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British Airways trims capacity plan to tackle operational challenges
IAG expects to operate 80% of pre-crisis capacity across this year, less than the 85% it had originally targeted after British Airways scaled back its planned flights this summer in a bid to make its operations more resilient.
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Lufthansa Group looks to strong summer demand as fuel costs bite
Lufthansa Group’s overall results improved in the first quarter, although rising fuel costs held back the recovery of its passenger airline business during the first three months of the year.
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Air France-KLM projects summer profit after cutting first quarter loss
Air France-KLM Group expects to break even at the operating level in the second quarter and to be “significantly positive” in the third after reporting strong recovery signs in the first three months of the year despite the impact of Omicron and the Ukraine crisis.
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Pobeda granted clearance to open Iranian service
Aeroflot Group’s budget carrier Pobeda has obtained permission to operate services to Iran from Russia’s civil aviation regulator. Pobeda will be permitted to fly twice-weekly between Moscow and Tehran, according to the decision disclosed by federal air transport authority Rosaviatsia. All Pobeda flights are conducted with a fleet of Boeing ...
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April traffic marks Ryanair’s busiest month since August 2019
Ryanair underlined the strength of its recovery in activity by carrying 14.2 million passengers and reporting load factors of over 90% in April, marking the low-cost carrier’s busiest month since August 2019.
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Spirit board rejects acquisition by JetBlue, moves ahead with Frontier combination
Spirit Airlines has rejected an acquisition proposal from JetBlue Airways, saying its board of directors favours a competing proposal under which Frontier Airlines would acquire the budget carrier.
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US regional airline Tailwind adds seaplane flights to Provincetown
US floatplane operator Tailwind Air is expanding this summer with seasonal flights from Boston Harbor to Provincetown on Cape Cod.
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Avelo may expand eastern US network to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Avelo Airlines may expand its eastern US network to include Wilkes-Barre/Scranton iInternational airport, about 115 miles (xxxkm) north of Philadelphia.
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Norse Atlantic opens bookings with JFK route starting mid-June
Scandinavian start-up Norse Atlantic Airways has commenced ticket sales for transatlantic services, with the initial flight from Oslo to New York JFK set to take place on 14 June. Norse Atlantic will also open flights to Los Angeles, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. It says the beginning of ticket sales “marks ...
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Russia’s Aeroflot suspended from SkyTeam alliance
Aeroflot has had its membership of global alliance SkyTeam temporarily suspended amid the continued fallout of global sanctions impacting the country’s operators following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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United marks ‘historic’ transatlantic expansion
United Airlines will ramp up its transatlantic schedule this summer by introducing six new destinations and reinstating 18 routes in Europe and the Middle East, marking what the Star Alliance carrier calls its biggest expansion in history.
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United Airlines adds codeshares with Singapore Airlines
United Airlines will expand its codeshare agreement with Singapore Airlines to include routes to 19 additional cities in the USA and Asia-Pacific region.
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Breeze expands transcontinental network as A220s arrive
Breeze Airways is adding a host of new routes and destinations to its network as it takes delivery of more Airbus A220 aircraft over the course of the year.
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Ryanair strikes deal with Neste for sustainable fuel blend at Schiphol
Low-cost carrier Ryanair has signed a deal under which it will use fuel featuring a 40% sustainable blend for some Amsterdam Schiphol-origin flights.
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Cathay Pacific pilots scheme allowing corporate customers to buy sustainable fuel
Cathay Pacific has launched a pilot scheme that allows corporate customers to purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for passenger and cargo flights, claiming it is the first airline in Asia to do so.
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Etihad intensifies sustainability R&D efforts with week-long Earth Day programme
Etihad Airways is ramping up its sustainability research and development efforts in a week-long programme that coincides with Earth Day on 22 April.
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Finnair applies to fly US routes for Eurowings
Finland’s flag carrier Finnair has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for authority to fly routes to the USA for Lufthansa Group’s low-cost Eurowings Discover subsidiary.
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Some Air Baltic A220s will be wet-leased to other airlines ‘for foreseeable future’
Latvian carrier Air Baltic will potentially wet-lease a proportion of its Airbus A220-300 fleet to other carriers for a number of years, as its home markets recover from the pandemic and it adjusts its network in response to the Russia-Ukraine war.
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How Russian airspace restrictions are adding hours to some Europe-Asia flights
Recently introduced airspace restrictions are adding up to seven hours to round-trip flight times between Europe and Asia, according to analysis of Flightradar24 data by Eurocontrol.
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Atlanta regains title of world’s busiest airport in domestic travel-dominated 2021 ranking
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson regained its pre-pandemic standing as the world’s busiest airport by passenger numbers in 2021, according to data released by ACI World today, as domestic traffic continued to be the differentiator in another Covid-hit year. Busiest airports in 2021 by passenger numbers 202120202019Airport2021 passengers(million)% change vs 2020% ...