All Strategy articles – Page 402
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NewsChorus orders up to 23 Q400s, announces second airline
Canadian regional carrier Chorus Aviation has placed a firm order for 13 Bombardier Q400 turboprops worth $424 million after signing an amended capacity purchase agreement with mainline partner Air Canada.
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NewsMH370 declaration leaves cause unaddressed
Formal declaration of the Malaysia Airlines MH370 disappearance as an accident frees the carrier to begin certain procedural work, but the causal factors behind the loss remain undetermined.
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ROUTES: Frontier to complete cost transition in 2015
Evolving US carrier Frontier Airlines anticipates hitting its unit cost targets by the end of 2015, faster than executives had previously anticipated.
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ROUTES: US carriers discuss Gulf open skies with Obama officials
Executives from American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have met with senior Obama administration officials to discuss limiting the access of the Gulf carriers to the USA, says former deputy assistant secretary of State John Byerly.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Qatar and IAG romance moves up a gear
Qatar Airways' decision to acquire almost 10% of IAG finally cements a long-running courtship between the two.
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Denmark's ES-air plans March debut
Danish start-up carrier ES-air will begin operations on 2 March with a domestic service between Esbjerg and Copenhagen.
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NewsANA Holdings approves firm order for 15 jets
ANA Holdings’ board has approved a firm order for 15 Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
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NewsLoss of MH370 formally declared an accident
Malaysia’s government has formally declared the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as an accident, with the loss of all 239 passengers and crew.
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Iberia schedules Cuban return
Iberia will resume flights to Cuban capital Havana in June, following a two-year hiatus, and is also set to add two new long-haul destinations in Colombia.
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NewsPICTURES: Transavia unveils new livery
Air France-KLM's low-cost unit Transavia has rebranded amid expansion of its Boeing 737 fleet to take over more of the group's short-haul traffic.
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NewsGulf carriers halt Baghdad flights after 737 attack
Emirates and Etihad Airways have suspended services to Baghdad after an arriving Flydubai Boeing 737-800 reportedly sustained damage after being shot at.
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NewsIAG: Aer Lingus would join Oneworld and Atlantic pact
IAG would retain Aer Lingus’s brand and have the Irish airline enter the Oneworld alliance and its transatlantic joint venture if its latest takeover bid succeeds.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: India’s fleet grows despite short-term struggles
India's airlines continue to struggle with high costs and competition, but a huge order backlog ensures major growth ahead.
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NewsAirAsia QZ8501 accident may reflect a trend
Accidents to aircraft cruising through tropical or sub-tropical zones are repeating often enough now for the industry to have cause to refresh its pilots on the risks. There have been three other accidents in similar circumstances during the last ten years.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will JAL, ANA codeshares save Skymark?
Japanese carrier Skymark Airlines’ unusual plan to have rivals Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways both codeshare on some of its flights appears to be coming to fruition, but it still faces some major short-term challenges.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Accidents are not the only threat to safety
If large numbers of passengers and crew die on a commercial airline flight because of an event that was not an accident, is it valid to exclude it from airline safety statistics? After all, passengers boarding a flight want to be assured their lives are not at risk from any ...
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NewsCrashed AirAsia A320 undertook rapid climb: minister
Indonesia’s parliament has been told that the Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320 which crashed into the Java Sea last month climbed rapidly before its fatal descent.
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NewsMH17: ICAO to host conflict-zone information portal
ICAO is to host a prototype centralised system intended to provide information on conflict zones, enabling airlines to assess route risks in the wake of the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Refining the MH370 search
Since Capt Simon Hardy revealed in Flightglobal/Flight International his calculations about where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is likely to have come to rest, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau – leading the MH370 search team – has spoken at length to him.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Fleet Watch - Orders for December 2014
Commercial aircraft net orders came in at 647 for December 2014 where 673 new orders were offset by 26 cancellations.