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The Financial Times reports that Lufthansa issued an upbeat view even as it posted a fall in profits for the third quarter. It notes that shares in the airline dipped three per cent in early trading as it reported a 17 per cent decline in net profit of 1.18bn Euros, though last year’s figures for the same period were boosted by a one-off gain of 730m Euros from […]
Monarch Airlines has lost its High Court battle over “valuable” runway slots it wanted to exchange with other carriers to raise cash for creditors. The airline ceased trading last month and its administrators’ lawyers called the slots its “most valuable asset”. The company which allocates 39 airports’ slots accepted that Monarch would have received some of […]
Flybe has reported a sharp drop in profits due to IT and aircraft maintenance cost issues. The group saw adjusted pre-tax profits for the six months to September 30 fall year on year from £15.9 million to £8.4 million due to an “onerous” IT contract and rising maintenance costs. Non-adjusted pre-tax profits rose from seven million pounds to £15.1 million due, the […]
A Flybe plane with 57 people on board has been forced to make an emergency landing with no nose gear in place at Belfast International Airport. The Bombardier Q-400 had taken off from City Airport at 11.07am bound for Inverness but reported an undercarriage fault as it burned fuel in a holding pattern for about […]
BA cabin staff vote to accept pay deal, ending lengthy dispute. British Airways mixed fleet cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay deal, bringing an end to a long-running dispute which included 85 days of industrial action. The dispute only involved the mixed fleet section of cabin crew who are on the newer […]
Air New Zealand has been named Airline of the Year for 2018. AirlineRatings.com has awarded the airline its most prestigious award for the fifth consecutive year. The Airline Excellence Awards judge airlines on 12 key criteria, including fleet age, passenger reviews, profitability, investment rating, product offerings and staff relations. AirlineRatings.com said Air New Zealand was honoured for its “record-breaking performance, multi award-winning […]
Thousands of pilots from around Europe, many from troubled carriers such as Monarch Airlines and Air Berlin, have applied for 100 jobs at Aer Lingus. The Irish airline announced several weeks ago that it intends to hire 200 pilots over the next three years; it advertised the first 100 positions in October, and by the […]
easyJet’s share price climbed this morning as the airline confirmed its plan to buy part of Air Berlin. The company will take on some of Air Berlin’s operations at Berlin’s Tegel Airport for €40m. The airline will lease up to 25 A320 aircraft and hopes to recruit 1,000 pilots and cabin crew. A spokesperson for the airline said: “This will enable easyJet to […]
easyJet has today reached out to Monarch employees to encourage them to apply. As part of the airline’s latest and largest ever recruitment, there are still opportunities for 100 cabin crew in Luton, 400 in Gatwick as well as a number of direct entry Captains. A number of roles are also being advertised at easyJet’s […]
Air France’s new airline aimed at ‘millennial’ travellers is now open for bookings. Joon is based in Charles de Gaulle Airport, and will begin flying on December 1. It is taking bookings for four cities in Europe: Barcelona, Berlin, Lisbon and Porto, costing from €39 each way. There will be long-haul flights to Fortaleza in Brazil and Mahe in the Seychelles next summer. […]