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AirlinesAircraft and carriers. Qatar Airways will be released by oneworld?
The decision will be made in the next few months
Qatar Airways in the coming months could decide to leave the alliance between oneworld carriers, and to confirm it was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Akbar al-Baker who said that both options are being... more

AirlinesJet Airways: 28 airplanes grounded
Almost a quarter of the fleet "blocked" due to the absence of payments
The number of Jet Airways aircraft grounded by the leasing companies continues to rise, because the total has risen to 28 aircraft after Fly Leasing Ltd has sent the request to stop at the airport 3 in... more

AirlinesAir Italy. For the CEO of Qatar Airways it is disadvantaged by US carriers
"Lobby pressures for precise economic interests"
According to the Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways Akbar al-Baker behind the delays and difficulties faced by Air Italy -49% controlled by Qatar Airways- to expand in the United States, there would... more

AirlinesNorwegian Air: a leasing company will be set up to manage the 200 ordered planes
New move to ease the economic crisis
The industrial restructuring operation of the low-cost carrier Norwegian Air continues and -accordng to the local press- should soon envisage the creation -together with an Asian partner- of a leasing... more

AirlinesQatar Airways: al-Baker announces a negative balance sheet
Losses due to high operating costs also in 2018
Speaking on the sidelines of an event in Berlin, Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officier Akbar al-Baker said that the airline will close the 2018 budget with a negative sign, repeating what has already... more

AirlinesRyanair: negotiations with Airbus for A-321neo aircraft
They would enter in the Laudamotion fleet
Ryanair would be close to opening a negotiation table with Airbus to be able to order around 100 A-321neo. They would not, however, go into the Irish low-cost carrier fleet but would be destined to the... more

AirlinesAlitalia: what strategies for the future?
Doubts related to synergies with Ferrovie dello Stato
The government's idea of bringing Ferrovie dello Stato into the share capital of the Alitalia carrier is seen as a "strange" and "unusual" thing by many parties, and "The Financial Times" has put forward... more

AirlinesSouthwest Airlines: trade union disputes are costing millions of dollars
Many planes still stopped for maintenance
The dispute between the mechanics union and Southwest Airlines is costing millions of dollars to the low-cost carrier for delays and cancellations caused by the few aircraft available. The two sides have... more

AirlinesDelta: in the next few years orders for 10 billion dollars
It will serve to replace the dated B-757 and B-767
The Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines Ed Bastian yesterday spoke not only of the desire not to make a large investment in Alitalia (see AVIONEWS), because in a conference in New York he also explained... more

AirlinesLufthansa Group expands tourist long-haul portfolio with Eurowings
In the hubs of Munich and Frankfurt (from this airport debut as of October)
Lufthansa Group will be significantly expanding its tourist-oriented long-haul portfolio at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. After the successes of Edelweiss in Zürich and the deployment of the first... more

AirlinesDelta considers the investment in Alitalia to be excessive
Will Lufthansa return in the race?
Speaking in New York Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian underlined -as reported by the US press- that "no decision was made on Alitalia". The problem is related to the fact that "the value of the investment... more

AirlinesAlitalia: most punctual airline in the world in February
90.12% of flights landed on-time, according to US society
Alitalia has ranked most punctual airline in the world in February 2019 with 90.12 per cent of flights landed on schedule, according to the report published by FlightStats, the US independent society which... more

AirlinesCathay Pacific would like to buy Hong Kong Express
It would allow to the airlines to enter in the low-cost market
Cathay Pacific would be seriously interested in carrying out a financial operation that will allow it to detect the low-cost crisis in Hong Kong Express Airlines, mainly because it would guarantee the... more

AirlinesKorean Air celebrates 50 years
And it looks ahead to reaching 100-year milestone
Korean Air (KA) held a special ceremony on 4 March to celebrate its 50th anniversary with over 1,500 employees at its headquarters in Seoul, Korea. It was launched as a small Asian carrier with only eight... more

AirlinesAlitalia. Vestager: "The Commission continues its investigation into State aid"
Probe still far from being closed
When asked about the examination of the Alitalia dossier by European parliamentarians, the European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager said -once again- that "no conclusion has yet been reached... more

AirlinesJet Airways: step back from the president?
Meanwhile, another 6 planes were grounded
The founder and president of Jet Airways Naresh Goyal would have agreed to resign from his duties in the carrier in an attempt to increase the chances that the rescue agreement could be concluded, which... more

AirlinesAir France-KLM: Borne denies the possible acquisition of shares by France
French goal is avoid a confrontation with the Netherlands
The decision by the Dutch government to take over 14% of the shares of the Air France-KLM Group is destined to create a very long earthquake in relations with France and in the balance of the shareholders'... more

AirlinesAir Italy signs code-share agreement with Bulgaria Air
The connections between the Bulgarian cities and the Italian destinations are improved
Air Italy and Bulgaria Air have entered into a code-share partnership to offer customers enhanced connectivity between Bulgaria and eight major destinations in Italy, with effect from today.Under the agreement,... more

AirlinesAir France-KLM: Le Maire ensures his full support for Smith
The procedure to privatize Aéroports de Paris will also start soon
Speaking ahead of tomorrow's meeting between French Finance Minister Bruno Le Marie and Dutchman Wopke Hoekstra, the government's politician Macron recalled that he will support the policies and strategies... more

AirlinesAir France-KLM: the Dutch government will purchase 14% of shares
"Surprise" move announced yesterday by the finance minister
In order to balance the influence that the French government has on Air France-KLM, the Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra explained yesterday that Amsterdam will also buy the shares of the Air Group... more

AirlinesAir France-KLM: a "defeat" for Elbers its reconfirmation?
Will the relationship with Benjamin Smith cause new disagreements?
The re-appointment in April of Pieter Elbers as president and managing director of KLM for the next 4 years came at the end of a series of tensions with the managing director of the Group Air France-KLM... more

AirlinesSouthwest Airlines: negotiations continue with maintenance personnel
Objective to solve a diatribe that lasts from 2012
Negotiations continue between Southwest Airlines and the low-cost carrier, who have been negotiating for a new contract for about 6 years. Southwest CEO Gary Kelly explained -according to "Reuters"- that... more

AirlinesJet Airways: SBI will buy the majority of the carrier for a rupee
The situation remains critical and almost compromised
The State Bank of India (SBI) denied what was written in the local press about the decision to bring the financial books of Jet Airways to court, judging these voice as "speculative". Assertions that arrive... more

AirlinesBoeing: Vietnam Airlines also intends to order an order for 100 airplanes?
Almost certain the commissions of VietJet and Bamboo Airways
Donald Trump's visit to Vietnam, where he will meet thr North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, will also allow the carriers of the Southeast Asian country to sign some important orders. Most likely -according... more

AirlinesAircraft. Vietnam: Trump's visit will also permit to sign agreements with Boeing
VietJet Aviation should order another 100 B-737 MAX
Donald Trump's next visit to Vietnam will not only serve the purpose of meeting North Korean president Kim Jong-un, because the United States will take advantage -even at some indiscretions- of the meeting... more

AirlinesNorwegian Air: if it fails will it increase the tariffs on the transatlantic routes?
Unless it will be detected by a low-cost rival
If Norwegian Air was to fail it would be a huge problem for the market, as long-distance flights between Europe and the United States would become a "monopoly" of traditional airlines increasingly organized... more

AirlinesAirbus: possibility for the A-330neo in India
The risk is the "internal" competition of the A-321LR
The European company Airbus is trying to increase the number of orders in India especially as regards the A-330neo. Speaking to local journalists, he was the marketing manager of Airbus for Asia and North... more

AirlinesJet Airways: 11 aircraft grounded by leasing companies
Preventive move to contain losses in case of bankruptcy
The leasing companies have asked Jet Airways to land a large number of aircraft, in an attempt to avoid what happened with the failure of Kingfisher Airlines in 2012 that the landlords are obliged to lose... more

AirlinesQantas: order of medium-range aircraft next year
A-320neo or B-737 MAX, but with the unknown factor of the new Boeing aircraft
In the next year Qantas will begin to replace its fleet of medium-range aircraft, mainly used for internal connections to Australia and those directed to neighboring countries. To explain it -interviewed... more

AirlinesBoD of Air France-Klm gave trust to Benjamin Smith
The decisions taken yesterday on governance and strategies
The Board of Directors of Air France-KLM unanimously approved yesterday the presentation of Benjamin Smith, CEO Air France-KLM, outlining his ambitions for the Group, principles of managerial governance,... more

AirlinesAlitalia. The three-party talks continue: FS, easyJet and Delta meet in London
The industrial plan is the node to dissolve
After yesterday rumors have leaked about what should be the plan for the new Alitalia which would involve the division into two separate newco operating one from the hub of the Milan-Linate airport and... more

AirlinesAir France: SNPL pilots accept the agreement with the carrier
It will guarantee equal treatment compared to Dutch employees
The pilots of Air France have approved with 85% of the votes in favor of the agreement signed with Benjamin Smith by the union SNPL, or the only one that had not found yet an agreement with the carrier.... more

AirlinesLatam: the Chilean carrier will buy the Brazilian shares
Process of rationalization possible after the change to the law on foreign ownership
The Chilean subsidiary of the Latam Airlines Group has asked to the Brazilian antitrust an opinion to permit the closing of the operation that will allow it to increase the shares of Latam Brazil to 51%.... more

AirlinesAir France-KLM: agreement at the last minute to "save" Elbers?
The knots will be dissolved today
The board of directors of Air France-KLM should meet today both to present the results of the Group in the past year and to decide the future of the President and CEO of the company Pieter Elbers, on... more

AirlinesFlybmi: still a bankruptcy for a carrier
Two black years for airlines in Europe
After Air Berlin, Germania, Small Planet Airlines, Monarch, Primera a new failure for a carrier in Europe. This time it was closed by the British company Flybmi, which announced on Saturday that it had... more

AirlinesSouthwest Airlines. FAA opens investigation for calculation errors in weight of baggage
A potential danger for aircraft balancing
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would open -according to "The Wall Street Journal"- an investigation into the low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines, in order to shed light on the calculations made... more

AirlinesWill South African Airways be divided into three different carriers?
Last attempt to save the airline from bankruptcy
After the government of South Africa has repeatedly closed the possibility of launching a new bailout for the South African Airways carrier, it seems that -according to the local press- a solution has... more

AirlinesNorwegian Air: shares for sale at one third of the real value
Attempt to put cash in cash
In an attempt to increase economic income, the low-cost carrier Norwegian Air should place on the stock market a third of the real market value, so as to "fall" part of those finances "burned" by the decision... more

AirlinesCityJet: SSJ-100 aircraft returned to Sukhoi
They were leased to Brussels Airlines
The Irish airline CityJet would have decided to refuse to continue using the Russian Sukhoi Superjet SSJ-100, for reasons that would be unknown even if -according to the Russian press- it seems that the... more

AirlinesAircraft. Thomas Cook: 3 banks in charge of finding buyers
Lufthansa, easyJet and Ryanair are in the running
The Thomas Cook Group would -according to "Reuters"- contact three banks (Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch) to entrusted these for the task of finding potential investors... more

AirlinesChina Airlines: 7 days of strike for the carrier
20,000 passengers at ground. Negotiations with the trade unions continue
Although a first agreement between China Airlines and the pilots was found, the strike by airline employees continued for a week, and so far forced the company to cancel more than 100 connections to China,... more

AirlinesAir France-KLM. Meeting between Smith and exponents of the Dutch government
The desire to protect KLM's interests and the role of Elbers has been reaffirmed
In an attempt to solve the new "crisis" in Air France-Klm this morning, the CEO of the Group, Benjamin Smith, met the Dutch finance and transport ministers in The Hague. The aim of the meeting was to find... more

AirlinesJet Airways: approved by the BoD the transformation of debt into shares?
Next phase will be a step backwards of the president
The Board of Directors of Jet Airways would have approved the agreement for the rescue of the carrier that foresees the transformation of the debt in actions of the total value of approximately 1,2 billion... more

AirlinesRyanair. Jacobs: "There will be no strikes next Summer"
Certainty of resolving all the problems with the trade unions by March
"There should be no strikes next Summer", as the Ryanair's Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Jacobs said to journalists in London who asked him about the future of low-cost airline workers. Jacobs also added... more

AirlinesAir Arabia: in the next few months, order for 100 airplanes
Will the low-cost continue to grow?
The low-cost Emirate Air Arabia would be considering the possibility of placing an order for 100 aircraft in the coming months, in what would be the largest commercial agreement signed with Airbus or Boeing... more

AirlinesEtihad: drastic cut to the number of ordered planes
Attempts to return positively continue
The cuts made by Etihad Airways continue. After having closed unprofitable flights and reduced the number of personnel employed, it has now seen a drastic reduction in orders made to Boeing and Airbus... more

AirlinesAir France-KLM: the Group's future be decided on Monday?
There will be an internal crisi if Elbers will be removed as CEO?
Next Monday, the board of directors of Air France-KLM will make a decision regarding the leadership of the Dutch carrier, above all the doubt on the future of the president and CEO of KLM Pieter Elders will... more

AirlinesAlitalia: easyJet specifies that the negotiations will still be long
Participation and business plan still to be defined
The board of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) gave -yesterday late in the afternoon- the go-ahead to deal with Delta and easyJet to include them in the share ownership of the "new" Alitalia; decision followed... more

AirlinesBrexit. IAG Group: a limit for non-European shareholders?
The only way to avoid the revocation of the operating license of carriers
In order to solve the potential problem relating to the non-European ownership of IAG, the management of the Air Group, which owns British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus, is considering setting... more

AirlinesAir France-KLM: also Hoekstra is on the side of Elbers
The Dutch Finance Minister calls for an intervention by the French counterpart
During yesterday's meeting between Ministers of Finance Wopke Hoekstra and Bruno Le Maire, the Dutch politician expressed his full support to the current President and CEO of KLM Pieter Elbers, which could... more