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August 03, 2023

ALPA President Praises Senators’ Compliance with Union’s Position

Going Along to Get Along

Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) president, Captain Jason Ambrosi has penned a letter thanking Senators Chuck Schumer (Democrat, New York), and Maria Cantwell (Democrat, Washington State) and Tammy Duckworth (Democrat, Illinois) for their efforts to further ALPA’s aims by backing measures supported by the union. Captain Ambrosi’s letter reads ...

Hungarian Air Carrier’s Airbus Orders Surpass 500 Units

Wizz Air, is a Budapest-headquartered Hungarian multinational ultra-low-cost air-carrier serving 194 airports in 54 nations across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Though not a flag-carrier, Wizz Air operates the largest fleet of any Hungarian airline. Aspiring to contemporaneously grow its fleet and market share, Wizz Air has entered into a firm contract for 75 Airbus A321neo family aircraft, thereby increasing the number of its standing orders for A321neo jets to 434, and its total Airbus orders to 565 aircraft.

Spanish Startup Aspires to Operate Hydrogen-Electric Seaplanes

ZeroAvia, the British/American hydrogen-electric aircraft developer, has announced its ZA600 hydrogen-electric powertrain has been selected by Spanish air-carrier startup Surcar to power its fleet of amphibious, De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft. An inchoate Spanish airline, Surcar intends to operate its seaplanes solely within the Canary Islands—a volcanic archipelago some 55-nautical-miles off the Atlantic shores of the northwestern African nations of Morocco and Western Sahara.