http://www.flightglobal.comen-gbSat, 07 Nov 2009 20:19:04 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/07/334542/united-pulls-more-business-from-mesa.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/07/334542/united-pulls-more-business-from-mesa.html Struggling US regional Mesa Air Group faces another challenge in sustaining its business as the time period for its partner United to exercise its option...Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:19:04 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/07/334540/correction-brazils-azul-to-launch-florianopolis-service.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/07/334540/correction-brazils-azul-to-launch-florianopolis-service.html (corrects number of trips) Brazilian low-cost carrier Azul plans to launch services next month to Florianopolis, a popular seaside city in southern...Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:34:54 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334535/sas-claims-lead-in-lean-fuel-operations.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334535/sas-claims-lead-in-lean-fuel-operations.html Driven by a potent combination of industry recession, fuel prices and ecological pressures, airlines are looking for ways of saving fuel. SAS, which has...Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:33:07 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334431/nasa-to-fund-boeing-for-open-rotor-noise-study.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334431/nasa-to-fund-boeing-for-open-rotor-noise-study.htmlNASA's Langley Research Center plans to issue a contract to Boeing to perform noise studies of open rotor engine configurations on several types of airframes...Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334487/bas-losses-widen-in-fiscal-first-half-due-to-slump-in-revenues.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334487/bas-losses-widen-in-fiscal-first-half-due-to-slump-in-revenues.htmlBritish Airways posted a £208 million ($346 million) loss after tax for the fiscal first half due to a double-digit decline in revenue. For the six...Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:46:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334485/chinas-hainan-launching-service-in-november-to-sudan.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334485/chinas-hainan-launching-service-in-november-to-sudan.html Hainan Airlines is launching a service later this month from Beijing to Khartoum in Sudan. The twice-weekly service starts 20 November and uses an...Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:58:26 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334481/airtran-believes-skywest-deal-bolsters-competition-against-midwest.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334481/airtran-believes-skywest-deal-bolsters-competition-against-midwest.html AirTran Airways believes its new marketing partnership with SkyWest Airlines allows the carrier to build up its Milwaukee focus city in way that allows for...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:49:06 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334478/united-plans-new-service-to-africa.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334478/united-plans-new-service-to-africa.html United in May of next year plans to introduce its first service to the African continent with the launch of flights from its Washington Dulles hub to Accra,...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:36:51 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334475/pictures-winglet-installation-underway-for-hawaiian-767s.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334475/pictures-winglet-installation-underway-for-hawaiian-767s.htmlHawaiian Airlines has installed blended winglets on its first Boeing 767-300ER following FAA certification of the 767 modification.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:27:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334474/transport-canada-to-address-crj-runway-excursion-threat.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334474/transport-canada-to-address-crj-runway-excursion-threat.html Transport Canada says it plans to issue an airworthiness directive (AD) "at the earliest opportunity" to address faulty hydraulic accumulator end caps that...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:41:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334470/iai-on-track-to-deliver-first-767-300-freighter-by-year-end.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334470/iai-on-track-to-deliver-first-767-300-freighter-by-year-end.html Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) says it its on track to deliver its first Boeing 767-300ER passenger-to-freighter conversion from its Bedek division by...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:55:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334433/emirates-bucks-trends-with-report-of-rising-profits.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334433/emirates-bucks-trends-with-report-of-rising-profits.htmlEmirates Airline's profits increased 165% in the first half compared with the same period of 2008, says the Dubai-based carrier. A net profit of Dhs752...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:36:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334423/qantas-top-engineers-vote-for-industrial-action.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334423/qantas-top-engineers-vote-for-industrial-action.html Qantas Airways' professional engineers have voted to take industrial action against the carrier over wages. The engineers want a 30% pay rise implemented...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:13:58 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334420/jal-confirms-cuts-to-international-and-domestic-services.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334420/jal-confirms-cuts-to-international-and-domestic-services.html Japan Airlines (JAL) today released details about the international and domestic routes it will suspend. On 7 December it will suspend indefinitely...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:13:47 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334419/v-australia-to-start-fiji-service-in-december.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334419/v-australia-to-start-fiji-service-in-december.html Virgin Blue's long-haul arm V Australia will commence daily non-stop services on the Sydney-Nadi route on 18 December. The carrier will operate Boeing...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:15:29 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334418/australias-tiger-launching-melbourne-brisbane-service.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334418/australias-tiger-launching-melbourne-brisbane-service.html Tiger Airways' Australian outfit is launching services in late March from its Melbourne base to Brisbane. The Melbourne-Brisbane services start on...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:34:49 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334417/china-eastern-gets-nod-for-institutional-placement.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334417/china-eastern-gets-nod-for-institutional-placement.html China Eastern Airlines has received conditional approval from the China security regulatory commission to place 1.35 billion A-shares with institutional...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:19:46 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334406/chinese-cargo-start-up-takes-precision-converted-757.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334406/chinese-cargo-start-up-takes-precision-converted-757.html China's SF Express has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a Boeing 757-200PCF converted by Precision Conversions, which will be operated by SF's newly...Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:53:04 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334405/babbitt-defends-revoking-licenses-of-northwest-pilots.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334405/babbitt-defends-revoking-licenses-of-northwest-pilots.html FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt is standing behind the agency's decision to revoke the licenses of two Northwest Airlines pilots that overflew Minneapolis...Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:14:53 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334402/skywest-partners-with-airtran-in-milwaukee.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334402/skywest-partners-with-airtran-in-milwaukee.html US regional operator SkyWest Airlines has forged a deal with low-cost carrier AirTran to fly five SkyWest-branded CRJs from Milwaukee through a marketing...Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:41:07 GMT