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MIAMI – Today in Aviation, Air Liberté (IJ) and AOM (IW) are renamed Air Lib in 2001. IJ and IW had been formally merged by owners SAirGroup on March 25, initially taking the name Société d’exploitation AOM Air Liberté SA. The carrier was then restructured as a low-cost carrier in order to compete with easyJet …
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Emirates is increasing flight frequencies to a number of US destinations from next month. Emirates has been building up connectivity in response to growing passenger demand on the back of rising travel confidence and the easing of international travel protocols. The airline says there is also growing interest from US travellers to visit Dubai, which …
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Boeing 747 pilot Christiaan van Heijst has taken a stunning image of the northern lights and moonrise from his cockpit. Christiaan takes up the story. “The long way home. “A lone settlement in the cold Northwest Territories of Canada passes by below, an elegant ribbon of northern lights to the north and a bright moon-rise …
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MIAMI – ATR and Sweden’s Braathens Regional Aviation (TF) have partnered with Finland’s Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), to attain a first demonstration flight in 2022. The three-sided partnership, between turboprop manufacturer ATR, an ATR turboprop operator TF, and Neste a leading producer of Sustainable Aviation Fuel …
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MIAMI – The Alitalia (AZ) brand is on sale from September 18 with a price tag fixed by the administrators at US$340m (€290m), an amount considered high by the market that had valued it at approximately US170m (€140 to 150m), explain the Italian news outlets Il Sole 24 Ore and Il Corriere. The tender is …
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MIAMI – Atlas Air (5Y) and DHL Express (DY) have extended the existing contract to continue to operate 20 freighters and give support to the fast-growing markets of expresses cargo and e-commerce. The agreement, first signed in 2008, is the continuation of a long-standing partnership between 5Y and QY when QY acquired 49% of Polar …
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MIAMI – Today in Aviation, the narrow-body airliner Douglas DC-8 enters service with Delta Air Lines (DL) and United Airlines (UA) in 1959. While Pan Am was the first airline to order the DC-8 in October 1955, it would be rivals DL and UA that would first put the aircraft into revenue service. Both DL …
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MIAMI – What is happening at the newest German business travel-oriented startup Lalona Air? The virtual airline, whose flights were to be operated under a wet-lease agreement with Air Alsie (6I), was to start selling tickets as of October 1. This, apparently, will never happen. German press outlets AeroTelegraph and Aero.de report that the Lolona …
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MIAMI – While electric aircraft seem to be in the news lately, there is more going on in the movement to make aviation green. Airbus and Air New Zealand (NZ) have signed a Memo of Understanding (MoU) to jointly investigate how aircraft might someday be powered by the most abundant element in the universe: hydrogen. …
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MIAMI – Today in Aviation, Virgin Nigeria Airways (VK) announced that it would rebrand itself as Nigerian Eagle Airlines in 2009. After flag-carrier Nigeria Airways (WT) went bankrupt in 2003, the country’s government looked at establishing a new national airline. The Virgin Group and Nigerian investors worked together to create VK, established on September 28, …
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MIAMI – Startup carrier Avelo Airlines (XP) is expanding Palm Beach, Florida service from Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN) before it’s even begun. The ultra-low-cost carrier headquartered in Houston, Texas, announced flights between New Haven and Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) beginning Dec. 16 – the fifth Florida destination from the carrier’s new East Coast base …
MIAMI – Ryanair (FR) Michael O’Leary has an unflinching opinion regarding competitors easyJet (U2) and Wizz Air (W6): merge or wait to be taken over by larger carriers when the crisis resolves and industry regains speed. Last week, U2 indicated that it had rejected a proposed takeover from an unnamed suitor who, according to the …
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MIAMI – In a joint statement, Qantas (QF) and Japan Airlines (JL) have expressed their dissatisfaction with a decision taken by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on their joint business destined to boost recovery as soon as the borders re-open and tourism resumes. In 2020, both airlines applied for approval of a plan …
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Emirates has begun a worldwide campaign to recruit 3,000 cabin crew and 500 airport services employees to join its Dubai hub over the next six months to support a ramp-up in operations. The airline says these roles are Dubai-based positions and frontline customer-facing roles, and candidates interested in joining Emirates as cabin crew or as …
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The possibility of a new search for MH370 has been dramatically enhanced by the latest results from trials of a new breakthrough tracking technology called WSPRnet. READ: WSPRnet explained Using a set of tools (see below) aerospace engineer Richard Godfrey says he is “able to detect and track aircraft anywhere in the globe and at …
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The author Andreas Spaeth at a Singapore Testing Centre “It is is a major milestone for us to establish this new link with Germany,” said Keith Tan, CEO of the Singapore Tourism Board. “Germany is a trusted and safe country. We are very happy how the German government has responded to Covid” – unlike, of …
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MIAMI – American Airlines (AA) and Brazilian GOL (G3) have entered into a new partnership bound to create the “best network and loyalty program across the Americas”, as stated by the AA press release published today, September 15. The letter of intent signed by the two carriers intends to reinforce the existing initial codeshare agreement, …
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MIAMI – Today in Aviation, Mahé based Air Seychelles (HM) is formed in 1977 in the Republic of Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. For many years the islands had been difficult to access for tourists due to a lack of suitable airfields. This changed when Seychelles International Airport (SEZ) opened on March 20, …
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“Great airline, lousy business” — that was how Perth-born Sir Rod Eddington summed up Ansett Australia 12 months after he took the helm of it in the late 1990s. His mission on behalf of 50 percent stakeholder News Limited was to get the airline into shape and sell it off. It was a great airline …
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MIAMI – Boeing released an optimistic forecast of US$9tn on the aerospace and defense markets spanning over the next decade. We’ll focus on the commercial aerospace markets. The 2021 edition of the Boeing Market Outlook (BMO) reflects the signs of a post-COVID-19 recovery being registered by the industry, particularly for commercial airplanes and services, and …
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MIAMI – Lilium, the Wessling, Germany-based eVTOL company has released footage of the test flight of its fifth-generation aircraft. In a tweet last week, the company said, “Excited to share more from ongoing flight tests with our 5th generation demonstrator. See the aircraft on final approach – unedited so you can feel like you’re with …
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Boeing is forecasting a dramatic pickup in demand for aircraft with a requirement of 19,300 jets over the next 10 years worth US$3.2 trillion dollars. The aerospace giant released its 2021 Market Outlook last night (Tuesday) on the future of aviation with its vp commercial marketing Darren Hulst upbeat that the world economic growth had …
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MIAMI – Eurocontrol has published network and airlines performances data for week 36 beginning on September 6 and ending on September 12. During the period from September 6 to 12, the network shows a downtrend of 2.2% over week 35 with a total of 171701 flights operated and a reduction of 70888 flights when compared …
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MIAMI – Breeze Airways (MX) and Airbus reveal the first Airbus A220-300 in MX livery as the European airframer cashes in an additional order for 20 aircraft of the type. At the Airbus facility in Mobile, AL, MX has presented its first Airbus A220-300 painted in MX livery and, at the same occasion, confirmed a …
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The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines has called on governments to support a new push by members to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The association announced the commitment Monday, moving it ahead of the current global industry goal and of halving carbon emissions by 2050 and putting sustainable aviation fuels at the forefront of …
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A drawn-out takeover bid for Australia’s biggest airport may be reaching a conclusion after the consortium seeking to buy Sydney Airport upped its offer to $A8.75 a share. The airport announced yesterday it would open its books so the alliance of IFM investors, QSuper, AustralianSuper and Global Infrastructure partners could perform due diligence. The indicative, …
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