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Qatar Airways adds new US link with San Francisco flights

Qatar Airways is to launch flights to San Francisco this December, adding the west coast city to its US network for the first time. Qatar Airways is to launch flights to San Francisco this December, adding the west coast city to its...

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Austrian cuts back winter capacity as Covid-19 cases rise

Austrian Airlines has become the latest European carrier to scale back winter capacity amid rising coronavirus infections and ongoing travel restrictions. Austrian Airlines has become the latest European carrier to scale back winter capacity amid rising coronavirus infections and ongoing travel restrictions....

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Wizz Air to launch domestic Norwegian services

Wizz Air plans to establish a base at Oslo Gardermoen airport and operate domestic Norwegian services to Bergen, Tromso and Trondheim from early November. Wizz Air plans to establish a base at Oslo Gardermoen airport and operate domestic Norwegian services to Bergen, Tromso and Trondheim from early November. The move...

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Alaska speeds retirement of 10 Airbus A320s

Alaska Airlines will retire 10 of the Airbus A320 aircraft it owns earlier than intended, accelerating its cost-saving transition back to the all-Boeing fleet structure it operated before acquiring Virgin America. Alaska Airlines will retire 10 of the Airbus A320 aircraft it owns...

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Inexperienced PA-34 pilot triggered serious A320 airprox

French investigators have disclosed that the pilot of a Piper PA-34 light aircraft failed to heed orders from an air traffic controller intended to avert a conflict with an Airbus A320 climbing out of Baden-Baden. Investigation authority BEA says the...

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EasyJet Switzerland to cut two aircraft and 70 jobs

The unit has begun a formal consultation process on cuts at its Basel operation. EasyJet Switzerland has begun a formal consultation process on cutting 70 jobs and two aircraft from its Basel operation. That would see its fleet at the...

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Singapore reiterates support for SIA, Changi Airport through pandemic

The Singapore government has pledged to support troubled national carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Changi Airport Group (CAG) “as much as we can” through a “deep crisis”, as it mulls a safe and steady reopening of its borders. Speaking...

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Trump halts negotiations on bill that included airline aid

Hope that lawmakers might agree to a second airline financial aid package grew dim on 6 October, after President Donald Trump called an end to negotiations, leaving thousands of furloughed aviation workers with no immediate prospect of returning to their...

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FAA releases 737 Max draft pilot training rules

The Federal Aviation Administration has released a draft report proposing training requirements for 737 Max pilots, another step towards the agency’s certification of the grounded jet. The Federal Aviation Administration has released a draft report proposing training requirements for 737...

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FAA requires changes to 767 and 747 fuel-tank systems to prevent ignition risk

The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring airlines to modify Boeing 747-400 and 767 fuel-tank monitoring systems to prevent the risk of ignition within the tanks. The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring airlines to modify Boeing 747-400 and 767 fuel-tank monitoring...

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