AirlinesEmirates Is Flying Each Airbus A380 Once A Month – Here’s Why Emirates’ President, Tim Clark, today confirmed that each of the airline’s Airbus A380 aircraft is being flown once a month. The comment comes as Clark last month confirmed that Emirates is planning to keep almost every Airbus A380.
LinkEmirates Would Like To Partner With A US Big 3 Airline Emirates President Sir Tim Clark has spoken at length today about the future of his airline. Within the discussions, he settled on a proposition that could change the face of airline travel for good. Emirates is keen to work up a partnership with one of the US Big Three, with Clark believing it’s time to see all the historical bad blood as “water under the bridge.”
LinkQatar Airways Warns Airbus And Boeing Against Resisting Deferrals Qatar Airways has today warned Boeing and Airbus not to resist its requests to put off aircraft deliveries. The struggle is over whether the airline or manufacturer should bear the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis. Qatar has threatened not to do business with the companies again.
LinkAlitalia Recommences Flights To New York An Alitalia flight took off today from its base in Rome heading to New York. This is the first long-haul flight operated by the Italian airline since early May. The struggling carrier suspended all long-haul flights as international travel restrictions prevented airlines from operating. Alitalia is hoping to relaunch a further 30 routes later this month, despite being bankrupt for several years.
LinkQatar Airways Is Now The World’s Largest Carrier Qatar Airways has declared that it is now the world’s largest carrier. The airline stated that its continued operations through the current crisis has meant that it has now secured the top spot.
LinkLufthansa To Begin Ferrying Retired Boeing 747s For Disassembly Lufthansa is to begin ferrying Boeing 747s to a scrapyard in The Netherlands. The aircraft are being retired ahead of schedule as a direct result of the current downturn in the aviation industry.
LinkTurkish Airlines In Talks To Delay Airbus A350 Deliveries While the carrier will take delivery of its first A350-900, Turkish Airlines is reportedly still in talks with Airbus about deferral of the rest of the order. The manufacturer has yet to begin construction of the remaining 24 aircraft.
LinkIndiGo Will Be An All-Airbus A320neo Airline Within 2 Years At today’s earnings call, IndiGo’s CEO Ronojoy Dutta was clear on the long term goals for the airline. Despite losses of more than $100m in the quarter, Dutta is focused on a move to a younger, more efficient fleet, with plans to phase out 120 A320ceo aircraft within two years.
LinkeasyJet Plans To Serve Three Quarters Of Its Network By August Following flight resumptions later this month, easyJet announced today that is looking to fly 50% of its 1,022 routes in July and 75% in August. These services will include trips across Europe and North Africa.
LinkToday Is The Final Farewell For Delta’s MD-88 and MD-90 Aircraft Today marks the end of an era for Delta Air Lines as it becomes the latest airline to retire its fleet of MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft. Once a significant part of the airline, today, Delta will operate final flights for both aircraft types.
LinkEtihad Launches New Wellness Program To Focus On Passenger Health A new program is in store for passengers flying with Etihad, as the airline introduces a health and hygiene initiative aptly named “Etihad Wellness.” In a press release issued yesterday, Etihad’s program presents the industry’s first-ever Wellness Ambassadors, reassuring travelers of the airline’s health and safety measures.
LinkKorean Air Will Now Alert You If Your Baggage Made The Flight Korean Air is launching a new service that will notify passengers when their checked baggage has been safely loaded onto their flights. Officially in place as of yesterday, the service is available for the airline’s international flights departing Seoul Incheon International Airport.
LinkDelta Still Trying To Avoid Furloughs Despite Pilot Surplus Delta Air Lines and its pilots’ union are still trying to avoid furloughing over 2,300 pilots. This comes after the results of a Sunday bid saw the airline with a surplus of pilots even after shifting around 7,000 of them across bases and aircraft types. Now, the airline is trying to minimize furloughs.
LinkUnited Airlines Eyes Big Boost To International Schedule United Airlines is significantly stepping up its international flying. While services remain a shadow of what they were, United notes today that there are glimmers of hope. In addition to increasing transatlantic services, United Airlines is re-opening schedules to destinations across the Caribbean and Latin America. Services to Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Singapore are also resuming.
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