranteeing for it under a rescue plan for the national airline industry. On 19 March, Norway announced an NKr6 billion ($542 million) bailout for the sector, of which half would go to Norwegian. The state ...
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NewsKLM summer schedule just 10% of normal
KLM will begin its summer season flying only a small fraction of its normal capacity, as a result of the coronavirus and travel restrictions. Although the Dutch carrier will operate to 57 destinations, it is dramatically paring back its frequencies. “From 29 March until and including 3 May, KLM plans ...
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Airline BusinessWizz warns full grounding a ‘distinct possibility’ as low-cost carriers pare back
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has warned the grounding of its full fleet remains “a distinct possibility” as it has now reduced its operations to around 15% of its planned capacity.
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NewsBEA becomes first UK company to secure SET-IMC approval
British European Aviation (BEA) has become the first company to secure approval from the UK regulator allowing commercial flights with single-engined turboprop aircraft at night and in instrument meteorological conditions, so-called SET-IMC operations.