AirlinesAir France Sells 16 Airbus A320 Family Aircraft In Order To Lease Back Looking to strengthen its financial position and secure more funds, Air France will enter into a sale and leaseback agreement for sixteen of its A320 family aircraft. According to CH-Aviation, this will consist of six A319-100s and ten A318-100s. Sale and leaseback is something we’ve seen take place more frequently as airlines look to survive this global crisis.
LinkAir Canada Expects 3 Year Recovery From "Darkest Period Ever" Comments made by Air Canada’s CEO paint a bleak picture for the Canadian flag carrier Air Canada. The country’s largest airline has not been immune to the damage caused by COV-19 and global travel restrictions. Leading the carrier, CEO Calin Rovinescu says that we are now living through “the darkest period ever in commercial aviation”.
LinkIs It Still Possible To Fly On An MD80/90 In The United States? Airlines are retiring older aircraft at an accelerated pace. Delta Air Lines, the last major operator of the MD-88 and MD-90 in the United States is on track to retire these aircraft entirely by June. But, before then, the MD-88s and MD-90s are still flying domestically to some major cities.
LinkUnited Airlines Orders 7 More Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners Earlier this year, United Airlines placed an order for seven new Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The Chicago-based carrier is expecting to receive these planes by the time 2021 is over.
LinkMay The Force Be With You - 6 Great Star Wars Aircraft Liveries Today is the 4th of May, or to many fans, Star Wars day. For those who may be wondering why, May the fourth sounds a lot like “may the force [be with you]”, A famous Star Wars quotation. To celebrate this wonderfully sci-fi day, we decided to take a look at six great Star Wars liveries.
LinkAir Canada Sends 79 Planes Into Early Retirement In the release of its first-quarter results on May 4th, Air Canada announced that it would be sending 79 planes into early retirement. Boeing 767s, Airbus A319s, and Embraer 190s will exit the fleet. This will see a drawdown of most of the Air Canada Rouge fleet.
LinkUnited Airlines' Boeing 757s Won't Fly Again Until Further Notice The current global crisis has greatly changed operations and fleet plans for many airlines around the world. For US carrier United Airlines, it means that its Boeing 757s will remain on the ground for quite some time. In fact, there are no plans for them to carry passengers for the foreseeable future.
LinkKLM Resumes More Flights As Face Masks Become Mandatory Today, KLM has announced that wearing face masks will be compulsory on its flights as they begin to restart. Effective 11th May, the rule applies to all KLM flights. Passengers must wear masks when boarding flights and while onboard.
LinkFlying Is Safe Again Claims Southwest CEO Southwest Airlines’ CEO Gary Kelly has claimed that flying is safe again. In a televised interview, he said that this was due to all of the measures being taken by the US low cost-carrier to reduce virus transmission.
LinkNorwegian Air To Be Kept Alive Low-cost airline Norwegian has secured a more positive future for itself after finally getting its bondholders to agree to a substantial debt-to-equity swap today. Creditors will have more than $900m of debt converter into equity, balancing the airline’s equity ratio and allowing it to unlock millions in government support. Shareholders voted 95% in favor of the move, even though it leaves them with only 5% of the company.
LinkHow FlyBosnia Is Flying An A319 To China For Cargo FlyBosnia, the start-up airline based in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has operated flights to China for the first time in Sarajevo Airport’s history. To help Bosnia’s public health system, the airline flew to Shanghai, Qingdao, and Beijing last month. Let’s take a look.
Link€7 Billion Worth Of French Aid Will Go To Air France-KLM On Monday morning, the European Commission signed off on €7 billion ($7.7 billion) in aid from the French government to Air France to cushion the worst of the blow from the corona-crisis. A mix of bank and shareholder loans will now provide the carrier with desperately needed liquidity.
LinkUnited Airlines Delays Boeing 737 MAX Delivery Schedule As it prepares for a new reality following the COVID-19 pandemic, United Airlines has decided to delay the number of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft that it had planned to add to its fleet. Instead of its original order, United Airlines is now going to take less than half the number of MAXs it wanted over the next couple of years.
LinkWizz Air Announces Five New Routes Out Of Abu Dhabi Wizz Air has revealed that it will be launching five new routes from its new Abu Dhabi hub. The new hub will serve Bucharest and Budapest from June 3rd, then Katowice and Sofia on September 15th, and lastly, Cluj-Napoca from September 16th.
LinkLATAM Airlines Exits The oneworld Alliance As of May 1st, LATAM Airlines has departed the oneworld alliance. This leaves oneworld without a South American member. However, LATAM is not yet joining another alliance. Instead, the airline is continuing to build a new partnership with Delta Air Lines.
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