European plane maker Airbus has told its 135,000 employees to brace for potentially deeper job cuts amid the Covid-19 crisis, as the company’s survival is at stake without immediate action. CEO Guillaume Faury said in a letter to staff the company is “bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed” and that the recent drop of a…
Scandinavian airline SAS on Tuesday announced plans to lay off up to 40 percent of its workforce in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Scandinavian airline SAS said on Tuesday it would reduce its workforce by up to 5,000 full-time positions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on air travel. The airline, which furloughed around 90…
Norwegian Air does not expect to begin ramping up its number of flights until April 2021 at the earliest, according to a proposal published ahead of a key stakeholder meeting this week. Norwegian’s present low activity will continue, based on the support offered by the Norwegian authorities to maintain a minimum offer of air travel.…
The first Airbus A380 performed its maiden flight on April 27, 2005, just over three months after rolling out of the manufacturer’s plant at Toulouse Blagnac International Airport on January 18, 2005. The “Superjumbo”, registered F-WWOW and powered by Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines, took-off at 10:29 local time (8:29 GMT) and landed thee hours…
Embraer announced today that it is in receipt of Boeing’s notice of termination of the Master Transaction Agreement (MTA) with Embraer. Embraer believes strongly that Boeing has wrongfully terminated the MTA, that it has manufactured false claims as a pretext to seek to avoid its commitments to close the transaction and pay Embraer the US$4.2…
Singapore Airlines is storing some of its A380s in the Australian desert. Four A380s have touched down in Alice Springs today for long term storage: 9V-SKT 9V-SKW 9V-SKY 9V-SKZ Excuse the frantic videoing but a giant plane wing just went over my head. pic.twitter.com/3jt72uYEVB — Mitchell Abram (@abramm97) April 25, 2020
The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, and the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will honor frontline COVID-19 responders and essential workers with formation flights over New York City, Newark, Trenton and Philadelphia Tuesday April 28. A formation of 6 F-16C/D Fighting Flacon and 6 F-18C/D Hornet aircraft will conduct…
A mysterious China Southern Airlines Dreamliner has landed during the night in New York JFK from Wuhan. The Boeing 787-9 (reg. B-1168) took off from Wuhan at 12h35 UTC and landed in New York JFK at 02h50 UTC (Friday 22h50 local time). The flight was operated by China Southern Airlines and loaded with nearly…
Boeing announced today that it has terminated its Master Transaction Agreement (MTA) with Embraer, under which the two companies sought to establish a new level of strategic partnership. The parties had planned to create a joint venture comprising Embraer’s commercial aviation business and a second joint venture to develop new markets for the C-390 Millennium…
Qantas has criticised Perth Airport for blockading Virgin aircraft according to WAtoday. A Qantas spokesperson told media, “Even by Perth Airport’s standards, this is extraordinary behaviour. Protecting your interests is one thing but parking a bulldozer in front of an aircraft while saying you’re ‘working to secure an agreement’ is ridiculous. It’s no way to…
The Italian government will take full control of Alitalia in June, Industry Minister Stefano Patuanelli said on Thursday, adding the airline would have gone bust due to the coronavirus crisis otherwise. Speaking before a parliamentary committee for transport, the minister said the government would create a new company at the beginning of June that would…
Ryanair is asking French airports to remove or reduce taxes until October 2021 in order to resume flight operations. In a letter signed by Niall O’Connor, Director of Route Development, the Irish airline says it is preparing to relaunch its operations “as soon as the travel restrictions are lifted by the States”. Reading O’Connor, it…
