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Jun 2020Bombardier will reduce number of employees by 11% in aviation division
Aviation division of Bombardier company declared forthcoming reduction of 2500 people or 11% of employees. As the company’s declaration says, this measure will allow “to bring number of working people in accordance with current market conditions” that are characterized with failures in production due to coronavirus pandemic. “Now when sales of business-class airplanes as it is expected will fall by 30% due to pandemic, Bombardier…
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Jun 2020Airbus Helicopters began to deliver helicopters to customers remotely
Operator Helitrans (Norway) became first Customer that received new Airbus helicopters remotely. System of remote deliveries Airbus e-delivery was elaborated to guarantee observance of the strict sanitary standards and restrictions caused by COVID-19 pandemic – informs Airbus press service. Helitrans company that is based in Trondheim made remote take-over of two new H125 that allowed to observe all necessary requirements of helicopters handover and avoid…
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Jun 2020USA decided to prohibit flights of Chinese airline companies
Prohibition to make passenger flights to United States by Chinese air carriers must come into force on June 16th but this date may be changed to earlier date. Administration of US president Donald Trump decided to prohibit Chinese airline companies to make passenger flights to the country. It is said in the decree of Department of the Transportation from June 3rd. In the document is…
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Jun 2020World aviation gets rid of “superjumbos”. Part 2
First reason is four-engine “superjumbos” consume too much fuel. “Even taking into consideration fallen in price fuel its consumption per one passenger appears to be too high”, – experts mark. Second reason. There are just no people to fully fill the cabins of superjumbos. And here coronavirus also had no small share: flying giants even before the pandemic flew half-full but now taking into consideration…
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Jun 2020World aviation gets rid of “superjumbos”. Part 1
French-Holland Air France-KLM the biggest air carrier in Europe announced decision to withdraw from operation airplanes Airbus A380 that it has in service earlier than planned end of 2022. Company doesn’t hide that one of the reasons of “hard landing” of this model became coronavirus pandemic: even taking into consideration reduced price of kerosene it was not profitable to use the airplane. Clouds above the…
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May 2020The biggest electric airplane in the world made first flight in USA
American company AeroTEC together with magniX made first flight tests of electrified passenger airplane Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. It is the biggest electric airplane in the world. Flight test took place in Grant County airport in Moses Lake, Washington state. The tests were considered successful. Cessna Caravan spent in the sky about 30 minutes. The airplane landed not far from Seattle. The airplane’s speed was…
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May 2020Serbia opened passenger airline service
National airline company Air Serbia launched regular passenger flights from May 21st but first commercial flight to Belgrade airport Nikola Tesla after easing restrictions introduced due to COVID-2019 took place earlier. First commercial flight of the low-cost company Wizz Air arrived on May 18th about 11:40 a.m. from London almost with 100 passengers. From May 21st Air Serbia started regular flights. On the first day…
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May 2020Lufthansa announced plans to resume flights in June
German airline company Lufthansa Group plans in June of the current year to resume flights on 130 routes. It is said in the message of the air carrier. Due to coronavirus pandemic major part of the airline company’s fleet involuntarily stood idle but from June airplanes will start to fly again, 80 airplanes Lufthansa, Eurowings and SWISS. They will serve touristic directions as well. It…
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May 2020AirBaltic resumes flights in Europe
Latvian Ministry of Transport allowed airBaltic airline company to resume flights from end of May to a row of European directions. “We return to safe our positions in the region” – airBaltic press service quotes the words of the Baltic carrier’s CEO Martin Gauss. He also underlined that passengers’ health and the health of the employees are put first. “All our passengers are now provided…
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May 2020The biggest Canadian airline company Air Canada will dismiss up to 60% of employees
The biggest Canadian airline company Air Canada announced that will dismiss minimum half of employees because of crises caused by coronavirus pandemic. Because of closed borders Air Canada reduced number of routes by 95%. Company in which work about 38000 people expects that return to normal life will take a lot of time. “We took very painful decision to limit our activity in accordance with…