DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair has 500 more pilots and 400 more cabin crew than needed, and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary told staff in a video message. Ryanair reported a sharp fall in profits. This comes less than two years after Europe’s biggest budget airline was forced to cancel hundreds of flights, due in part to a shortage of pilots.
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World’s first all-electric passenger seaplane in the near future
magniX, the company powering the electric aviation revolution and Harbour Air, North America’s largest seaplane airline, announced a partnership to transform Harbour Air seaplanes into an all-electric commercial fleet powered by the magni500, a 750 horsepower (HP) all-electric motor.
Operating 12 routes between hubs like Seattle and Vancouver and across the pristine natural wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, Harbour Air welcomes more than 500,000 passengers on 30,000 commercial flights each year.
http://www.seaplaneinternational.com/2019/03/27/worlds-first-all-electric-passenger-seaplane-in-the-near-future/
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How Lindbergh Saved Flight Instruction Money
The JN–4 Jenny that Lindbergh bought and soloed at Souther Field survived his barnstorming days and is on display at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in New York.
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2019/august/pilot/airports-souther-field
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Maldivian to add A330s, eyes more Twin Otter-300s
Maldivian currently operates one A320-200, one A321-200, eleven DHC-6-300s, two Dash 8-200s, and eight Dash 8-300s.
According to the Maldives Business Review, there are four airports that are due to open shortly in the Maldives. The Maldives is a busy Twin Otter market - the turboprops are used to ferry passengers between Malé and luxury resorts located at outlying islands without own commercial airports.
https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/80383-maldivian-to-add-a330s-eyes-more-twin-otter-300s
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France to Order 50+ A220
The A220 was known as the Bombardier C Series before Airbus bought a majority share last year and rebranded it.
Assembled in the Canadian province of Quebec, it can carry between 100 and 150 passengers and has a range of more than 6,000 kilometers (3,730 miles).
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DHC-2 Beaver seaplane forever
http://www.seaplaneinternational.com/2019/07/10/dhc-2-beaver-seaplane-forever/
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Emergency Training
Wake up call: article concerning airplane emergencies - from cabin smoke to ditching in the water “Deficiencies in Emergency Training for Pilots”
https://blog.aopa.org/aopa/2019/07/29/deficiencies-in-emergency-training
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Pilot Positions Worldwide -
See the listing twice a month on our blog:
https://altitude36000ft.blogspot.com
Always Happy Landings!
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