All Swiss articles – Page 5
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NewsSwiss completes A340 interior upgrade programme
Swiss has completed a cabin refurbishment programme on its five remaining Airbus A340s, to bring their interiors in line with the Lufthansa subsidiary’s Boeing 777 long-haul fleet.
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Lufthansa ramps up group cost-cutting measures
Lufthansa Group is accelerating restructuring efforts at its cargo division and subsidiaries Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines as the company faces pressure on earnings, particularly in Europe, and increased fuel costs.
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A220 engine checks revised after high-cycle Swiss failure
US regulators have disclosed that the most recent incident involving failure of a Swiss Airbus A220 engine occurred with a powerplant which had accumulated more than 300 cycles.
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A220 operators told to limit engine thrust at high altitude
Operators of Airbus A220s are facing operational limitations of the twinjet's engines, following several serious incidents involving powerplant failure.
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P&W Q3 profit rises 15% on aftermarket sales
Pratt & Whitney's third-quarter operating profit rose 15% year-on-year to $471 million on growth in its military and commercial aftermarket as well as due to cost reduction for its geared turbofan (GTF) engine programme and favorable commercial OEM mix.
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P&W works to identify cause of PW1500G compressor failures
Pratt & Whitney confirmed on 16 October that it was continuing to work on determining the cause of PW1500G engine failures that have affected Swiss' Airbus A220-300 fleet – a month on from a second in-flight shutdown, and the day after a third engine failure forced a diversion.
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Air Baltic calm over additional A220 engine inspections
Air Baltic, the second-largest European operator of Airbus A220s, is following guidelines on engine checks in the wake of a series of failures which affected the Swiss A220 fleet.
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Swiss gradually starts returning A220s to flight status
Swiss has started returning some of its Airbus A220s to flight status, following urgent engine checks triggered by another powerplant failure.
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Third Swiss A220 failure spurs urgent engine checks
Swiss has cancelled dozens of Airbus A220 services in order to conduct technical inspections on the fleet, following a third incident involving an engine failure in as many months.
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NewsStar carriers reinforce post-Adria links to Slovenia
Lufthansa Group is to establish further connections to the Slovenian capital Ljubljana in the wake of Star Alliance partner Adria Airways’ collapse.
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Swiss A220 engine failures prompt rotor inspection order
Operators of Airbus A220s are being instructed to conduct checks of the low-pressure compressor on Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engines, following two similar incidents involving failures on Swiss aircraft.
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Second Swiss A220 suffers similar engine rotor failure
Investigators are probing another serious engine failure on a Swiss Airbus A220-300, less than two months after a previous similar incident involving a sister aircraft on the same route.
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Public help sought to find fallen Swiss A220 engine parts
French investigators are seeking assistance to locate engine parts which they believe fell from an Airbus A220-300 as it passed over the east of the country last month.
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PARIS: GE Aviation lands FlightPulse deals with Swiss and Qantas
GE Aviation is developing a version of its FlightPulse pilot efficiency tool for Swiss and is designing an updated version of the technology for existing customer Qantas.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Alitalia's two years in administrative limbo
Two years on from Alitalia's filing for administration, the fate of the Italian flag carrier still hangs in the balance.
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Swiss to debut premium economy on 777s in 2021
Lufthansa Group carrier Swiss is to add premium economy to its long-haul fleet from spring 2021, initially on its Boeing 777-300ERs.
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PICTURE: Lufthansa teases with Swiss and Austrian 787s
Lufthansa Group has indicated that its Swiss International Air Lines and Austrian Airlines divisions could end up operating some of the company’s newly-ordered Boeing 787-9s.
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Air Baltic to buy A220 simulator for pilot training
Latvian carrier Air Baltic has ordered an Airbus A220 full-flight simulator for installation at its Riga training centre.
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Air Baltic planning in-house base maintenance of A220s
Air Baltic is considering extension of its in-house maintenance capabilities so that it can conduct base checks on its Airbus A220 fleet later this year.
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Samco services first Swiss A220
Dutch maintenance provider Samco has completed a C-Check on a Swiss Airbus A220.