Aviation Daily Roundup: Dec. 01
December 02, 2020
Turkish Airlines Establishes Cargo Unit To Meet Demand
Credit: Turkish Cargo
Turkish Airlines’ board of directors decided Nov. 27 to establish an air cargo subsidiary to capitalize on the increased demand for air freight capacity.
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Heathrow, Airlines Collaborate On New Testing Regime
Credit: Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport is compiling a report into the effectiveness of COVID-19 pre-departure testing systems now being trialed by several airlines.
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Former Bombardier Exec Coleal Joins Incora As CEO
Credit: bombardier.com
David Coleal, most recently president of Bombardier Aviation, has been named group CEO of Incora, a provider of supply chain management services to aerospace, defense and other industries, effective Nov. 30.
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Singapore-Hong Kong Air Travel Bubble Pushed To 2021
Credit: Hong Kong International Airport
The governments of Singapore and Hong Kong have confirmed that the air travel bubble (ATB) between the two cities will be pushed “beyond December 2020” because of the high COVID-19 case counts in Hong Kong.
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Court Rejects Challenge To Korean Air-Asiana Merger
Credit: Joe Pries
A potential hurdle for the proposed Korean Air-Asiana Airlines merger has been removed after the dismissal of a legal challenge that was filed against the deal.
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Honeywell Next-Generation Catalyst Addresses ‘Smell In Cabin’ Events
Credit: Honeywell
Honeywell has introduced a new catalyst designed for aircraft cabin air systems that can help reduce in-cabin odors from certain volatile organic compounds in “bleed air”—also known as undesirable “smell-in-cabin” events.
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Brussels Airlines CEO Says Hub Is Key For Lufthansa’s Africa Prospects
Credit: Brussels Airport
Brussels Airlines is being further integrated into parent Lufthansa Group and the Belgian flag-carrier expects to play a more important role in Lufthansa’s hub system.
Read the full article
Aeroflot Quarterly Loss Narrows; Challenging Winter Foreseen
Credit: Aeroflot / Twitter
Russian airline Aeroflot’s net loss for the 2020 third quarter (Q3) narrowed to RUB21.1 billion ($277 million), compared with RUB35.8 billion in the second quarter, helped by demand from its domestic network.
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Flexibility Will Be Key To AirBaltic’s Recovery
Credit: airBaltic
Latvian carrier airBaltic is exploring the potential of adding new medium and long-haul routes as the airline reshapes its network in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alaska Airlines Joining Oneworld Gives Carrier Scale To Compete
Credit: Joe Pries
Joining the oneworld alliance became necessary for Alaska Airlines, which long took pride in its independence, to give its customers access to the kind of network scale that matches competitors’ offerings in major markets such as Seattle (SEA) and Los Angeles (LAX), according to CEO Brad Tilden.
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Third Carrier On The Agenda For Viva Air
Credit: Viva Air
Viva Air is gearing up for further expansion in the Latin American market with the potential launch of a third airline, as well as the broadening of its Colombian domestic and international route network.
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Daily Memo: Copa’s Panama City Hub Provides Competitive Edge In Latin America
Credit: Copa
As some hubs in the U.S. lose a certain level of panache during the COVID 19 crisis, Panama’s Copa Airlines believes its long-standing “Hub of the Americas” will become even more strategic in a post pandemic world.
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Mesa To Operate 40 CRJ-900s For American Under New Contract
Credit: Mesa Airlines
Mesa Airlines secured a new contract with American Airlines to operate 40 Bombardier CRJ-900s under the American Eagle regional brand through 2025.
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Norwegian Seeks Five Months’ Protection For Restructuring
Credit: Norwegian Airlines / Twitter
Troubled long-haul LCC Norwegian Air Shuttle will seek a five-month protection period for restructuring at a Dec. 7 court hearing as part of the examinership proceedings it initiated in November.
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EASA To Mandate Airbus A350 Escape-Hatch Modifications
Credit: Airbus
Corroded hardware is leaving Airbus A350 cockpit escape hatches difficult to open from the outside, leading Airbus to redesign the affected parts and prompting EASA to order modifications for the affected in-service fleet.
Read the full article
SpiceJet Starts Services To Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Credit: RAK International Airport
Indian LCC SpiceJet has launched services connecting New Delhi with Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) in the UAE, as part of the airline’s expansion program.
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Castlelake To Fund Some Boeing Deliveries
Credit: David Ryder / Getty Images
Long-time investment specialist Castlelake is teaming up with Boeing to provide up to $5 billion in new-aircraft delivery financing, giving cash-strapped carriers an additional funding option that does not require Boeing to increase its debt load.
Read the full article
U.S. Senate Proposal Would Give $17B To Airlines Over Four Months
Credit: Joe Pries
A bipartisan group of nine senators unveiled a more than $900 billion pandemic relief proposal that includes another round of payroll support for U.S. carriers.
Read the full article
Turkish Airlines Establishes Cargo Unit To Meet Demand
Credit: Turkish Cargo
Turkish Airlines’ board of directors decided Nov. 27 to establish an air cargo subsidiary to capitalize on the increased demand for air freight capacity.
Read the full article
Heathrow, Airlines Collaborate On New Testing Regime
Credit: Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport is compiling a report into the effectiveness of COVID-19 pre-departure testing systems now being trialed by several airlines.
Read the full article
Former Bombardier Exec Coleal Joins Incora As CEO
Credit: bombardier.com
David Coleal, most recently president of Bombardier Aviation, has been named group CEO of Incora, a provider of supply chain management services to aerospace, defense and other industries, effective Nov. 30.
Read the full article
Singapore-Hong Kong Air Travel Bubble Pushed To 2021
Credit: Hong Kong International Airport
The governments of Singapore and Hong Kong have confirmed that the air travel bubble (ATB) between the two cities will be pushed “beyond December 2020” because of the high COVID-19 case counts in Hong Kong.
Read the full article
Court Rejects Challenge To Korean Air-Asiana Merger
Credit: Joe Pries
A potential hurdle for the proposed Korean Air-Asiana Airlines merger has been removed after the dismissal of a legal challenge that was filed against the deal.
Read the full article
Honeywell Next-Generation Catalyst Addresses ‘Smell In Cabin’ Events
Credit: Honeywell
Honeywell has introduced a new catalyst designed for aircraft cabin air systems that can help reduce in-cabin odors from certain volatile organic compounds in “bleed air”—also known as undesirable “smell-in-cabin” events.
Read the full article
Brussels Airlines CEO Says Hub Is Key For Lufthansa’s Africa Prospects
Credit: Brussels Airport
Brussels Airlines is being further integrated into parent Lufthansa Group and the Belgian flag-carrier expects to play a more important role in Lufthansa’s hub system.
Read the full article
Aeroflot Quarterly Loss Narrows; Challenging Winter Foreseen
Credit: Aeroflot / Twitter
Russian airline Aeroflot’s net loss for the 2020 third quarter (Q3) narrowed to RUB21.1 billion ($277 million), compared with RUB35.8 billion in the second quarter, helped by demand from its domestic network.
Read the full article
Flexibility Will Be Key To AirBaltic’s Recovery
Credit: airBaltic
Latvian carrier airBaltic is exploring the potential of adding new medium and long-haul routes as the airline reshapes its network in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read the full article
Alaska Airlines Joining Oneworld Gives Carrier Scale To Compete
Credit: Joe Pries
Joining the oneworld alliance became necessary for Alaska Airlines, which long took pride in its independence, to give its customers access to the kind of network scale that matches competitors’ offerings in major markets such as Seattle (SEA) and Los Angeles (LAX), according to CEO Brad Tilden.
Read the full article
Third Carrier On The Agenda For Viva Air
Credit: Viva Air
Viva Air is gearing up for further expansion in the Latin American market with the potential launch of a third airline, as well as the broadening of its Colombian domestic and international route network.
Read the full article
Daily Memo: Copa’s Panama City Hub Provides Competitive Edge In Latin America
Credit: Copa
As some hubs in the U.S. lose a certain level of panache during the COVID 19 crisis, Panama’s Copa Airlines believes its long-standing “Hub of the Americas” will become even more strategic in a post pandemic world.
Read the full article
Mesa To Operate 40 CRJ-900s For American Under New Contract
Credit: Mesa Airlines
Mesa Airlines secured a new contract with American Airlines to operate 40 Bombardier CRJ-900s under the American Eagle regional brand through 2025.
Read the full article
Norwegian Seeks Five Months’ Protection For Restructuring
Credit: Norwegian Airlines / Twitter
Troubled long-haul LCC Norwegian Air Shuttle will seek a five-month protection period for restructuring at a Dec. 7 court hearing as part of the examinership proceedings it initiated in November.
Read the full article
EASA To Mandate Airbus A350 Escape-Hatch Modifications
Credit: Airbus
Corroded hardware is leaving Airbus A350 cockpit escape hatches difficult to open from the outside, leading Airbus to redesign the affected parts and prompting EASA to order modifications for the affected in-service fleet.
Read the full article
SpiceJet Starts Services To Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Credit: RAK International Airport
Indian LCC SpiceJet has launched services connecting New Delhi with Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) in the UAE, as part of the airline’s expansion program.
Read the full article
Castlelake To Fund Some Boeing Deliveries
Credit: David Ryder / Getty Images
Long-time investment specialist Castlelake is teaming up with Boeing to provide up to $5 billion in new-aircraft delivery financing, giving cash-strapped carriers an additional funding option that does not require Boeing to increase its debt load.
Read the full article
U.S. Senate Proposal Would Give $17B To Airlines Over Four Months
Credit: Joe Pries
A bipartisan group of nine senators unveiled a more than $900 billion pandemic relief proposal that includes another round of payroll support for U.S. carriers.
Read the full article
Turkish Airlines Establishes Cargo Unit To Meet Demand
Credit: Turkish Cargo
Turkish Airlines’ board of directors decided Nov. 27 to establish an air cargo subsidiary to capitalize on the increased demand for air freight capacity.
Read the full article
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