All articles by Airline Business – Page 8
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Opinion
OPINION: Challenges awaiting airlines and OEMs in 2017
Another year, another airliner delivery record: 2016 marked the sixth consecutive rise in mainline jet production and the 14th time in a row Airbus had increased its annual output.
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Opinion
OPINION: Airbus's endless battle to make the A380 a success
Airbus's A380 headaches turned into a migraine at the Farnborough air show last month when the manufacturer was forced to bow to the inevitable and reveal that production of the double-deck type will fall to one per month in 2018.
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Opinion
OPINION: Who might star in Europe's next airline consolidation phase?
A new round of consolidation could be on the cards in Europe – particularly in the leisure sector. But which carriers seem most ripe for acquisition?
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Ed Bastian, Delta's CEO-elect
Ahead of his being named as Delta Air Lines' CEO-elect, Ed Bastian – a key architect in the carrier's success – spoke to LEK Consulting's John Thomas and Spencer Stuart's Michael Bell, who have been conducting a series of behind-the-curtain analyses for Airline Business to understand how the industry's top ...
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News
Nominations open for The Airline Strategy Awards
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple plays host once again to the industry’s top event, the Airline Strategy Awards.
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OpinionOPINION: Lessons from three decades covered by Airline Business
Thirty years ago, Airline Business magazine was one of a handful of seemingly insignificant new arrivals in the civil aviation world. But what an incredible ride it has been since that first issue – spun out of the industry's oldest aviation weekly, Flight International – landed on doormats in November ...
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Opinion
OPINION: Decisive action needed to resolve US-Gulf open-skies row
As the row between the US majors and the Gulf carriers rumbles on, it is still unclear how it will end.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why O'Leary has reinvented Ryanair
The reinvention of Ryanair over the last two years has been remarkable. And the fact that it has happened with one-time low-cost enfant terrible Michael O’Leary at the helm has been all the more astonishing.
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OpinionOPINION: Why Airbus is wrestling with its 'A380neo' decision
With re-engining central to four successful airframe-refresh programmes, one could be forgiven for wondering why Airbus is wrestling with its decision about whether to update its flagship product.
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OpinionOPINION: Walsh all set to steer IAG to next opportunities
While the US legacy triumvirate have been making headlines about unfair competition from the Gulf carriers, Europe's leading airline group, IAG, has become part-owned by one of them.
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OpinionOPINION: Lessons from BA can guide Alitalia comeback
The transformation of British Airways three decades ago from bloated, loss-making industry joke to benchmark network carrier is a seen as the definitive case study in managing a business turnaround.
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News
Top 100 - Aerospace and Defence: Gaining technological advantage
The Aerospace and Defence (A&D) industry has been the source of some of the most influential technological advances in modern history - computers and computer networking, satellites and satellite navigation, and important advances in physics - all have their roots in the sector's research.
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News
World Airline Rankings 2008
This year's Airline Business World Airline Rankings show a sharp turnaround from 2007, which was on of the industry's best years in recent memory. By contrast, 2008 will be remembered as a year of steep decline and record losses.
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News
Steve Ridgway vs Willie Walsh
British Airways shouldn't be allowed to gang up with American Airlines - it's big enough already on London Heathrow-US routes and it shouldn't be given any...
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News
Digging up weeds
While no one wants a return to $150-a-barrel oil, the strong are relishing what a combination of high fuel prices and falling demand will do to market competition,...
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News
Executive Appointments
Continental has added chief operating officer responsibilities to president Jeff Smisek, with chief executive Larry Kellner assuming responsibility...
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News
Is loyalty a luxury?
Even in times of harsh cost pressure, airlines are well advised to continue to invest in gaining the loyalty of their best customers, argues Ravindra Bhagwanani,...