All aerospace news – Page 897
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News
Mexico's Volaris learns e-commerce from Southwest
Airlines are always looking around the industry at best practices. For carriers in emerging markets, where Internet penetration is lower and e-commerce strategies...
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In depth
Marketing special report: Airline websites
Can airlines still turn to the Internet to differentiate and gain a competitive advantage, or are all airline websites starting to look the same? Report by Brendan Sobie in Washington Over the past 15 years the Internet has clearly driven dramatic shifts in the airline industry. ...
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In depth
Marketing special report: The credit card trap
By Sandra Arnoult Credit card companies are reaping the benefits of increased online transactions, but airlines are studying the bill and calling for better terms as alternative forms of payment gain ground, writes Sandra Arnoult in Washington Using the Internet to book flights and purchase ancillary services has been a ...
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Olympic Air CEO Antonis Simigdalas
A decade after helping Aegean Airlines break into the Greek airline market, Antonis Simigdalas now finds himself leading efforts to breathe fresh life into the once proud but diminished Olympic name
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Business briefs
Montreal repair supplier ExelTech Aerospace has filed for creditor protection, had its credit facility...
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CityJet drops business-class cabin for premium-economy
Air France-KLM subsidiary CityJet is scrapping business class in favour of a premium-economy product.
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NewsUK could use plutonium in space nuclear power demonstration
The European Space Agency Harwell site will research nuclear power for spacecraft, but who provides the plutonium?
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Hydraulics: so last century
Electric motors seem like an obvious improvement on oil-filled pipes and heavy pumps, but the switch will not be easy
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US results: Climbing off the bottom
US carriers are ready to put the worse year in history behind them, but remain cautious over the recovery
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Reborn JAL sticks to oneworld
Troubled Japanese carrier rejects SkyTeam advances as formal restructuring process begins
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STAT MedEvac ASAP: a deeper dive into helicopter safety
Can safety management systems curb the alarming rise in the number of helicopter emergency medical service accidents?
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ADS-B bridges the Gulf of Mexico
Introduction of ADS-B operations has made offshore helicopter flights safer in the Gulf of Mexico since December
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Opinion
Comment: Taking a back seat on safety
Koito Industries president Takashi Kakegawa says he is sorry his company deceived regulators by supplying false safety test data on a staggering 150,000...
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News
Much to do about MAPL
TECHNOLOGY MUCH TO DO ABOUT MAPL WHEN BELL decided to produce an eight-seat, single-pilot IFR twin-engined helicopter, there was a choice of...
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Civil helicopters: The latest on the market
With the worst of the economic downturn behind them, helicopter manufacturers and operators are turning to innovation, safety and efficiency to gain an edge over rivals.
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FLIGHT TEST: Bell 429 - No detail too small
Bell's new 429 twin-engined helicopter is fast, quiet, smooth, has plenty of power and has safety in its DNA
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Mexicana to launch Campeche service with Link CRJ200s
Mexicana regional subsidiary Link has unveiled plans to launch service to Campeche on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
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Airlines to roll out new in-flight advertising service
Leading US carriers that use retailing company GuestLogix's handheld credit card readers during flight will soon begin rolling out a new service that prints...
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PICTURE: No injuries in Mexicana Click Fokker 100 gear-up landing
Mexicana says none of the 92 passengers and four crew members on board Click flight 7222 were injured last night when the aircraft performed a main gear-up...