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Delta loses $1.2bn in Q1, aims for profitable Q3

Delta Air Lines aims to return to profitability in the third quarter as domestic travel ramps up following the year-long coronavirus downturn. Delta Air Lines aims to return to profitability in the third quarter as domestic travel ramps up following...

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Blocked middle seats cut coronavirus transmission risk: US government report

Blocking middle seats on commercial jets does help reduce the spread of coronavirus. Blocking middle seats on commercial jets does help reduce the spread of coronavirus. That is according to a new US government report that follows several 2020 studies...

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Airline Business Index puts industry at 0.58 of pre-Covid size

The first Airline Business Index put the airline industry at 0.58 of its pre-pandemic size at the end of 2020 – with 1 being the size at end-2019 – amid the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The first Airline Business Index...

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Air Baltic’s operating loss balloons to €202 million amid crisis

Air Baltic posted a €202 million ($242 million) operating loss in 2020 amid the pandemic, swinging from a €27 million EBIT profit in the previous year. Air Baltic posted a €202 million ($242 million) operating loss in 2020 amid the pandemic, swinging...

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Russia’s S7 to sell off Cyprus Airways stake

Russia’s S7 Group is looking to sell its 36.9% stake in Cyprus Airways. Russia’s S7 Group is looking to sell its 36.9% stake in Cyprus Airways. S7 secured the right in 2016 to use the trade name of Cyprus Airways, which ceased operations in 2015, to launch its...

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What future does the A380 have in a post-pandemic travel world?

Already a luxury of debatable value to many operators before the crisis, the A380 appears even less well-suited to a market featuring depressed travel demand and a focus on cargo The Airbus A380’s fall from favour among its limited group...

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Airborne 04.14.21: SnF21 Builds!, Piper 100i, Hartzell n Hartzell, Bushcat!

Also: Pipistrel Brings An Air Force, A Blackhawk Pilot Visits Sun ‘n Fun, SnF 21 Second Day Montage It wouldn't be an aviation event without ANN’s Jim Campbell taking to the skies, so he took off on a Piper 100i...

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Airborne 04.14.21: SnF21 Builds!, Piper 100i, Hartzell n Hartzell, Bushcat!

Also: Pipistrel Brings An Air Force, A Blackhawk Pilot Visits Sun ‘n Fun, SnF 21 Second Day Montage It wouldn't be an aviation event without ANN’s Jim Campbell taking to the skies, so he took off on a Piper 100i...

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Airborne 04.13.21: SnF21 Starts Strong, Airshow Upgrades, ASR Buys Strong

Also: CGS Hawk Is Back, NX Cub Converts Tailwheel Adherents, First Day Montage With the beginnings of the pandemic now a year behind us, the aviation community is coming together once again, safely and responsibly, to celebrate all things aviation!...

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GA Telesis orders more 737-800 converted freighters

Commercial aviation industry services specialist GA Telesis is ordering another four Boeing 737-800SF converted freighters, the modified airframe developed by Aeronautical Engineers. The agreement covers three conversion slots in the second half of this year, and one reserved for early...

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