On Tuesday, leading U.S. airlines including Delta and American announced the suspension of their 2020 financial forecasts and took strong measures to further boost their capabilities to fight the economic impact of China’s coronavirus United announced a capital raising event and reported a first-quarter loss. The coronavirus pandemic has deeply impacted the tourism sector and…
In a significant development, for the first time in 20 years, in January 2020, Boeing Co will halt the production of the 737. The development comes in the wake of the two fatal crashes of the 737 MAX, which led to the grounding of the plane worldwide in March. The halt in the production of…
The affected units were sold between September 2015 and February 2017. Following Apple Inc’s recall of MacBook Pro laptops for posing fire risks, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned them on flights. “The FAA is aware of the recalled batteries that are used in some Apple MacBook Pro laptops,” said the agency’s spokesman…
Hackers had managed to breach BA’s defenses and had stolen customer data, including credit card details, from its app and website. On Monday, IAG, the owner of British Airways, stated the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) intends to impose a penalty of $229.8 million (183.4 million pounds) for the theft of customer data from the…
Negotiations with Boeing are ongoing. Garuda Indonesia has said, it could switch the order with other Boeing models. Airbus SE jets are not, yet, being considered. On Friday, Fuad Rizal, the Chief Financial Officer of Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda Indonesia stated, the airlines has sent a letter to Boeing Co asking it to cancel an…
Boeing updates target the 737-8’s flight control system, which is also known as MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System). Following two fatal crashes in the last 5 months, Boeing Co stated, it was finalizing the development of a software upgrade and a revision of pilot training for its 737 MAX. The updates target the aircraft’s flight…
Boeing had tried to woo Malaysia’s budget airlines to lucrative offers in order to extend its lead in the long-haul market. Tony Fernandes, the CEO of AirAsia Bhd group, stated that the Malaysian budget airline will stick with Airbus and has currently no plans on purchasing aircrafts from U.S. planemaker Boeing Co. “Boeing is keen…
The potential approval will enable easyJet to pull ahead of its peers, including Lufthansa and Ryanair. On Monday, as per sources familiar with the matter at hand, easyJet, a budget airline from Britain, is set to win an unconditional approval from EU antitrust authorities to buy parts of its German peer, Air Berlin. As a…
While the move is expected to dent the already low margins of low-cost carriers, it is to be seen how it will impact inbound visitors. On Tuesday, Shinya Katanozaka, the CEO of Japan’s biggest airline by revenue stated, if Japan were to impose a departure tax on airlines, its impact will ripple though a big…
Efforts are being made to make the U.S. ban more effective by coordinating with European officials. During an aviation industry meet on Monday, Oscar Munoz, the CEO of United Airlines disclosed that the Trump Administration’s ban on laptops is likely to be related to explosives being disguised as laptops which could be directly detonated onboard…
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