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NewsFinnair defers delivery of three remaining Airbus A350s
Finnair has reached an agreement with Airbus to defer delivery of its three outstanding A350-900s by around two years. The Oneworld carrier says the three A350-900s were originally scheduled for delivery from the second quarter of next year through to the second quarter of 2022. Finnair says the new delivery ...
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NewsSIA seals Airbus deferrals, Boeing negotiations reach ‘advanced stage’
Singapore Airlines Group has confirmed that its outstanding Airbus aircraft on order have been deferred and that it is close to concluding similar talks with Boeing. In today disclosing record half year losses amid the coronavirus crisis, SIA Group states that it has “concluded negotiations with Airbus on a revised ...
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NewsSteep impairment costs drag SIA to record S$3.5 billion net loss for half year
Singapore Airlines Group took on a hefty impairment charge of S$1.33 billion ($987 million) from the early retirement of 26 older aircraft — including seven Airbus A380s — which led to a record net loss in its half-yearly earnings. The group says that the 26 aircraft were “deemed surplus to ...
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NewsLufthansa outlines long-haul fleet plan for Eurowings
Lufthansa Group foresees that Eurowings will operate no more than seven long-haul aircraft in 2021 amid plans for the low-cost subsidiary’s intercontinental operations to be consolidated in new unit Ocean.
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NewsIberia deploys first converted Airbus A330 freighter
Iberia has put its first converted Airbus A330 freighter into service, operating on flights between Madrid and Los Angeles.
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NewsWizz maintains focus on A321neo as fleet expansion slows
Wizz Air’s latest fleet plan projects a slower overall increase in the number of aircraft, compared with the beginning of this year, but with a focus on expanding the A321neo rather than the A320neo fleet. At the beginning of 2020, before the onset of the air transport crisis, the carrier ...
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NewsRex takes its first 737-800
Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) has taken delivery of its first of six Boeing 737-800 aircraft, as it mulls taking up to 10 examples by the end of 2021. The aircraft, stripped of its previous livery save for a ring of red round the engine nacelles, arrived in Sydney on 5 ...
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NewsWizz Air confident of surviving worst-case winter
Budget carrier Wizz Air is confident that it would be able to survive a severe deterioration in the air transport crisis, having considered scenarios in which the entire fleet had to be grounded for the second half of the year. Wizz Air turned in a net loss of €243 million ...
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NewsThai puts 34 aircraft on sale, including entire 747 fleet
Embattled Thai Airways has put up its entire Boeing 747 and its 777-200/300 fleet up for sale, as it aims to raise cash amid a long-drawn business rehabilitation process. The Star Alliance carrier disclosed on its aircraft trading website that 34 aircraft from its fleet will be put up for ...
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NewsQatar Airways activates Boeing 787-9 fleet
Qatar Airways has begun operating its Boeing 787-9 fleet, putting four of the long-haul twinjets into service.
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NewsGA Telesis to remarket China Airlines 747-400s
China Airlines has picked GA Telesis’ aircraft asset management unit to remarket and sell its four remaining Boeing 747-400 aircraft, with deliveries expected as early as the first quarter of 2021. The four 747s (MSNs 33734, 33735, 33736 and 33737) are currently in storage, Cirium fleets data indicates. China ...
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News747 exit boosts sustainability effort: British Airways chief
British Airways’ decision to retire its fleet of Boeing 747s will accelerate the airline’s sustainability efforts, according to recently appointed chief executive Sean Doyle.
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NewsWet-lease operator Hi Fly to axe A380 in favour of A330s
Portuguese operator Hi Fly is ending its Airbus A380 services, just two-and-a-half years after taking on the type to explore its potential for the wet-lease market. Hi Fly acquired a former A380, MSN6, in mid-2018. The aircraft, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines and configured with 471 seats, had been ...
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NewsLast Avro RJ leaves CityJet fleet
Irish wet-lease operator CityJet has withdrawn the last of its BAE Systems Avro RJ85 regional jets, ending a 27-year association with the type and its predecessor, the BAe146. The operator’s final RJ85, registration EI-RJF, left Dublin on 2 November bound for Reykjavik. The aircraft was en-route to the USA where ...
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NewsJAL to reduce 777 fleet amid swing to steep first-half loss
Japan Airlines will retire up to 24 of its Boeing 777 aircraft over the next three years, as it battles the coronavirus crisis that saw it rack up significant losses for its half-yearly results. Elaborating on its future fleet plans, the Oneworld carrier states that 11 777-200ERs used in its ...
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NewsRossiya sets up pilot corps to prepare for Superjet 100 operations
Russian carrier Rossiya has established a new flight unit which will second pilots from parent Aeroflot Group to operate Sukhoi Superjet 100s on its network. Rossiya uses a mix of Boeing 747s and 777s for its long-haul services, as well as Boeing 737s and Airbus A320-family jets for short-haul operations. ...
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NewsAirline cash burn to continue throughout 2021: IATA
Airlines will struggle to cut unit costs sufficiently to prevent cash burn continuing throughout 2021, based on current demand assumptions, according to IATA.
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NewsEasyJet enters leaseback agreements for nine more A320s
UK budget carrier EasyJet has agreed several sale-and-leaseback arrangements, covering nine aircraft and generating nearly $400 million to enhance its liquidity. The airline has sealed a transaction involving five Airbus A320s with Irish-based Wilmington Trust SP Services. EasyJet says this agreement, centred on leases averaging 117 months, will generate proceeds ...
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NewsMyanmar Airways International takes first E190
Myanmar Airways International (MAI) has taken delivery of its first of two Embraer E190s, which it will utilise on domestic routes. The aircraft, registered M-ABNH, arrived at Yangon on the morning of 26 October, having flown in from Guangzhou. The carrier signed a lease agreement with CDB Aviation in ...
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NewsIcelandair uses Boeing compensation to offset new 737 Max expenditure
Icelandair Group is expecting to take delivery of three more Boeing 737 Max jets in the first half of 2021, and has reclassified part of the compensation received for the Max grounding as reduced capital expenditure on them. The company has not disclosed the scale of the compensation settlement reached ...