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☆ Israel Flight Cancellations, Ticket Prices Leave Some Stranded
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Alison Sider | Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ How Dodgy Spare Parts Got Into Jet Engines, Leaving Airlines Scrambling
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Sharon Terlep | Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Criminal Gangs Exploit Security Gaps to Infiltrate Airports
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.K. Flights Disrupted by Air-Traffic-Control Glitch
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( David Luhnow | Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Benjamin Katz — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Benjamin KatzBen Katz is a reporter writing about the global aviation and aerospace industry in The Wall Street Journal’s corporate bureau in London. His stories often focus on how the industry navigates the ups and downs of major geopolitical, economic and global health events. Ben joined the Journal from Bloomberg News, where he first started writing about the aviation industry along with British business and politics. With Journal colleagues, he received an Honorable Mention at the 2020 Sabew awards for coverage of the pandemic’s impact on airlines. He previously won a Peter Lisagor Chicago Headline Club award and was a finalist for the Harold Wincott Award for Young Financial Journalist of the Year in 2017.

Persons: Benjamin Katz Ben Katz, Ben, Peter Lisagor, Harold Wincott Organizations: Airbus, Boeing, Journal, Bloomberg News, Cardiff University, Peter Lisagor Chicago Headline, Young Financial Locations: London, Cape Town , South Africa

☆ FAA Issues Alert to Protect Airport Workers After Deaths, Injuries
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ More Workers Are Getting Hurt on the Tarmac. ‘It Was Really Frightening.’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The Airport Is an Increasingly Dangerous Place to Work
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Demand for Airliners Soars: ‘We Cannot Make Planes Fast Enough’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Andrew Tangel | Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Now Here’s a Job That Comes With a Lot of Baggage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Benjamin Katz | Photographs Thomas Simonetti For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ North Korea spent the pandemic building a huge border wall
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

As the pandemic began, North Korea moved to seal its northern borders, tightening control over informal trade routes and making escape harder for defectors. Nov. 16, 2019 Minimal security features visible along North Korea’s border with Russia. Food shortages in North Korea have worsened in recent months, due in part to the border closures, according to international experts. Still, he said, there were reports of foreign shows such as the South Korean hit “Squid Game” finding their way into North Korea. “It's all the more reason for the international community to step up efforts to support North Korean rights,” he said.

☆ Boeing Wins 737 MAX Jet Order Worth Up to $40 Billion From Ryanair
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Andrew Tangel | Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Legacy and low-cost airlines use different models when planning their route networks. We asked a United Airlines global network planner to explain how the process works. Photo illustration: Nayon ChoBoeing struck a deal to sell as much as $40 billion in 737 MAX jets to Ryanair , a victory for the plane maker as it works to re-energize its business and patch up relations with the European discount airline. Ryanair said it agreed to purchase 150 of Boeing’s 737 MAX 10 jets, the longest version of the narrow-body aircraft, with options to buy up to 150 more. The Irish airline, Europe’s biggest by passenger numbers, will use the new planes to significantly grow its market share on the continent over the next decade, executives said.

☆ Russian Cyberattack Continues to Affect Europe’s Air-Traffic Control
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Bojan Pancevski | Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Aircraft at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. Photo: ANP/Zuma PressA cyberattack blamed on pro-Russia hackers continued to disrupt operations at Europe’s top air-traffic agency Friday, though officials said some systems were stabilizing and air-traffic safety remained unaffected. Eurocontrol, the agency that coordinates commercial traffic between national air-traffic control entities, has suffered through days of technology disruption, including a blackout of some communications. Some smaller airlines were forced to use older technology, including a telefax-era backup system, to manage flight schedules.

☆ Russia’s Aircraft Need Maintenance They Can No Longer Get
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Benjamin Katz | Georgi Kantchev | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Aviation, a major pillar of Russia’s economy, is profoundly dependent on Western assistance. Russia has limited access to parts, software and technical skills needed to carry out critical maintenance due on hundreds of commercial jets, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis, raising safety concerns among industry executives and regulators. In the days after Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, many Western countries closed airspace to Russian jets. The U.S. and Europe also slapped the country with a series of sanctions and export controls that have blocked parts, services and other technology from being provided to the country’s fleet of commercial airliners.

☆ Richard Branson’s Space Company Virgin Orbit Files for Bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Dave Sebastian | Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Richard Branson ’s Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. has filed for bankruptcy after the satellite-launch venture said it wasn’t able to secure sufficient funding to continue in what has become a hypercompetitive market. The company on Tuesday said it was working to sell itself. Just three months ago, it was poised to make history by delivering the first satellites into orbit from the billionaire’s home country of the U.K.—before the high-profile launch ended in the destruction of its satellite payload.

A year ago, many airlines were still burning through cash as some countries were slow to remove coronavirus-related travel restrictions. Now, with borders fully open, some of those carriers are posting big profits. British Airways-owner International Consolidated Airlines Group SA said Friday it was back in the black last year for the first time since the pandemic began. Singapore Airlines Ltd. earlier this month posted a record net profit for the nine months ended in December. Qantas Airways Ltd. this week reported a record pretax profit for its most recent half year.

A year ago, many airlines were still burning through cash as some countries were slow to remove coronavirus-related travel restrictions. Now, with borders fully open, some of those carriers are posting big profits. British Airways -owner International Consolidated Airlines Group SA said Friday it was back in the black last year for the first time since the pandemic began. Singapore Airlines Ltd. earlier this month posted a record net profit for the nine months ending in December. Qantas Airways Ltd. this week posted a record pretax profit for its most recent half year.

☆ Air India Places Airbus Order in First Half of Biggest-Ever Aircraft Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Air India is seeking to reinvent itself as a rival the world’s biggest airlines. Air India Ltd. ordered 250 jets from Airbus SE in what is expected to form part of the largest deal for commercial aircraft in aviation history. The airline has agreed to purchase 210 Airbus narrow-body jets and 40 of the plane maker’s largest airliner, the A350 wide body, as it seeks to reinvent itself as a rival the world’s biggest airlines.

☆ Airbus Plans to Boost Production of Biggest Jets Amid Rebounding Demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON— Airbus SE , buoyed by its latest deal to sell wide-bodies to Air India Ltd., is planning to boost production rates of its two biggest models as it tries to capitalize on resurgent demand for long-haul travel, according to people familiar with the matter. The European plane maker is planning to increase its so-called build rate for both of its currently produced wide-body aircraft, the A350 and the A330neo, according to these people. An announcement could come as early as this week, the people said, cautioning that a decision has yet to be finalized.

☆ Boeing, Airbus Sell 470 Planes to Air India in Record Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Benjamin Katz | Doug Cameron | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Air India Ltd. ordered 470 jets from Boeing Co. and Airbus SE , marking the largest deal for commercial aircraft in aviation history and coming as airlines scramble for jets to meet surging demand for air travel. The airline said it has agreed to purchase 250 Airbus jets. It also ordered 220 Boeing planes, according to the White House, which announced the Boeing side of the deal.

☆ Moldova Reopens Airspace After Brief Closure Over Security Issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Moldova shut its airspace and reopened it to flights a few hours later Tuesday, a day after its president accused Russia of plotting to overthrow the government. Eurocontrol, which manages Europe’s airspace, said Moldovan airspace had been temporarily closed due to “security issues.” It later said the airspace had been reopened.

☆ Air India Places Airbus Order as Part of Record Purchase
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ The World’s Biggest Planes Are Finding Their Way Back Into the Skies
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Many airlines are flying their Airbus A380s again after mothballing the planes at the height of the pandemic. The world’s biggest passenger airliners—many of which had been earmarked for the scrapyard—are being brought back into service as carriers rush to restore long-haul air travel. Aircraft lessors said airlines are clamoring for their once-parked fleets of big jets, which typically each ferry hundreds of passengers on long-distance routes. The demand is limiting availability and pushing up the prices of rentals.

☆ Heathrow Airport CEO to Step Down After Turbulent Summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

John Holland-Kaye has served in the post for nine years. LONDON—London Heathrow Airport said its longtime chief executive, John Holland-Kaye , would step down this year after helming the hub during one of the most turbulent summers in its history. The rapid recovery in passenger numbers as the Covid-19 pandemic eased resulted in disruption across the aviation industry last year, though Heathrow appeared to suffer more than most. A lack of staff contributed to long lines through security, overwhelmed check-in counters, mounds of lost baggage and persistent flight delays and cancellations.

☆ Airbus Revives Order From Qatar Airways Following Paint-Dispute Settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Benjamin Katz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Airbus SE agreed to revive orders for close to 75 aircraft from Qatar Airways after reaching a settlement with the Middle East airline over a long-running dispute about chipping paint on its A350 wide-body models. A spokesman for Airbus said it would now go ahead with delivering 50 A321 narrow-bodies and 23 remaining A350 twin-aisles previously ordered from Qatar. The orders had been scrapped as part of an escalating legal battle between the two over paint. The companies earlier Wednesday disclosed in a joint statement that an amicable agreement had been reached between the parties.

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