All Europe articles – Page 409
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Virgin Atlantic’s Weiss bullish on network strategy
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Shai Weiss wants Virgin Atlantic to become the UK’s second flag carrier behind British Airways - and he has a strategy to make it happen.
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Air Antwerp starts operations with London City route
Belgian start-up carrier Air Antwerp has formally started operations on the route to London City, on which it plans to operate 16 times weekly.
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Convair crash pilots unsure which engine was ablaze
South African investigators have revealed that the crew of a Convair 340 were unsure which of the aircraft's two engines had caught fire before it crashed while attempting to return to Wonderboom airport.
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Airline BusinessAir cargo woes endure amid US-China spat
There are few signs that the air freight market will find any relief from the tough market conditions seen so far in 2019, as the trade spat between the USA and China, and a slowing global economy, dent demand.
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MH17: Dutch fail to keep key witness out of prisoner swap
Dutch prosecutors had the opportunity to interview a person of interest in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 missile attack before a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia.
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BA schedule wrecked as pilots strike
British Airways is cancelling almost all services on 9-10 September owing to the unpredictability caused by a pilot strike.
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NewsFlight shame is changing the face of travel
Swedish might not be one of the world's most widely spoken languages – but most people are now familiar with the term "flygskam". This "flight shame" campaign to make people think twice about travelling by air because of concerns about the aviation industry's impact on climate change is gathering pace ...
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NewsHow the future of electric aircraft lies beyond the engines
Electric propulsion for large commercial aircraft remains a very distant prospect. But with environmental concerns putting pressure on aviation, manufacturers have turned their attention to electrifying functions other than propulsion – the objective being to reduce CO2 emissions by designing new aircraft that are “more electric” than their predecessors.
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PICTURE: Airbus delivers first Egyptair A220
Egyptair has received its first Airbus A220 from the programme's assembly line in Mirabel near Montreal.
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OpinionCan urban air mobility win public confidence?
In the 12 decades since the Wright Brothers, commercial aviation has advanced greatly, but there have been only a few genuinely disruptive technologies – those alignments of science, innovation, and market opportunity that, almost from nowhere and very quickly, fundamentally change the industry.
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JetBlue considers serving 'multiple' London airports
JetBlue Airways is evaluating the possibility of serving more than one London airport under its plan to start transatlantic flights to Europe in 2021.
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Lufthansa transports L-1649 and Ju 52 for Bremen storage
Lufthansa is to begin transporting a preserved Lockheed L-1649A to Bremen from the US city of Auburn this week, to join the carrier's vintage Junkers Ju 52 as they await a permanent home.
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French pilots' union to appeal AF447 charge dismissal
French pilot representatives are to appeal a decision to dismiss charges against Airbus over the fatal Air France Airbus A330 accident in the South Atlantic in 2009.
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GECAS takes A321neo commitment into triple figures
US lessor GECAS has increased its commitment to the Airbus A321neo by converting orders for 45 A320neo jets.
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Dassault sees strong Rafale deliveries in first half
Dassault Aviation saw its operating profit double to €250 million ($276 million) during the first half of 2019 on the back of sharply higher net sales.
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NewsKLM transfers A350 order to Air France
KLM has formally transferred an order for seven Airbus A350-900s to its SkyTeam and corporate partner Air France.
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NewsInquiry doubts ATR crew's claim of failure to notice excursion
Swedish investigators are doubting an ATR 72-200 crew's claims that they did not notice a serious runway excursion during landing at Trollhattan airport, an incident which went unreported by the pilots and was only revealed by the discovery of lighting damage.
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Airbus deliveries reach 500 at eight-month mark
Airbus reached exactly 500 deliveries over the first eight months of 2019, an increase of 66 on the same point last year.
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Antonov warns Ilyushin on branding of revamped An-124
Antonov has raised an objection against any use of its brand to designate a revamped variant of the An-124 heavy transport that is being developed by Ilyushin.
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Russian authorities to probe airports' exposure to bird risk
Russian authorities are proposing to assess airports' vulnerability to bird activity, in the wake of the Ural Airlines Airbus A321 landing accident outside Moscow.