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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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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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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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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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Southwest to launch RNP operations in 4Q '09
Southwest Airlines plans to begin required navigation performance (RNP) operations on certain routes in the fourth quarter of 2009, ramping up system-wide...
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ATR achieves power-on for first 72-600
ATR has started ground-testing the new -600 variant of its regional turboprop line, with power-on of its cockpit avionics. The first example, an ATR...
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US Airways management, pilots union split on finer points of safety reporting
US Airways pilots, seeking to increase industry standard immunity levels guaranteed by the US FAA's Aviation Safety Action Programme (ASAP), have terminated...
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Gear problems vex Bombardier CRJs
US officials are investigating left main landing gear failures on two types of Bombardier regional jets on two separate occasions this week, incidents that...
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Sleep surrender
Sleep is essential to human health and well-being. Yet since the late 1940s, when airlines began flying pressurised propeller aircraft across the Atlantic...
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NewsNeeleman's Azul takes flight in Brazil
Brazilian domestic carrier Azul today inaugurated Embraer E-Jet service from Viracopos airport in Campinas to Salvador de Bahia. The event marks founder...
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Delta to launch Gogo tomorrow; details equipage plan for Northwest
Delta Air Lines has unveiled plans to launch Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet service tomorrow and laid out a strategy for equipping merger partner Northwest...
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DC-9 depressurised after ramp crew covered up tug strike
US investigators have determined that ground staff covered up an accident in which a vehicle damaged a McDonnell Douglas DC-9's fuselage, and allowed the...
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NewsAirbus testing rules tightened after Etihad A340-600 smash
Airbus has tightened its procedures after the testing accident in November last year which destroyed a brand-new A340-600 days before delivery to Etihad...
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Investor CAI fixes date to relaunch Alitalia
Italian investor group Compagnia Aerea Italiana (CAI) will relaunch Alitalia formally on 13 January 2009, by which time a foreign partner will have been...
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Aer Lingus tells Government: Ryanair offer is 'pathetic'
Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus has scorned budget rival Ryanair's takeover proposal, following a meeting with the country's transport ministry to discuss...