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DALLAS – British Airways (BA) will ramp up operations at Belfast City Airport (BHD) at the end of October to compensate for Aer Lingus (EI) discontinuing service between BHD and LHR. The Irish carrier was forced to discontinue services at the end of the month. According to Fórsa, the Dublin-based trade union, the forced withdrawal …
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DALLAS – Lufthansa (LH) Chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr has announced that the airline’s historic Lockheed Super Star and JU 52 aircraft will be given a new home to commemorate the German carrier’s 100th anniversary. The move, whose preparation begins this year, was announced at an employee event. Both aircraft will be on permanent display …
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DALLAS – Today in Aviation, the last variant of the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, the -500, took to the skies for the first time in 1978. The long-range variant was launched in August 1976 and was capable of flying up to 6,100 nm (11,260 km). It had a 4.1 m (13 ft 6 in) shorter fuselage …
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DALLAS – The pilot collective group of Lufthansa Group’s budget airline, Eurowings (EW), has decided to execute a 3-day cockpit staff strike this Monday. The strike action comes after failed negotiations between the carrier and Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), the pilots’ defender association, for a reduction in the workload of the employees in the cockpit. This …
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DALLAS – Latin America’s largest airline, LATAM (LA) has high hopes of exiting Chapter 11 in the fourth quarter of 2022 after securing requisite financing and gaining approval from the US bankruptcy court and shareholders for its restructuring plan. The group’s Chief Executive Officer, Roberto Alvo, said, “We have closed the second quarter with significant …
DALLAS – A SWISS (LX) Boeing 777-300ER equipped with Lufthansa Technik and BASF’s AeroSHARK surface technology has taken off on its first passenger flight. The fuselage and engine nacelles of the triple seven were modified with roughly 950 square meters of Riblet film, which mimics the flow-efficient features of shark skin. Flow models have revealed …
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DALLAS – Air Tahiti (VT) firmed up its commitment for two ATR 42-600S, the short take-off and landing (STOL) version of the ATR 42-600. VT also ordered one additional unit of the larger ATR 72-600. The airline is a regional carrier, operating between islands in French Polynesia. Based in Papeete (PPT) in Tahiti, the airline …
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Korean Air has resumed its key European routes to Rome, Barcelona, Milan, and Vienna after being suspended in March 2020 due to the pandemic. The airline is operating to Rome three times a week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and to Barcelona on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. “We are excited to welcome passengers back to …
United Airlines is reported to be closing in on a major order for more than 100 widebody jets from either Boeing or Airbus according to Bloomberg. The buy pits the 787, 777X and A350 as United Airlines strives to upgrade its ageing 777s and 767s United has 53 Boeing 767s with an average age of 25 …
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Trip Report: Perth to LA and back “the wrong way”, and no jetlag. I just did it — with no jetlag and no sleepless nights. The debate rages on which way is the best to travel to avoid the dreaded jet lag, and being sleepless in Seattle. And for travellers from Perth, Western Australia, that …
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DALLAS – Aer Lingus (EI) has announced its decision to suspend flights from Belfast City Airport (BHD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR). The service has been in operation since 2007. EI operates its A320s on the route three times a day. The route suspension is said to be temporary. British Airways (BA) will continue the …
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DALLAS – Something big has landed at Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB)—the Airbus BelugaST, one of the world’s largest transport aircraft. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) early tomorrow morning to deliver an Airbus-built satellite that is part of a key forthcoming space mission. This is a momentous event …
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DALLAS – Lufthansa (LH) has announced its largest-ever investment in premium cabin experience as part of the new “Allegris” product generation. The airline is launching the “Allegris” premium product on long-haul routes in all travel classes. We’ll take a closer look at the three revamped classes and the first renderings of the new cabin product …
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DALLAS – For such a small country, it may be a surprise to know that there are over 40 airports dotted across the UK. Some are small private airfields, handling an array of private flying. Others are massive international facilities serving millions of passengers each year. One such airport was Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) which, pre-pandemic, …
DALLAS – It may surprise you that flying a 30-ton airliner and working in an ambulance have many similarities. Both industries require decisions under pressure, teamwork, clear communication, and resource management. One of the first things a pilot will learn in training is to “aviate, navigate, and communicate.” No matter what situation or emergency comes …
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DALLAS – Today in Aviation, French regional airline Compagnie Corse Mediterranee (CCM) was rebranded as Air Corsica (XK) in 2010. Founded in 1989 by Corsican politician Pierre-Philippe Ceccaldi, the airline was established on the grounds of Ajaccio-Campo dell’Oro Airport in Ajaccio, today Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (AJA), Corsica, France, with the aim of offering improved …
REX: “We plan to be the largest Fly-in/Fly-out operator in Australia.” That’s the bold promise from REX executive chairman Lim Kin Hai after the airline’s A$48 million acquisition of FIFO specialist Cobham Regional Aviation Services Australia last month. In Perth with his deputy chairman and aviation veteran and former federal transport minister John Sharp, Mr …
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DALLAS – Johannesburg-based South African Airways (SA) has announced plans to increase capacity to meet a recent surge in demand. A slimmed-down SA, which restarted flights in September 2021, currently has a fleet of seven Airbus aircraft. This includes three A319s, two A320s, one A330-300 and a single A330-300. Three further A320s will now be …
OAG has named the world’s longest routes for 2022 with Singapore to New York at 9527 miles taking out number one! This route is operated by Singapore Airlines on an A350-900 and the average flight duration of this super-long sector is 18 hours and 40 minutes. A very close second is another Singapore route, operating …
DALLAS – “Cristoforo Colombo” Genoa Airport (GOA) suspended its operations today amid a protest held at the airport. At 9:30 am local time, the protesters started their procession from their factory in Campi and headed towards GOA. Upon their arrival, moments of tension with the police ensued, and the Ansaldo Energia company employees decided to …
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DALLAS – American Airlines (AA) has released the first pictures of its next-generation Admirals Club at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). In total, AA lounges comprise an almost 50-strong global Admirals Club network, whose design the airline will gradually update. The Dallas-based carrier announced in August its plans to introduce a new design for …
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DALLAS – International Airlines Group (IAG) shares surged today after the London-listed company announced that Q3 results would be better than expected. On Thursday afternoon, shares in the FTSE 100-listed company and parent company of British Airways (BA) and Iberia (IB) were trading 8.3% higher at 109.07 pence each. Following a preliminary earnings statement, the …
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DALLAS – Eurowings Europe (E2), a Lufthansa (LH) subsidiary, has moved its registration to Malta. Previously registered in Austria, the carrier obtained an air operator certificate (AOC) from Transport Malta. Eurowings will register 19 aircraft from the A320 family in the central Mediterranean archipelago. The airline was founded in August 2015 under the Lufthansa Group. …
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DALLAS – While Delta Air Lines (DL) doesn’t count the Second City as one of its hubs, the airline has been committed to elevating the passenger experience and beefing up its presence at Chicago O’Hare Airport (ORD), where it has invested US$50m in its new Terminal 5 home. Just this week, the airline moved its …
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Dallas – Delta Air Lines (DL) today announced its corporate earnings for the September quarter of 2022 and provided its outlook for the fourth quarter of the year. Highlights of the report include record quarterly revenue and the airline’s second consecutive quarter of double-digit operating margin, operations that returned to industry-leading reliability, and the expectation …
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DALLAS – Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has completed the first passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion of one of its Boeing 767-300ERs. The conversion, the first P2F in Africa, was carried out at the airline’s maintenance facility at Addis Ababa (ADD) in cooperation with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). ET introduced the 767-300ER in 2004 and operated 15 of the …
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DALLAS – Despite facing an ‘uncertain macro-economic environment,’ easyJet (U2) has announced that bookings for the coming winter season and summer of 2023 have been progressing well. This comes after the airline revealed strong fourth-quarter results. Over 24 million passengers were carried during the period, which covers the airline’s peak summer months of July-September. U2 …
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