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Gatwick is investigating the potential of using its emergency runway to boost capacity, as it waits for the Government to consider its expansion plans. In minutes from a November meeting of the Gatwick Airport Consultative Committee, the airport’s chief executive Stewart Wingate said Gatwick will be looking at ‘the capability of Gatwick’s main runway and the northern (maintenance/emergency) runway before […]
Reuters reports that the administrators of the insolvent airline NIKI have chosen to sell it to the former Formula 1 champion Niki Lauda. The sale was initially agreed with IAG, but bids were reopened when the proceedings were moved toAustria from Germany last week. IAG has told reporters it is ‘disappointed that NIKI will not be able to develop and grow stronger as part of the group‘.
Air France-KLM held discussions with Alitalia about acquiring the Italian flag carrier last week, according to the Financial Times. The article suggested that a joint bid with easyJet may have been proposed. The article noted that the airline has been under government control since last year, and has been ‘trying to draw out potential buyers’. The paper said Lufthansa […]
British media reported that police had arrested a British Airways pilot at Gatwick after a colleague suggested he may have been drinking last week. A British Airways spokesman said: “We are taking this matter extremely seriously and are assisting the police with their inquiries. We are sorry for the delay to our customers. The aircraft remained at the gate until an alternative third […]
Emirates Airline has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire up to 36 additional A380 aircraft. The deal comes just days after Airbus warned it may have to scrap the programme if it could not complete the signing. The commitment is for 20 A380s and an option for 16 more with deliveries to start in 2020, valued at […]
UK Telegraph Online writes that the European Union is considering emergency plans to keep British planes flying in the EU after a no deal Brexit. EU agreements allow airlines to operate and land in other member states of the bloc but Britain will leave those after Brexit, even if there is a deal. There are fears that British […]
The world’s latest ultra-long-haul route is scheduled to take off from Houston on Friday evening, destination Sydney. United Airlines flight 101 leaves at 8pm for the 8,596-mile trip, 18 miles longer than the existing Qantas route from Dallas to Sydney. The new flight is scheduled for 17 hours 30 minutes. The plane arrives at 6.30am local time, two days after leaving Houston. But […]
An editorial in Airways Mag Online discusses IAG’s new airline brand, LEVEL and its purchase of NIKI assets, and describes the airline group’s growth as ‘unstoppable’. The article praises the flexibility and fast movement which allowed LEVEL to be set up so quickly, and notes that IAG is ‘positioning itself nicely into both the premium price market and also the […]
Delta Air Lines has reported better-than-expected profit for the fourth quarter, helped by higher business fares and a busy holiday travel season. The airline forecast even better performance in the current quarter on strong demand for seats, and the results sent its shares up 3.5 percent in pre-market trading. Delta forecast total unit revenue to increase by 2.5 […]
Lufthansa sees a need for ‘significant‘ restructuring at Alitalia before the German airline can make a deal to buy it, according to a letter from Lufthansa Chief Executive Carsten Spohr to Italian Industry Minister Carlo Calenda. He said restructured ‘NewAlitalia‘ would be smaller in terms of both staff and its fleet. Alitalia, which has made a profit only a few times in its 70-year history, was […]
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