All Fleets articles – Page 10
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NewsSIA to move a fifth of A380 fleet to desert storage
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will shift four Airbus A380s to long-term storage at Alice Springs airport in central Australia. The first of four double-deckers arrived on 26 April, according to a Facebook post by Alice Springs airport; the jets will be stored at Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage. ...
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News
Cheap fuel should not tempt airlines to keep older aircraft: Ascend
Four-engined widebodies like 747 likely to be among the types worst-affected by the coronavirus crisis
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Analysis
How would SAA collapse affect South Africa’s airline connectivity?
If South African Airways fails to find a way through its current funding crisis, it could leave a big hole in its home country’s connectivity, depending on which routes are considered viable as coronavirus restrictions are lifted.
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News
El Al sells three 737-800s to ease financial pressure
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has reached a sale-and-leaseback agreement with an unidentified foreign company covering three Boeing 737-800s. The airline, which has been seeking to shore up its finances, says it signed a memorandum of understanding for the transaction on 23 April. El Al has not identified the ...
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De Havilland sells up to 13 Dash 8-400 freighter conversion kits to Jazz
Canadian regional airline Jazz has agreed to purchase up to 13 freighter conversion kits for De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 turboprops, enabling the airline to carry freight needed to combat coronavirus.
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Podcast
Airline Business podcast: What will industry look like when flying restarts?
With talk in some regions turning to how airline markets might open up again as coronavirus cases peak, Graham and Lewis examine the current state of the industry and where it might be heading. Among the topics considered, they look at Virgin Australia’s demise and the moral hazard faced ...
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Opinion
Rather than solving social distancing, airlines face a waiting game
Seeing 75-year-old airline trade association IATA and ultimate industry disruptor Michael O’Leary express the same view on a topic is a rare thing, but we are living through unprecedented times.
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Austrian to halve 767 fleet and remove all A319s
Lufthansa Group carrier Austrian Airlines is to halve its Boeing 767 fleet and withdraw all seven of its Airbus A319s as part of a strategy to adjust to reduced demand in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Austrian had already been planning to remove 18 Bombardier Q400 turboprops by ...
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Social-distancing on flights would end cheap travel: IATA
The imposition of social-distancing measures on commerical flights would mean an end to “cheap travel”, according to IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac.
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Analysis
Air freight market goes into overdrive
While passenger airlines have heavily reduced their services over recent weeks, the air cargo market has gone into overdrive as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Interview
How WestJet reacted quickly to virus – and faced up to tough decisions
When WestJet chief executive Ed Sims drives past the Calgary International airport to his office every morning, he sees a row of parked aircraft, grounded by the coronavirus pandemic, and wonders what fresh hell awaits.
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GE Capital Aviation Services cancels orders for 69 737 Max
Aircraft lessor GE Capital Aviation Services has terminated orders for 69 Boeing 737 Max, further reducing Boeing’s Max backlog amid a downturn that has hammered airlines and the global aerospace industry.
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EasyJet argues case against cancelling Airbus deal
UK budget carrier EasyJet is arguing that it cannot terminate its contentious Airbus order by falling back on the argument that the coronavirus outbreak is a situation beyond its control. The airline has been under fire from its founder, and key shareholder, Stelios Haji-Ioannou over the cost of retaining ...
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Analysis
Early retirements in crises: a new normal?
Across the world, airlines are considering bringing forward the retirement of older aircraft types. When the coronavirus outbreak finally abates, the question will remain if these accelerated retirements represent an anomaly, or a “new normal”.
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Analysis
A380 and 747 hardest hit as stored fleet soars past 14,000 airliners
Latest storage data from Cirium reveals that just 2% of the A380s and less than 10% of Boeing 747s are currently flying
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Analysis
Mixed fortunes globally as active fleet drops towards 7,000 aircraft
More than 12,500 Airbus and Boeing airliners have entered storage since January
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News
Gol cancels 34 Boeing 737 Max orders
Brazil’s low-cost carrier Gol says it has reached an agreement with Boeing on cash compensation for the more-than-year-long 737 Max grounding, and the termination of 34 forward orders for the company.
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IATA deepens projected airline revenue loss to $314 billion
IATA now forecasts airlines will lose $314 billion in passenger revenue this year amid the coronavirus outbreak, a deepening of $62 billion from its previous projection.
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Interview
How Air Baltic is plotting a way through – and out of – the virus crisis
There are many data points that starkly demonstrate the airline industry’s massive challenges during the coronavirus crisis, but Air Baltic is still able to offer a particularly striking one: its forward bookings in early April were down 98% year on year.
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Analysis
Global airliner fleet returns to 1990s levels
As airlines worldwide ground their aircraft in the wake of a collapse in passenger demand, the industry has passed a key cross-over point with the number of stored jets now exceeding that of the active fleet.
