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NewsFrontier plans to exit Chapter 11 next year
Frontier Airlines is seeking an investor as the company puts together a Chapter 11 exit strategy aimed at leaving bankruptcy between April and June next...
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Opinion
Comment: Mind the gap
Airlines will have to face the fact that the gap between the amount of money needed to fund their 2009 aircraft deliveries and the dwindling amount of money available is becoming wider, and weaker players could find themselves falling through it
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NewsBritish Airways adopts tailored pilot training programme
Several UK airlines are adopting a new form of recurrent training for their pilots that allows them to tailor training sessions to the carriers' specific...
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NewsLufthansa to unveil new 'Italia' A319 operation
Lufthansa is formally to unveil a new Italian division, branded Lufthansa Italia, tomorrow which will begin operating from the north of the country next...
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Cambodia's Siem Reap Airways suspending operations
Cambodia's Siem Reap Airways is temporarily suspending operations, two weeks after it was put on a European Union blacklist of banned carriers over safety...
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Boeing admits nutplate problem on 747, 767, 777
Boeing today confirms that three widebodies - the 747, 767 and 777 - face new production disruptions caused by the same quality control issue already plaguing...
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NewsBombardier pushes back CRJ1000 EIS to 1Q 2010
Bombardier has pushed back its entry-into-service (EIS) calendar for the CRJ1000 NextGen regional jet from the fourth quarter of 2009 to the first quarter...
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Pluna defers CRJ900 options
Uruguay's Pluna has decided against further growing its fleet in 2009 and has deferred all eight of its options for additional Bombardier CRJ900s by at least...
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First deferral of Q400 in the pipeline
Alaska Air Group subsidiary Horizon Air is to push back delivery of its 14 remaining Bombardier Q400s from a 46-strong order with the Canadian airframer,...
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NewsPICTURES: Air France tests A380 compatibility at new hangar
Air France is carrying out the first evaluation of the Airbus A380 at its new dedicated hangar, with a series of tests involving the ultra-large aircraft...
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Business briefs
Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou refused to approve the carrier's accounts for the year to...
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Transatlantic trial to explore 'green' gate-to-gate procedures
Europe has declared plans to conduct more than 100 transatlantic flight trials next year as part of an effort to perfect environmentally friendly flight...
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Boeing admits nutplate problem on 747, 767, 777
Boeing has confirmed that the 747, 767 and 777 face new production disruptions caused by the same quality control issue already plaguing the 737 programme....
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NewsQantas cuts profit forecast and capacity
Australia's Qantas Airways has cut its profit forecast for the financial year and is further reducing capacity as market conditions continue to deteriorate. The...
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Business bad week
rolls-royce The engine maker will next year cut 1,500-2,000 jobs across the group, or 4-5% of its 39,000-strong workforce, and has started staff discussions...
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Volaris CEO fights allegations made by Southwest unions
Volaris CEO Enrique Beltranena is refuting suggestions made by Southwest Airlines unions that are protesting Southwest's decision to codeshare with the Mexican...