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  • Airbus breaks ground in Mobile, JetBlue to receive first A320


    Airbus and local officials broke ground on the airframer's new A320 family final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, today, with JetBlue Airways slated to...


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  • Virgin America to launch Los Angeles-Las Vegas flights in April


    Virgin America will launch three daily flights between Los Angeles and Las Vegas from 22 April, says a source at the...


  • Virgin America to serve Newark


    Virgin America will begin flights to Newark Liberty International airport from 2 April 2013. The Burlingame,...


  • IN FOCUS: A320neo 'on track' as milestone approaches


    In the two years since it announced the re-engining plan, Airbus has notched 1,500 A320neo orders, and assigned the...


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  • ANALYSIS: Why US low-cost carriers may not follow merger route

    News | 23 May 2013 15:27 | Jon Hemmerdinger

    airline consolidations may have helped re-invigorate major US network carriers, but the profitability of the nation's low-cost operators could mean they...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Why-US-low-cost-carriers-may-not-follow-merger-route-386307/
  • ANALYSIS: Will Virgin America's business traveller focus pay off?

    News | 22 May 2013 21:12 | Jon Hemmerdinger

    Virgin America transformed in recent years from a leisure-focused carrier to an airline catering largely to business travellers, a strategy chief executive...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Will-Virgin-Americas-business-traveller-focus-pay-off-386265/
  • Virgin America connects US 'silicon' centres with Austin flights

    News | 22 May 2013 12:30 | Jon Hemmerdinger

    Virgin America launched its latest flight to a "silicon" city with the beginning of service between San Francisco and Austin, Texas, on 21 May, two cities...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Virgin-America-connects-US-silicon-centres-with-Austin-flights-386242/
  • Alaska predicts falling revenue as competition heats up in home state

    News | 15 May 2013 17:48 | Jon Hemmerdinger

    <p>Alaska Airlines, which has reported nine consecutive profitable years, expects unit revenue to continue declining in the coming months due to increasing...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Alaska-predicts-falling-revenue-as-competition-heats-up-in-home-state-385906/
  • ANALYSIS: As growth slows, Virgin America’s unit revenue aligns with low-cost competitors

    News | 14 May 2013 21:11 | Jon Hemmerdinger

    Virgin America's unit revenue increased at a rate many times greater than its low-cost competitors during the first quarter of 2013, bringing the carrier's...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-As-growth-slows-Virgin-Americas-unit-revenue-aligns-with-low-cost-competitors-385858/
  • Virgin America will not launch service to additional cities in 2013: Virgin's Cush

    News | 14 May 2013 15:52 | Jon Hemmerdinger

    <p>Virgin America does not expect to begin service to any new cities in 2013 after June, when the airline begins service to Anchorage in Alaska.</p><p>Virgin...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Virgin-America-will-not-launch-service-to-additional-cities-in-2013-Virgins-Cush-385843/