All Strategy articles – Page 416
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NewsEtihad and Alitalia seal strategic partnership
Alitalia and Etihad have agreed a strategic tie-up which will see the Abu Dhabi-based carrier take a 49% in the Italian carrier for €387.5 million.
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NewsSwiftair speed decay echoes previous MD-80 episodes
While investigators have yet to ascertain the reason for the loss of control of the Swiftair Boeing MD-83 over Mali, the accident shares several parallels with earlier events in which speed decay in early cruise led MD-80s into a high-altitude stall.
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NewsMAS restructuring plan to be unveiled in August
The Malaysian government and Khazanah Nasional are finalising a "comprehensive and holistic" restructuring plan for ailing Malaysia Airlines (MAS), and the details will be announced before the end of August, says Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak.
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Nok Air forms flight training JV with ANA Holdings
Thai low-cost carrier Nok Air have signed a joint venture agreement with ANA Holdings to launch the Pan Am International Flight Training Centre (PAIFT).
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NewsMAS to undergo 'comprehensive review and restructuring'
Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional will undertake a major review of Malaysia Airlines business and subsequently restructure the carrier.
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NewsMalaysia to privatise ailing MAS
Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah has decided to privatise Malaysia Airlines.
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MAS shares suspended pending “material announcement”
The shares of Malaysian Airlines have been suspended from trading on Friday 8 August.
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NewsSwiftair MD-83 lost speed before rapid spiral descent
French investigators have determined that a Swiftair Boeing MD-83 lost over Mali entered a rapid spiral descent from which it failed to recover.
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NewsMH17: Ukraine lifts ceasefire as initial wreck search ends
International investigators are to withdraw temporarily from the site of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash in Ukraine, with some areas yet to be examined.
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NewsCathay buys into US biofuels developer
Cathay Pacific Airways has announced that it will invest in US based alternative fuels developer Fulcrum BioEnergy.
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Czech Airlines confirms A320 fleet sale
Czech Airlines has confirmed it is selling its Airbus A320 fleet as part of its cost-cutting programme.
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NewsICAO conflict zone task force sets first meeting
The International Civil Aviation Organization's recently assembled Task Force on Risks to civil aviation arising from Conflict Zones will meet for the first time on 14-15 August 2014 at the organisation's headquarters in Montréal, Canada, and it is expected to deliver recommendations "within weeks".
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PIA selects AWAS A320s
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has accepted bids from operating lessor AWAS and Aircastle to lease a total of four Airbus A320s, an evaluation report reveals.
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NewsNATS hones flight trajectories for efficiency
UK air navigation service provider NATS says it is on track to meet a target of saving 600,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from aircraft fuel burn in 2014 compared with historic levels, using scores from a flight trajectory efficiency measuring tool.
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NewsUnidentified A320 order includes 28 re-engined jets
Airbus’s newly-disclosed order for 45 A320-family aircraft, attributed to unidentified customers, includes 28 re-engined models.
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NewsRussian authority hands Rostov radar data to MH17 probe
Russian authorities have provided radar data from a regional air traffic centre to investigators analysing the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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NewsDobrolet halts flights as EU sanctions block jet lease
Aeroflot’s budget carrier Dobrolet is suspending operations as a result of the sanctions recently imposed on the airline by the European Union.
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NewsDelta retiring four 747s as Pacific restructuring continues
Delta Air Lines will retire four Boeing 747-400s by the end of 2014, as it continues to restructure its Pacific operations around a gateway at Seattle/Tacoma International airport.
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NewsCrashed ATR deviated from non-precision approach
Preliminary information from the investigation into the TransAsia Airways ATR 72 crash in Magong shows that the crew opted for a non-precision approach after initially intending an ILS approach to the airport.
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Air Berlin selects Etihad executive to head MRO division
Werner Rothenbacher has been appointed managing director of Air Berlin Technik, the German airline's maintenance arm.