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AirportsEuropean airports set out plan for urgent EU and Government support
As financial crisis worsens
ACI EUROPE today called on the European Commission to urgently adopt an EU Recovery Framework for Aviation and for Governments to provide the requisite funding to support airports - and the recovery of... more
AirlinesAircraft. Lufthansa Group: 3Q2020 results
And the data of the nine months of this year
Lufthansa Group reported results of the third quarter 2020.The highlights are:Liquidity of EUR 10.1 billion available, of which EUR 6.3 billion are unutilized stabilization measuresOngoing strong performance... more
AirportsNew ACI-ICAO qualification programme to enhance aviation safety
COVID-19 response worldwide
ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) and Airports Council International (ACI) have developed a new Global Airport Safety Professional (ASP) qualification programme to help airports improve... more
AerospaceProfumo: "smell" of resignation
Tomorrow's Board of Directors could be the last for Leonardo's CEO
It will be an incandescent Board of Directors the one convened in videoconference tomorrow, on Thursday November 5, 2020 at 5:30 pm. Leonardo's board meets with the stock market closed, but on the... more
Civil aviationIATA (2). September offers no relief to passenger downturn
Total, international and domestic demand
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that passenger demand in September remained highly depressed. Total demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was 72.8% below... more
CargoIATA: cargo recovery continues in September
The highlights of the results
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released September data for global air freight markets showing that air cargo demand, while strengthening, remains depressed compared to 2019 levels. Global... more
AirlinesAirplanes and carriers, KLM pilots accept salary reduction
Unions found the decisive agreement
Unavoidable cuts: even air carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has to deal with the crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic (read also the article published by AVIONEWS) and its employees are forced... more
AirlinesFraport Group: first nine months 2020
Frankfurt Airport’s passenger decline expected to exceed 70% for full-year
During the first nine months of 2020, Fraport AG’s financial performance was severely impacted by the Covid-19 global pandemic. The Group’s revenue declined by more than a half in the reporting period. Des... more
AirlinesAirplanes and carriers, Iberia and Vueling savings thanks to Erte
This system allows both to make employees work less
About 35 million euros would be saved every month by two Spanish carriers, specifically Iberia and Vueling, thanks to the latest measures that have affected employment (read also the article published... more
AirlinesB-737 Max aircraft, pilot training still does not convince
Unions decided to raise the alarm
Unions of the pilots of American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are protesting vigorously in the last few hours after learning of the changes imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration regarding training... more
AirlinesQantas-American Airlines, joint-venture extended until 2026?
Both carriers want to renew the partnership
Other five years: this is the goal that air carriers Qantas, the Australian national airline, and American Airlines would aim for to extend the strategic partnership expiring in 2021 (read also the article... more
AirlinesRyanair reports H1 results
The highlights of this period
Ryanair Holdings plc today (2 Nov.) reported a H1 loss of €197m, compared to a PY H1 profit of €1.15bn. Highlights of this 6-month period include:99% of the fleet grounded from mid-March to end June.Successful retu... more
AirlinesUAE invested 22 billion dollars for Etihad Airways?
Carrier would have benefited from it since 2003
United Arab Emirates (UAE) guaranteed about 22 billion dollars to air carrier Etihad Airways in seventeen years. The figure was revealed in the last few hours by "Bloomberg" agency which cited anonymous... more
AirlinesPlanes. EasyJet (2), CEO Lundgren does not exclude state aid
Low-cost carrier's finances are in trouble
Sincerity, this is the concept that John Lundgren, managing director of the low-cost airline easyJet, adopted in the last few hours (read also the article published by AVIONEWS). Interviewed by the "Reuters"... more
AirportsOfficial inauguration of Berlin-Brandenburg airport
The first two airplanes landed in last hours
On October 31 there was the (too much) expected inauguration of the new Terminal 1 of German airport of Berlin-Brandenburg (read also the article published by AVIONEWS). Nine years after the first announcement,... more
AirlinesRyanair against British lockdown: "It will be a failure"
The words of the CEO of the carrier O'Leary
Lockdown is one of the options that governments around the world have evaluated and could evaluate due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In the last few hours, United Kingdom announced a month of restrictions... more
AirlinesAlitalia extends the "MilleMiglia" program and membership to the exclusive clubs
Until 2021 and 2022
Alitalia has extended for one more year the current edition of the "MilleMiglia" Program and the membership to the exclusive Freccia Alata Plus, Freccia Alata and Ulisse clubs."MilleMiglia" members will... more
AirlinesEasyJet kicks off the opening of BER
The first plane landed as part of the official opening of the new Capital Airport
As one of the largest airlines based in Berlin-Brandenburg, easyJet opened last Saturday a new chapter with the inauguration of the "Willy Brandt" of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. The first easyJet aircraft,... more
Civil aviationICAO leaders address North, Central American and Caribbean health, transport, and tourism ministers
COVID-19 has now infected over 43 million people globally, leading to over 1.2 million fatalities
As part of an important two-day event bringing together ICAO North and Central American and Caribbean Directors General of Civil Aviation, and their respective ministers of health, transport and tourism,... more
Civil aviationAirplanes and helicopters. Boeing reports third-quarter results
They continue to be impacted by COVID-19 and the MAX airplane grounding -ATTACHMENT
Boeing reported in the last days its third-quarter resultsThe highlights are: Financial results continue to be significantly impacted by COVID-19 and the 737 MAX groundingProactively managing liquidity... more
AirlinesNew South African carrier has an official name: Lift
On-line contest registered 25 thousand suggestions
Wakanda Air, DjyRyNie and Lekker Airlines: these are some of the suggestions that South African citizens proposed online for the new national carrier (read also the article published by AVIONEWS). Eventually... more
Civil aviationFincantieri: "Silver Moon" delivered in Ancona
It is the second of three “Muse” series ships for Silversea Cruises
The contractual delivery of “Silver Moon” –the second of three new ultra-luxury cruise ships that Fincantieri is building for Silversea Cruises, a brand of the Royal Caribbean Group– took place today a... more
AirlinesKuwait Airways takes delivery of its two A-330neo airplanes
The first ones of eight aircraft ordered by the carrier
Kuwait Airways, the national airline of the Country, has received its two A-330neo airplanes. These aircraft are the first of eight units ordered by the carrier; it currently operates a fleet of 15 Airbus... more
CargoAn unmanned aviation civil zone created in Shanghai
The base is ready to attract a significant number of companies
Pilots? In a not too distant future they may perhaps no longer be the absolute protagonists of civil aviation. China is strongly convinced of this, as evidenced by the official inauguration of an experimental... more
AirlinesLow-cost air carriers resisted better to covid
It was revealed by an university study - ATTACHMENT
Coronavirus pandemic literally disrupted any industrial sector, including the aviation sector: in the case of carriers, however, not all have been affected in the same way, as emerged from a study conducted... more
AirlinesRyanair and Aer Lingus farther from Ireland
Both carriers are reducing regional links
The green of Ireland no longer suggests the hope of two air carriers who represent this country well. Low-cost airline Ryanair and Aer Lingus are progressively reducing connections at national airports... more
AirlinesSouth African Airways' rescue plan approved
Carrier will receive half a billion euros
Half a billion euros: amount is considerable, to say the least, but it was deemed appropriate for the rescue of carrier South African Airways (read also the article published by AVIONEWS). Local government... more
Civil aviationPrimoco UAV airplane is certified by the Military Aviation Authority
The aircraft are used in three continents
The Czech company has signed new contracts in the last few months, despite a global pandemic and the introduction of many restrictions more
AerospaceAirplanes-helicopters. Airbus reports 9m2020 results
The highlights - ATTACHMENT
Airbus reports today nine-month (9m) 2020 results.The highlights are: Global air travel recovery slower than anticipated Cash containment and business adaptation on track9m revenues € 30.2 billion; 9m... more
AirlinesEU rejects Lufthansa appeal: "Low-cost carriers were not favored"
This is the decision of Luxembourg court
The accusations made by the airline Lufthansa against low-cost carriers, Ryanair in the first place, were returned to the sender. The Court of Justice of European Union located in Luxembourg ruled on the... more