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NewsHelvetic pushes back seven E2 deliveries to 2021
Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways has deferred delivery of seven Embraer 190-E2s that were due to join its fleet this year.
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NewsIreland-based Ryanair pilots agree temporary pay cut
Ryanair’s Irish pilots have agreed to a temporary pay reduction aimed at saving under-threat jobs at the airline.
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Airline BusinessAirline industry faces up to the next phase
Airlines around the world are beginning to implement recovery plans as regions are gradually released from lockdown
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Airline BusinessAirlines must not forget environmental imperative during coronavirus
Despite financial pressures, it is wishful thinking that the airline industry might be cut some slack on environmental issues as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
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NewsPortuguese state takes control of TAP to prevent bankruptcy
Portugal’s government has agreed to pay €55 million ($62 million) to increase its stake in national carrier TAP to 72.5% in order to prevent the airline from going bankrupt.
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NewsGovernments must pay for virus health measures, say IATA and ACI
IATA and Airports Council International (ACI) have jointly called for governments to pay for public health measures relating to the spread of communicable diseases.
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NewsAfrica and Middle East need ‘layered’ measures for restart: IATA
African and Middle Eastern countries should adapt their quarantine measures to enable the aviation sector to begin a recovery while containing spread of the coronavirus, IATA has urged.
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Airline BusinessHow air transport sector is dragging itself back from the brink
Few if anyone could have predicted the sudden and far-reaching destruction being wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic during 2020 – but the airline sector has already picked itself up and is still in the ring, fighting its way towards a recovery.
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Airline BusinessHow airlines are facing a new world order
A significantly reduced market until at least 2022 is broadly accepted, with widespread implications for the industry
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NewsHawaiian reinstates flights to mainland US
Hawaiian Airlines will reinstate flights to the mainland USA in August, as the state of Hawaii begins to lift its draconian restrictions on movement within the islands as well as between the islands and the airline’s main destinations on the west coast of North America.
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NewsMajor US airlines announce schedule changes
The three US legacy passenger carriers have announced changes to their schedules after a four-month period in which capacity and demand had hit all-time lows due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsNear-halving of EasyJet’s German operation in prospect: union
Trade union Verdi believes EasyJet is planning to almost halve its operation at its sole German base in Berlin.
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NewsPandemic resurgence threatens to choke off recovery: IATA
Recent growth in the number of coronavirus cases is harming the recovery in air passenger demand and could lead IATA to downgrade its passenger estimates for the remainder of the year, the association has warned.
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NewsUK-based Ryanair pilots accept temporary pay cuts
UK pilot union BALPA has disclosed that members employed by Ryanair have voted 96% in favour of taking temporary pay cuts to save under-threat jobs.
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NewsCORSIA airline emissions baseline to exclude 2020 data, says ICAO
The ICAO Council has decided to disregard data from 2020 when calculating the baseline emissions for its CORSIA global carbon offsetting scheme for commercial aviation, in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsThailand to ease international flight ban
Thailand will ease a ban on international passenger flights into the country from 1 July, nearly three months after first imposing it on 4 April. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand will permit international passenger flights to operate into Thailand carrying 11 permitted categories of passenger. These include returning Thai ...
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NewsTAP to cut more aircraft as losses mount
TAP Air Portugal has disclosed plans to further reduce its fleet after first-quarter net losses almost quadrupled to €395 million ($443 million) amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsLufthansa’s reactivated fleet to reach 380 aircraft during summer
Lufthansa Group plans to have reactivated half of its fleet by October as it sees increased booking demand following an easing of travel restrictions in several countries.
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NewsPorter Airlines delays restart to 31 August
Canada’s Porter Airlines will restart its operations a month later than previously planned due to ongoing coronavirus-prompted travel restrictions that continue to make business difficult.
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NewsAir New Zealand details extremely weak May traffic
Air New Zealand’s May traffic statistics continue to highlight the extreme weakness confronting airlines amid the coronavirus pandemic. For the entire month, the airline carried just 67,000 passengers, down 94.8% from 1.3 million passengers in May 2019. ASKs fell 92.8% year on year and RPKs 97.1%. The airline’s load factor ...