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Airline BusinessBreeze ahead of major discount carriers on ‘premium’ trend: Neeleman
While much of the US airline sector scrambles to add more premium seats and other products to attract higher-paying customers, one start-up carrier has been positioned since inception to capture that slice of the market.
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NewsMesa to raise $230m with sale-leaseback of 18 E175s to United
United Airlines has agreed to purchase 18 Embraer 175 regional jets from partner Mesa Airlines in a sale-leaseback deal that will raise some $230 million for the regional carrier.
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Airline BusinessWeek 2 2025: Q4 earnings season begins as crash investigations continue
This week will see Delta Air Lines kick off the fourth-quarter earnings season as it outlines its October-December and full-year performance on 10 January.
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NewsC919 begins first commercial service outside Mainland China as Comac focuses on ramp-up
Comac’s C919 has commenced operations on its first commercial route outside of Mainland China, flying from Shanghai to Hong Kong.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 21 December 2024 - 3 January 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past 14 days
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Airline BusinessHow 2024 began and ended with airline safety in the spotlight
As 2025 begins, the airline industry is looking back on a year bookended by significant safety incidents.
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NewsDash 8’s lights would have blended with runway centreline before A350 collision: inquiry
White lighting on a De Havilland Dash 8 would have blended in with surrounding runway lights, rendering it difficult to see before the aircraft was struck by a landing Airbus A350 at Tokyo Haneda a year ago. Japanese investigators probing the fatal 2 January 2024 collision have conducted simulations of ...
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NewsInvestigators retrieve voice recordings from crashed Jeju Air 737-800
Investigators have retrieved voice files from the cockpit-voice recorder of a crashed Jeju Air Boeing 737-800, with the aircraft’s damaged flight-data recorder to be sent to the USA for further work.
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NewsJAL A350 collision probe strives to explain Dash 8’s failure to stop at runway holding point
Japanese investigators have disclosed that a De Havilland Dash 8-300’s departure from Tokyo Haneda was supposed to be threaded between two arriving aircraft, before it entered the runway and was fatally struck by the first of them, a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900. The collision left only one survivor, the captain, ...
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NewsInvestigations flag ‘previously unknown fault’ following Swiss PW1500G engine failure
Investigations are continuing into the cause of a Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine failure aboard a Swiss Airbus A220-300 on 23 December that forced the twinjet to make an emergency landing in Graz.
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NewsInquiry into deadly Jeju Air 737-800 crash gets under way
A probe into the deadly crash of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 at Muan has commenced, with concerns raised about the condition of the jet’s flight-data recorder.
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NewsMistrust and tension evident as Azerbaijan refuses Russian-led E190 crash probe
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has disclosed that a Russian offer to investigate the Embraer 190 crash in Aktau was “categorically refused” over concerns that it would not have been objective. Although Azerbaijan is a member of the Interstate Aviation Committee, which investigates accidents involving aircraft of state parties, the circumstances ...
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NewsFlight recorders from crashed Jeju Air 737-800 recovered
South Korea has determined that 179 of the 181 aboard a crashed Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 died in the accident.
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NewsDeath toll rises in Jeju Air 737-800 crash
The death toll in the fatal crash of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 at South Korea’s Muan airport has risen to 122 out of the 181 aboard the jet.
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NewsCrashed Jeju 737 touched down without landing gear deployed
The Jeju Air 737-800 that crashed at South Korea’s Muan airport attempted to land without its landing gear deployed.
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NewsPutin ‘apologises’ over E190 crash as Azerbaijani president indicates external explosion
Azerbaijan’s presidential office has given the clearest indication yet that the Embraer 190 which crashed in Aktau suffered considerable flight-control damage as a result of an external detonation in Russian airspace. The office has detailed a telephone call between Russian president Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev on 28 ...
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NewsAzerbaijan E190 twice attempted to land at Grozny in 'difficult' circumstances: Russian authority
Russia’s federal air transport regulator states that the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 which crashed after diverting to Aktau had made two unsuccessful attempts to land at Grozny, the flight’s original destination. Rosaviatsia chief Dmitry Yadrov says the situation in the vicinity of Grozny airport, at the time of the aircraft’s ...
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NewsFlydubai and Qazaq Air suspend Russian routes over safety risks
United Arab Emirates operator Flydubai and Kazakh regional carrier Qazaq Air are suspending services on some Russian routes in the wake of the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crash. The measures follow Azerbaijan Airlines’ decision to halt flights to several Russian cities, over flight safety concerns. Flydubai is temporarily cancelling services ...
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NewsEvidence of ‘external interference’ in E190 crash spurs Azerbaijan Airlines to halt Russian flights
Azerbaijan Airlines has suspended several more services to Russian cities after preliminary indications that “external interference” played a role in the fatal loss of an Embraer 190. The aircraft, bound for Grozny as J28243 on 25 December, diverted to Aktau with apparent flight-control problems and subsequently crashed while attempting to ...
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NewsBreeze tracking to secure international authority in first quarter
Chief executive David Neeleman says US start-up carrier Breeze Airways is on track to launch its first international flights early in 2025.
