USA stopped production of the airplanes Boeing 747. Last aircraft will receive airline company Atlas Air. Models 747 were produced by USA more than 50 years – informs Financial Times in its publication. Last airplane of this model will be launched in modification 747-8 Freighter. It will be assembled on the Everette plant. “This airplane since it was presented on Paris Air Show in 1969…
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Japan leads among mega-airline companies and mega-airports of the world; All Nippon Airways and Tokyo International airport Haneda take first place. OAG, leading data platform for global industry of passenger transport presented the most punctual airline companies in the world and airports in the framework of own Punctuality League 2023. Among 20 leading mega-airline companies of the world Japan takes leading places: All Nippon Airways…
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On January 18th The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) presented own annual rating of “the best and worst airlines” in USA. First place for the second time in a row took airline company Delta – for the last six years it took leader position in the rating five times. It is followed by Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines. Totally the rating consists of nine big American…
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Price on air tickets in Belgium in 2023 may increase by 10%, declared CEO of the Irish low-cost airline company Ryanair Michael O’Leary on January 17th – informs The Brussels Tines. O’Leary clarified that price increase on the fuel, inflow of American tourists and reduction of flights’ offer for majority of European airline companies will make air tickets this year by 5-10% higher. During press…
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Bankruptcy proceedings that lasted 7 years on the case of state airline company Estonian Air is finished and two bankruptcy managers for their work will be paid in total 267 000 euro. As bankruptcy managers of the bankrupted at the end of 2015 state airline company Estonian Air the court appointed Toomas Saarma and Andrias Palmits, procedure that lasted several years was finished on January…
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Lufthansa wants to acquire share in Italian airline company Ita Airways. It directed to Rome government offer about acquisition of minority share in Alitalia successor-company, informed MDax group in Frankfurt. As sole owner Italian government now has to study question whether to enter exclusive negotiations with Lufthansa for signing final purchase agreement. Lufthansa also want to receive option for acquisition of remaining shares later. Amounts…
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American holding company United Airlines Holdings Inc. that is parent company of United Airlines in the fourth quarter 2022 came to profitable level. As press release of the company informs, net profit in October-December made $843 million or $2.55 per one share as compared to the loss on the level of $646 million or $1.99 per share for the similar period of the previous year….
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On January 11th Federal Aviation Authority of USA informed about failure of the pilots’ alerting system that could affect all the flights in the country and cause cancellation of the flights. Failure took place in the alerting system NOTAM (notice to air missions) that is responsible for mailing in real time the information to the pilots about dangers of the flight and restrictions. FAA faced…
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Philippine authorities apologized for accidental airspace closer on New Year. Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) took full responsibility and apologized for accidental airspace closer of the biggest airport in the country on New Year. Thousands of travelers “stuck” in the biggest Manila airport on January 1st after failure took place in the energy system, system problem of airspace management and entire air space…
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Latvia is the only Baltic country that from 1995 has own national airline company airBaltic. Lithuanian airlines turned bankrupt; Estonia failed to cope with own airline company twice. But airBaltic for the last 27 years is not just continuing to fly but even operates airplanes of new generation. 10 million of carried passengers. 36 units the most modern airplanes Airbus 220-300 with plans to widen…
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