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News
Flybe muscles in on BMIbaby routes from East Midlands
UK regional carrier Flybe is aggressively expanding at East Midlands, hitting the vulnerable budget operator BMIbaby by starting competing services on five...
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NewsBoeing bullish on 747-8I prospects
Boeing believes entry into revenue service of Lufthansa's first 747-8I on 1 June will help convince many wavering potential customers to place orders for...
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NewsBoeing testing modal suppression for 747-8I stabilizer
Boeing is using a flight test 747-8 Freighter to investigate whether a software-based fix, similar to the outboard aileron modal suppression (OAMS) system used on the cargo aircraft, will solve a concern about possible flutter in fuel-laden 747-8I horizontal stabilisers in the event of a structural failure.
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MAS-AirAsia share-swap to be called off
Sources close to Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia confirm that that the cross-ownership agreement between the two airlines will be cancelled on Wednesday...
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Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia shares suspended amid share-swap concerns
The shares of Malaysia Airline System (MAS) and AirAsia have been suspended from trading on the country's stock exchange on 2 May, pending a likely announcement...
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NewsEtihad takes near-3% share of Aer Lingus
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways has taken a near-3% shareholding in Irish operator Aer Lingus, as the two airlines discuss future co-operation prospects. Aer...
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News
INFOGRAPHIC: Europe's low-cost carrier revolution
A decade of development by the low-cost carriers has seen the short-haul map of Europe completely redrawn with well over a hundred budget carrier bases now in operation across the continent.
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News
Delta to acquire oil refinery
Delta Air Lines has confirmed plans to acquire an oil refinery south of Philadelphia, after rumours of the purchase first surfaced earlier this month. The...
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NewsLow-cost carriers see double-digit growth in 2011
Leading low-cost carriers enjoyed double-digit revenue growth in 2011 and collective passenger numbers rose nearly 12%.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Will volcanic ash paralyse Europe again?
Much has been done to ensure that if volcanic ash were to drift over Europe as it did in April 2010, aviation would not be immobilised again.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Attention focuses on ICAO as emission trading row rumbles on
Amid a hardening of opposition to the European Union's emissions trading system, ICAO has been touted as the logical forum for delivering a solution. Can it deliver?
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Google faces fight on the searches
TripAdvisor and Expedia lead complaints to Europe's competition regulators about fairness of online firm's algorithm, writes Martin Cowen. Google is...
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News
IN FOCUS: Long-haul, low-cost at home in Southeast Asia
When Oasis Hong Kong Airlines's chief executive Steve Miller put the business into liquidation on 9 April 2008, many thought it was the beginning of the...
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NewsBoeing confirms long-haul 757 replacement study
Boeing chief executive Jim McNerney confirms a replacement for the long-haul 757-200 market segment is being studied internally, adding potentially a new...
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Spirit Airlines chief executive Ben Baldanza
Aside from the artist's impression of an aircraft and the company's logo welcoming you at the entrance, there are little signs this nondescript office in...
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News
IN FOCUS: The state of the Indian airline market
There was optimism aplenty at the Indian Aviation show in Hyderabad two years ago. The pall cast by the 2008-2009 economic downturn was lifting, the irrational...
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Opinion
COMMENT: How the giant plates are shifting for alliances
Giant plates are shifting within the global alliances, and the outcomes could have lasting consequences for the losers. The major offensive, of course,...
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NewsBoeing: 787 unit costs to drop 50% by summer
Unit costs to produce a 787-8 by July will 50% less that the first aircraft delivered to All Nippon Airways less than a year earlier, Boeing chief executive...
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NewsLufthansa takes first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental
Star Alliance carrier Lufthansa today took possession of its inaugural 747-8 Intercontinental, marking the first delivery of the type to a passenger airline....