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Hawaiian considers more A321neo yen funds
Hawaiian Airlines could finance more of its Airbus A321neo deliveries with Japanese yen-denominated loans, says chief executive Peter Ingram.
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Hawaiian accelerates 767 retirements with Beijing exit
Hawaiian Airlines has moved forward the retirement of its Boeing 767 fleet by about a quarter, following its decision to exit the Beijing market in October.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How the airline sector changed post-financial crisis
When Lehman Brothers collapsed 10 years ago, it set in motion a financial crisis which was to have a profound impact on air travel.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Gulf giants have rethought capacity moves
After their decade of rapid growth left no corner of the globe untouched, the major Gulf carrier have entered an unsettled period, necessitating a more nuanced approach to network development.
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Opinion
OPINION: Air France-KLM bucks the nativist trend
In a world where inward-looking political sensibilities are zeitgeist, the appointment of Canadian national Ben Smith as the new chief executive of Air France-KLM was a welcome surprise.
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Bombardier Learjet pair gain avionics upgrade
Bombardier has introduced an avionics upgrade for its Learjet 70 and 75 business jets, in a move that could help to stimulate demand for the slow-selling light and superlight types.
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Canada approves turboprop-powered BN2 Islander
Britten-Norman has gained Canadian type certification for the turboprop version of its BN2 Islander.
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Asiana wet-leases second 747F from Atlas Air
Asiana Airlines has agreed to wet-lease a second Boeing 747-400 Freighter from Atlas Air.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: What the Great Recession meant for aircraft funding
The global financial crisis can seem a distant hallucination, given today's strong global economy and seemingly endless liquidity. But to those who did experience it first-hand, it was all too real.
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Norwegian brushes off long-haul low-cost competition
Norwegian chief executive Bjorn Kjos is unperturbed by the entrance of new long-haul low-cost carriers into the transatlantic market.
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Delta looks to sell stake in Trainer refinery
Delta Air Lines may sell a stake in its Trainer oil refinery outside Philadelphia, six-years after it made the questionable move into the oil refining business.
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American plans growth at Washington National
American Airlines plans to grow with larger aircraft at Ronald Reagan Washington National airport once a new concourse opens in three years.
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Textron Aviation works on Longitude fuel-tank flammability fix as FAA issues temporary reprieve
Textron Aviation has received a temporary exemption from US Federal Aviation Administration flammability requirements covering the Cessna Citation Longitude's fuel tank. However, the waiver falls short of the airframer's request for a five-year grace period.
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Opinion
OPINION: FlightGlobal Top 100 is a difficult club to join
Its stalwarts range from household names on whose products much of the world’s population regularly travels to manufacturers of highly specialised equipment from passenger seats to cockpit controls. FlightGlobal’s ranking of the biggest 100 businesses in aerospace is a club that rarely admits new members or dramatically changes its hierarchy.
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Boeing KC-46 attains FAA supplemental type certificate
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tanker a supplemental type certificate (STC), thus completing the type’s FAA certification process.
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Fort Myers-bound A320 lines up with wrong airport
Air traffic control communications have revealed that an American Airlines Airbus A320 erroneously lined up for an approach to Page Field airport in Florida, rather than the nearby Fort Myers.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Profits continue to rise for aerospace’s Top 100
There used to be a saying in aviation that becoming a millionaire was easy: you simply started with a billion. If that maxim is less true in today’s somewhat more financially disciplined airline world, it certainly does not apply to those responsible for building aircraft. The biggest 100 businesses in aerospace are continuing to ratchet up the profits, despite modest revenue growth in the past financial year.
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Opinion
OPINION: Pilot shortage has no easy solution
As the aviation industry well knows, downturns have unexpected long-term consequences, beyond the immediate downsizing caused by global recession or other major shock to the system, such as 9/11.
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American and Qantas threaten cuts without joint venture
American Airlines and Qantas Airways are threatening further schedule reductions between Australia and the USA if the latter does not grant them antitrust immunity for a joint venture.