News from FlightGlobal – Page 1372
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ANZ's first 787-9 delayed by 12 more months
Recently confirmed new delays in the Boeing 787 programme have further pushed back delivery of Air New Zealand's (ANZ) first aircraft, to 2013.
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NTSB: Air Wisconsin Philadelphia gear-up landing followed maintenance
A preliminary report by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reveals that an Air Wisconsin CRJ200 that landed with its left main gear retracted...
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NewsBritish Airways orders 11 Embraer 170/190s for CityFlyer
British Airways has ordered 11 Embraer regional jets for use by its BA CityFlyer subsidiary. Embraer says in a statement that the deal comprises...
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India's Kingfisher to serve HK and Singapore
India's Kingfisher Airlines has revived international expansion plans and will be launching services to Hong Kong and Singapore next month.
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Comment - The mating game
Airline mergers and acquisitions have gathered pace over the past year, a trend that looks set to continue and intensify in 2009 as the economic environment worsens. But the prospect of intercontinental mergers is still mired in regulatory restrictions
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Forecast: Consolidation - Obstacle Course
Financial strains and collapses fuelled a flurry of consolidation activity in the airline sector in 2008, but are the regulatory hurdles still one jump too far for real consolidation to take place in the near term?
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Air cargo faces bleak prospects
Things are not looking good for the air cargo industry, with IATA predicting a 5% fall in freight traffic in 2009. But there is hope among some cargo executives that demand could start to stabilise in the second or third quarter of the year
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Carriers, airports clamour for federal stimulus
Airlines and airports are lobbying for the sector to get a share from the new president's economic stimulus package
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Shanghai pact boosts Dallas Fort Worth service hopes
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, host of the Airline Business Network USA event in 2009, has been working with Shanghai Airport Authority to try and forge nonstop...
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Airline bag fees: Irksome, but eternal
Controversial baggage fees introduced when oil prices were at their highest have proved to be a good source of revenue for airlines and are here to stay, despite their unpopularity with passengers
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Airlines face bumpy ride in 2009
There's no point dressing it up, the coming year is going to be extremely tough for airlines in all regions. As the global recession takes hold, airlines will face falling demand and the toughest revenue environment in half a century
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Airlines push for liberalisation
Airlines have long been campaigning for the right to freely invest cross-border and leave the shackles of ownership and control restrictions behind. Will 2009 be the year in which real progress starts to be made on liberalisation?
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Network carriers jump on the ancillary revenue bandwagon
Taking a cue from their no-frills counterparts, US network carriers have been beefing up their ancillary revenue strategies. Will this approach be copied by other airlines?
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Relaunched Alitalia flies into battle
The Italian solution for the rebirth of Alitalia finally launches in January, but is it too late to claw back its lost market share?
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China's ARJ21 faces further six-month delay in first delivery
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) has disclosed that first delivery of its ARJ21-700 regional jet is to be delayed by a further six months. Comac...
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