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Airbus' Gamechanging Solution For Ticket Price Turbulence
Airbus’ fully owned subsidiary Skytra has announced that it will offer a new class of derivatives contracts aimed at supporting the air travel industry’s revenue risk management. It is a brand new, never seen before, industry-specific and revolutionary approach towards reducing the revenue risk and volatility in aviation. We analyzed this complex concept to better understand how it is going to work.
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Boeing's First 777X Flight Could Take Place This Week
The long-awaited first flight of the Boeing 777X could take place this week. Reuters reports that people familiar with the aircraft’s development have confirmed that the first test flight of the type is likely to take place on either Thursday or Friday, depending on the weather.
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Airbus Will Repurpose The A380 Production Line For A321s
The production of the A380 is edging closer to being wound up, leaving Airbus with a spare bit of capacity to find a use for. Today, the European planemaker has revealed plans to convert the A380 line into a ‘digitally-enabled’ production line for the popular A321 range of aircraft.
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Boeing Studies New Turboprop In Partnership With Embraer
Embraer is researching ways to launch a new turboprop aircraft. The plane would be developed through a venture planned with Boeing, which the manufacturer is already closely aligned with.
Embraer Commercial Aviation’s Chief Executive John Slattery spoke with Reuters about how this plan is in line with his company’s vision.
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SWISS Finishes Refurbishing Its Airbus A340 Fleet
Swiss International Airlines has given a new lease of life to its Airbus A340 aircraft. The airline recently completed a cabin refurbishment program on all five of its A340s which includes a new entertainment system and internet access.
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Air France-KLM Bids For Half Of Malaysia Airlines
Air France-KLM has made an offer to purchase a 49% stake in Malaysia Airlines. According to NL Times, the Malaysian government is looking for an investor to keep the struggling flag-carrier running.
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South African Airways Cancels Flights As Cash Worries Grow
South African Airways has canceled a number of flights as its financial worries grow. The news comes as last week SAA listed a number of Airbus A340 aircraft for sale on the South African Government’s procurement website.
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Air India's VIP Boeing 747s To Be Transferred To Alliance Air
As a part of its on-going privatization process, Air India will most likely transfer ownership of its four VIP Boeing 747-400s to Alliance Air.
Quoting Indian business television channel CNBC TV18, aviation website CH-Aviation is reporting that the jumbo jet’s ownership will be transferred to Alliance Air.
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Which Aircraft Could Putin's New Far East Airline Utilise?
Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has said he wants a new far east Russian airline to help develop the nation’s Pacific territories. But what would this airline actually look like? And what aircraft would it use?
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Nigeria's Azman Air Aquires Former Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340
Nigerian carrier Azman Air announced it is to acquire its first widebody jet for use on international routes – including Hajj and Umrah charters. According to CH-Aviation, the aircraft is an Airbus A340-600 from the leasing company European Aviation Group. The aircraft once flew with Virgin Atlantic.
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American Airlines To Cease LATAM Codeshares From February 1st
American Airlines is about to lose access to one of the biggest airline networks in South America, LATAM, as the carrier switches over to supporting Delta.
Delta Air Lines pulled the rug out from under American Airlines by purchasing 20% of LATAM in 2019 for USD$1.9 billion. American Airlines was codeshared with LATAM and now stands to lose access to LATAM’s impressive South American network.
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Lufthansa Group Helps Negotiate Historic Deal Between Serbia And Kosovo
Earlier today at the US Embassy in Berlin, representatives of Serbia, Kosovo, the US and Lufthansa Group signed a historic agreement to establish an air link between Serbia and Kosovo. For the first time after 1998 when the two countries went to war, there will be flights between Belgrade and Pristina, and they will be launched by Eurowings.
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Could Ethiopian Airlines And Addis Ababa Airport One Day Rival Emirates And Dubai?
Ethiopian Airlines has floated plans to build a new $5bn mega airport to serve as its hub in Addis Ababa. With capacity for up to 100m passengers, this could become a valuable transfer hub, not just for Africa but between Asia and the Americas too. Could Ethiopian eventually become a major transfer airline to rival Middle East giant Emirates? Let’s take a look.
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Alicante Airport Reopens Following Fire And Severe Storm
Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) has reopened this morning, January 21, at 5:00 a.m. following a fire and severe storm.
It has not been a particularly good week for holidaymakers looking to spend time on Spain’s Costa Blanca after the region’s main airport was forced to close, first for a fire and then a violent storm.
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Aviation Quote
It is not necessarily impossible for human beings to fly, but it so happens that God did not give them the knowledge of how to do it. It follows, therefore, that anyone who claims that he can fly must have sought the aid of the devil. To attempt to fly is therefore sinful.
- Roger Bacon, thirteenth century Franciscan friar.
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