All Strategy news – Page 369
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Thomson to add more routes from UK regions
Thomson Airways will add new routes to Cape Verdean island Sal and to Jamaica from Glasgow airport next summer.
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PICTURES: A330 emerges in Air Serbia colours
Air Serbia has shown off the first Airbus A330 to be painted in the Balkan carrier’s colours, ahead of its initiation of long-haul services.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Lufthansa tackles reshaped German market
Germany's air travel market is being reshaped as Lufthansa restructures its business with the build-up of low-cost unit Eurowings while EasyJet, Ryanair and other budget sector carriers expand their presence in the country.
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Flydubai crash: Stabiliser shift commanded from yoke trim switch
Russian investigators have revealed that substantial nose-down trim on the crashed Flydubai Boeing 737-800 was applied through the manual trim switches on the pilot’s control column.
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NewsA320 collision heightens UAV safety concerns
Fresh concerns over the potential danger of operating unmanned air vehicles in the vicinity of manned aircraft have been sparked by the collision of a British Airways Airbus A320 with a UAV at London Heathrow on 17 April.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Mueller’s short, momentous reign at Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines chief executive Christoph Mueller has presided over major changes in the last 12 months, but it is far from clear that the airline will not regress to its old, loss-making ways.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Flybe chief executive Saad Hammad
Borrowing from a famous line coined by French philosopher and wit Voltaire, Saad Hammad says that if Flybe didn't exist it would be necessary to invent it.
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PICTURES: Comair 737 arrives at new St Helena airport
South African carrier Comair has carried out the first large passenger jet landing at the new St Helena airport.
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Garuda confirms 14 A330neos to replace A330 order
Garuda Indonesia is taking 14 Airbus A330neo twinjets in place of seven A330-300s cancelled by the carrier.
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LAM and Germanwings inquiries contrast in medical scope
Investigators have not made any explicit safety recommendations relating to medical checks following the inquiry into the deliberate LAM Embraer 190 crash in Namibia in November 2013.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why restored Monarch could attract EasyJet
Eighteen months after it secured new owners in the form of Greybull Capital, UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines is once again the subject of acquisition rumours, this time involving EasyJet.
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PICTURE: Saudia unveils plan for low-cost carrier
Saudi Arabian flag-carrier Saudia is to establish a new airline division for low-cost air transport in the kingdom.
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A350 thrust-reversers modified after lock flaw
Airbus has modified the thrust-reverser actuation system of production A350-900s after a failure of a locking mechanism on an in-service aircraft.
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BA A320 suffers suspected drone collision
UK police are investigating after a British Airways Airbus A320 suffered a suspected collision with an unmanned air vehicle while inbound to London Heathrow.
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DOT tentatively approves Norwegian's Irish subsidiary
US regulators have tentatively approved a foreign air carrier permit for Norwegian's Irish subsidiary, more than two years after the request first sparked a contentious debate over open skies and labour laws.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Pan Am's rise and fall after launching 747
When Pan Am played its pivotal role in the creation of the 747, it was arguably the world's most powerful airline, headed by one of the most dynamic and influential leaders of the airline industry's first century, Juan Trippe.
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Tail-strike damage found after Corendon 737 diversion
Turkish investigators are looking into a serious incident involving a Boeing 737-800 which suffered a tail-strike on departure from Billund.
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Hi Fly supplies A340 for commercial zero-gravity flights
Portuguese carrier Hi Fly is to providing an Airbus A340-300 for zero-gravity flights under a co-operation agreement with commercial space firm Swiss Space Systems.
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JetBlue to debut Mint to seven additional routes
New York-based JetBlue Airways will introduce its Mint premium cabin on seven additional transcontinental routes, bringing the service to four new cities.
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PICTURE: Rossiya receives 747-400 in new colours
Aeroflot Group carrier Rossiya has taken delivery of a Boeing 747-400 bearing the revised and modernised livery of the newly-consolidated carrier.