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Americas news in brief
Air Jamaica drops London Air Jamaica is to axe its only long-haul service as part of a new tie-up with Virgin Atlantic Airways. The carrier will cease...
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Virgin America gets go-ahead
The US Department of Transportation has cleared Virgin America Airlines to launch services this summer but has kept to its insistence that chief executive...
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Europe news in brief
Alitalia's alternative plan Alitalia has begun to develop contingency plans for a new business strategy in the event that its privatisation process...
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Industry profits on the rise again
IATA has raised its industry profit forecast for this year and next on the back of improving market conditions. The association now expects the industry...
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Kuwait Airways confident despite new competition
Kuwait Airways is on track to return to profitability in fiscal year 2007-8 despite intensifying competition in the Kuwaiti airline market. In June the carrier...
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Sayer takes Royal Brunei posting
Sayer takes Brunei posting Royal Brunei Airlines has named Ray Sayer as its new chief executive, with effect from 1 September. Sayer has nearly...
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Back in business
Airbus bosses are elated after their most successful Paris ever in terms of orders. They needed and deserved the break. But the European airframer's worries are far from over
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Qatar Airways became the largest customer for Airbus's A350 XWBs at the show with an order for 80 aircraft, but has been frustrated by the airframer's tardiness...
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Boeing expects to deliver 737 replacement by 2015
Boeing expects to bring its long-awaited 737 replacement to the market...
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Airbus's impressive Paris orders tally fails to fully dispel concerns over product line
Airbus's Paris orders avalanche lifted some of the gloom that has surrounded the manufacturer following the A380...
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Airbus sets new order benchmark
Airbus set a new benchmark for air show order announcements with deals totalling 728 orders and commitments. Of these, 425 were firm and commitments for...
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GECAS rejects Airbus A350 XWB; no progress on GE power
Airbus will miss out on an order for its A350 XWB from one of its most important leasing customers - GE Commercial Aviation Services - if the current stand-off...
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Airbus makes progress with plans to sell sites under Power8 cost-cutting programme
Airbus is backing up its order success at the show with parallel progress on the site sales and partnerships it is targeting as part of the Power8...
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Irkut hopes to secure Airbus support on MS-21 Tom
Russian aircraft manufacturer NPK Irkut is prioritising securing a co-operation agreement with Airbus to support development of an indigenous MS-21 next-generation...
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Boeing plans major 787 performance boost through production technologies
Improved versions of the Boeing 787 family offering significant efficiency and range increases could be available within six years thanks to refinements...
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Airbus governments await WTO ruling before making funding decision
The Airbus governments will wait until the World Trade Organisation issues its long-awaited ruling on aircraft subsidies...