News from FlightGlobal – Page 1340
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AirTran plans growth pause until 2011
Low-cost carrier AirTran Airways does not plan to add capacity until 2011. After the carrier sold eight aircraft in 2008 to trim its growth from a...
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NewsBritish Airways to start dismantling crashed 777 airframe
British Airways is to start dismantling the Boeing 777-200ER substantially damaged in last year's approach crash at London Heathrow
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PICTURES: 6,000 and counting for Boeing’s popular little twinjet
The Boeing 737 has reached an historic milestone with the delivery of the 6,000th aircraft, almost exactly 42 years after the twinjet first took to the air....
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Mid-air turbulence: Troubled times for LCC leadership
In the first of a two-part feature, Spencer Stuartexecutives explore why low-cost chiefs are beginning to suffer legacy insomnia
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Air China returning leased aircraft
Air China is returning leased aircraft this year but it has stated publicly it has so far refrained from delaying aircraft on order.
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Airservices Australia prepares next stage of required navigation performance roll-out
Airservices Australia is planning the next stage of its required navigation performance (RNP) project that it hopes will lead to a national roll-out of RNP...
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Hawker Pacific plans to expand fixed-base operations to Perth
Australian sales, services and product support company Hawker Pacific is to expand its domestic fixed base operation in the next two months by opening a...
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Mesa officially sells stake in Kunpeng
Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group has officially sold its interest in Chinese joint venture Kunpeng Airlines to majority owner Shenzhen Airlines for $4.5 million. The...
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Low-cost carriers extend their global footprint
Low-cost carriers are finding the lure of markets outside their traditional borders too tempting to resist and are increasingly spreading their wings further afield, either through deals with international carriers or with their own metal
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Low-cost carriers: Ready for battle
How well prepared are low-cost carriers to survive the economic crisis and exploit new opportunities
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Jet Republic aims to lure 'working-class millionaires' to business aviation
Fractional start-up Jet Republic is aiming to entice Europe's "working class millionaires" into business aviation,...
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Interview with Virgin CEOs Cush, Godfrey and Ridgway
In a unique three-way interview, the chiefs of Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Blue and Virgin America talk about life at one of the world's most extrovert brands
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VASO completes testing for presidential Ilyushin Il-96
Russia's VASO has completed manufacturer trials on this Ilyushin Il-96-300 widebody, registration number RA96019, in preparation for delivery later this...
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EasyJet adds three routes from Luton including Milan
EasyJet is to start three new routes from London Luton to Milan, Montpellier and the Spanish island city of Mahon from early July. The extra services...
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ExelTech wins high profile maintenance business from JetBlue
Canadian maintenance provider ExelTech has secured a key airline for its E-Jet heavy maintenance programme after brokering a deal with E-190 launch customer...
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FAA to mandate A320 flap check
The US FAA tomorrow will mandate that operators of A320-family aircraft perform a one-time inspection to determine if improper post-factory maintenance has...
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American 787 deliveries delayed by a year
First deliveries of the Boeing 787 to American Airlines are slipping by one year to 2013, due to programme delays and a machinists strike at the airframer...
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Air France-KLM, Travel Service make CSA stake shortlist
Air France-KLM and the Travel Service-Unimex grouping have been shortlised by the Czech Government for the next stage of the privatisation of national carrier...
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Rovinescu returns to lead Air Canada fightback
Former executive is tasked once again to steer the carrier through unprecedented financial uncertainty
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Picture emerges in German airline jigsaw
Drawn-out German consolidation picture taking shape after Air Berlin-TUIfly tie-up