All Systems & interiors articles – Page 546
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BA to use loophole to avoid passenger compensation
UK flag carrier pins faith in European rules covering ‘extraordinary circumstances’
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Green light
Development of hydrogen-powered aircraft remains stuck in low gear. What is stalling this apparently highly efficient and environmentally sound technology?
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Quietly does it
The quest to silence airliners with sophisticated new noise monitoring and attenuating technology is showing results during tests
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Virgin Blue seeks homes for cheap 737s
Faced with a mature market that has little room for growth, Australia’s Virgin Blue is looking for other ways to capitalise on a big asset – nearly 40 options to buy Boeing 737NGs at bargain prices.
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Labour turbulence shakes Aer Lingus management
A bitter labour row over a leaked memo about cuts greeted new Aer Lingus chief executive Dermot Mannion when he assumed the leadership of the Irish state-owned carrier in August.
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Africa’s era of liberalisation
The African airline industry is starting to benefit from liberalisation, but there are still many challenges ahead, says Elijah Chingosho, technical director of the African Airlines Association
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AnalysisAirline alliance analysis: Collective gains
As the alliances build ever more wide-reaching networks and become truly global, their attention is turning to finding ways to cut costs in new areas, and from some unexpected sources
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Alitalia thrown final lifeline
Italian flag carrier Alitalia is hoping a European Commission (EC) approved recapitalisation, coupled with a raft of restructuring measures, will enable it to return to profit next year.
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NewsAlliance values
The original bright revenue promises of the global alliances may have lost their lustre in today’s competitive reality, but initiatives in new areas such as distribution may revive early hopes that airlines could add more value together than apart
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Further bankruptcies beckon for US majors
The season of involuntary restructuring is in full blossom this autumn as two more major US airlines – Delta and Northwest Airlines – are poised at the brink of bankruptcy.
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France’s BEA begins Helios CVR examination
France’s air accident investigation body, the BEA, is assessing information on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 which crashed in Greece on 14 August.
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Cargo counts
The techniques that airports need to employ to attract cargo service are very different to those used to woo passenger carriers
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European carriers report mixed results
Once again high fuel prices tempered optimism among European carriers despite robust early summer results.
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Fare rises limit fuel pain
With the price of crude oil edging towards $70 a barrel, compared with $55 in mid-March, airlines are reliant on fare hikes or surcharges to compensate for the shortfall.