European aviation company Airbus will sell about 300 passenger airplanes to Chinese airline companies. According to transaction conditions Airbus will receive from selling the airplanes 37 billion dollars. About one hundred airplanes A320 will buy from Airbus airline company China Eastern Airlines corp. Air China will acquire 64 such airplanes but its subsidiary company Shenzhen Airlines – 32 more. China Southern Airlines also announced that…
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During coronavirus pandemic European airline companies and airports for reasons beyond control have significantly reduced staff. However, now when after cancellation of the majority of coronavirus restrictions number of air travels bookings has increased, carriers recognized their inability to satisfy customers’ needs. As CEO of International Air Transport (IATA) CEO Willie Walsh marked, airline companies haven’t taken into account that dismissed employees could not want…
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European low-cost airline companies began to experiences serious difficulties with pilots’ and flight attendants’ recruitment after employees that left companies during pandemic didn’t want to come back to previous job because of low level of salary. Pilots’ and flight attendants’ professions suppose constant flights, work at night time and inevitable overloading. In theory they have to be prestigious and high-paid – namely these two factors…
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European airline companies have been overwhelmed by storm of strikes. Unexpected boom of air flights in Europe after two years of idlesse and flights cancellation created on the labor market in the area of air transport service highly charged situation. Despite significant price increase of the fuel and shortage of board personnel companies continue to sell tickets not being sure in possibility to fulfill obligations…
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Innovation is intended for passengers of economy class that make flights on long-haul routes. Airline company Air New Zealand intends to introduce new service – possibility to book on the board rest in sleeping pod, The Guardian informs. To sleep will be able passengers of economy class that will have 17-hour ultralong flights. Innovation will appear on eight airplanes Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that Air New…
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From June 2022 in Helsinki airport all services will be combined in one terminal: check-in of the passenger, safety control and luggage claim. Also, passengers will be able to go to train station, parking or bus station without going outside. Thanks to new technologies during safety control passengers will not have to take electronic devises and liquids out of bags. “We open new page in…
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In the framework of global interrogation made by independent consulting agency Skytrax passengers named Helsinki airport the best airport of Northern Europe. Reward World Airport Award 2022 was given to Finavia company that administrates the airport on ceremonial event in Paris. In Helsinki airport operate hundreds of companies that provide jobs for thousands of people. All of them provide continued service that passengers appreciate. Edward…
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Famous statistic company SkyTrax from Great Britain that deals with researches in the area of quality of the services rendered to world air carriers and airports presented list of the best world airports. So, the first place in the rating belongs to international airport Hamad in Doha (Qatar) that kept first place second year in the row. Here bases air carrier Qatar Airways. Air harbor…
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Two-decked airplane Airbus A380 of the airline company British Airways was inundated to the end of the flight from London to Washington. Water began to flow from the upper deck to the lower one. Problem appeared with water tanks that caused inundation of the rear part of the airplane from the stair flight that was used by passengers of the economy class. Incident hasn’t caused…
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There are no evidences that deterioration of the coat of color or erosion of the surface on the airplanes A350 that have been withdrawn from the Qatar Airways flights reduces safety of lightning protection, said European Authority of Aviation Safety. Deterioration of the protective outer skin identified affected lighting protection layer and prompted Qatar company Qatar Airways to withdraw from the flights more than 20…
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