Aviation Daily Roundup: Feb. 01, 2021

Credit: Ryanair / Piotr Mitelski

Ryanair said it expected to make a full-year net loss of as much as €950 million ($1.1 billion), but sounded an optimistic note about a summer recovery as vaccines are rolled out across Europe.

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Credit: Hawaiian Airlines

As U.S. airlines wait for the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to make a firm decision on requiring domestic travelers to test negative for COVID-19 prior to travel, Hawaiian Airlines’ unique experience has resulted in the operator building up an exclusive testing network. 

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Credit: Flyr

Norwegian start-up LCC Flyr, a project backed by industry veteran Erik Braathen, has released details of its tentative network ahead of a planned June launch.

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Credit: Rob Finlayson

Japan Airlines (JAL) now expects to record a net loss of ¥300 billion ($2.9 billion) for 2020 after its hopes for traffic recovery in the current quarter were dashed by a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the country.

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Credit: London Heathrow Airport

The UK has extended the temporary waiver on airport slot rules through its summer 2021 season, slot co-ordination company Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) has confirmed.

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Credit: Air Belgium

Long-haul leisure carrier Air Belgium has announced plans to diversify into dedicated freighter operations, tapping CEO Niky Terzakis’ cargo industry background.

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Credit: Maxime Letertre / Groupe ADP

PARIS—European countries including France, Germany and Portugal have introduced further restrictions to travel, with measures going beyond the updated travel restrictions the European Commission (EC) set forth in January. 

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Credit: Vietjet Air

Vietjet Air ended pandemic-stricken 2020 with a VND70 billion ($3 million) post-tax profit, boosted by strong ancillary revenue which accounted for 50% of all income.

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Credit: Yangdon International Airport

Myanmar has effectively stopped its international and domestic airline operations as the country’s military took over its democratically elected government early Feb. 1.  

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MOSCOW—Russian airlines carried 69.2 million passengers in 2020, down 46% year-over-year (YOY), according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia. 

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Credit: SIAEC

SINGAPORE—The Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC) is taking the downturn of the MRO market to push ahead with the second phase of digitalization transformation efforts that began in 2017. 

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