News from FlightGlobal – Page 808
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EasyJet urges prioritisation of UK access to EU market
UK budget carrier EasyJet is to concentrate on talks with European governments to ensure that its operations are not interrupted by the UK’s decision to break away from the European Union.
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EgyptAir A320 recorders undergoing circuitry tests
Investigators are cleaning and testing the circuit boards of the crashed EgyptAir Airbus A320’s flight recorders ahead of attempting to extract their data.
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Court approves Republic’s return of leased ERJs
A federal bankruptcy court has approved a request by Republic Airways Holdings to return to lessors 28 Embraer ERJs, one Embraer E170 and nine spare engines, court document show. The court also approved the Indianapolis-based regional airline company’s request to be free from obligations related to leases of real ...
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Virgin Australia gains China and Hong Kong rights
Virgin Australia has been awarded rights to start its planned flights to Hong Kong and Beijing from June 2017.
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Crashed EgyptAir A320's cockpit recorder retrieved
Recovery teams have retrieved the cockpit-voice recorder of the EgyptAir Airbus A320 which crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in mid-May.
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Wizz to add a first international link from Suceava
Wizz Air has disclosed plans to give Suceava airport its first scheduled international route.
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NewsSIA resumes US nonstop service with San Francisco
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will launch nonstop service to San Francisco later this year, resuming nonstop service to the USA after a three year hiatus.
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French probe VIP 777 wing-strike at Le Bourget
French investigators have detailed a serious incident involving a Boeing 777-200ER which suffered a wing-strike and tail contact while attempting to land at Le Bourget airport outside Paris.
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Network glitch forces western Norwegian airspace closure
Norwegian authorities are expecting knock-on delays after a technical problem in air traffic systems which forced the closure of airspace in the west of the country.
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EgyptAir probe predicts cut-off point for recorder signals
Egyptian investigators believe the transmission from the crashed EgyptAir Airbus A320’s flight recorders will continue until 24 June.
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Royal Jordanian and Qatar expand Oneworld codeshare
Oneworld partners Royal Jordanian and Qatar Airways are expanding their codeshare arrangement.
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Azerbaijan to firm MC-21 lease once flight-tests start
Azerbaijan Airlines has tentatively signed to lease 10 Irkut MC-21-300s from Russia’s Ilyushin Finance.
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NewsDOT grants rights to US carriers for non-Havana flights
US transport authorities have approved the requests of six US airlines to launch scheduled service later this year to cities in Cuba other than Havana.
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Boeing 737 damaged in hangar blaze: Prague airport
Prague airport’s operator has confirmed that a Boeing 737 was damaged during a hangar fire on 9 June.
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Chinese group buys 20% of Virgin Australia from Air NZ
Air New Zealand has entered into an agreement to sell a 19.98% stake in Virgin Australia to Chinese conglomerate Nanshan Group.
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Flybe rejigs Republic Q400 deal over 'cautious' forecasts
UK operator Flybe Group is restructuring its previous agreement to take 24 Bombardier Q400s from US carrier Republic Airways, opting instead to take 15 of the turboprops.
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Emirates repays $1bn bullet bond
Emirates Airline has repaid a $1 billion bullet bond that matured on 8 June, and is preparing to repay a separate S$150 million ($111 million) bond due later this month.
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PICTURE: Hainan Airlines takes first 787-9
Air Lease Corporation has placed its first Boeing 787-9 with Hainan Airlines.
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Lufthansa to complete 737 phase-out in October
Lufthansa intends to retire its last remaining Boeing 737s in October, some 48 years after the German carrier became the type's launch operator.