All Networks news – Page 382
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Sukhoi identifies potential new Superjet MRO partners
Sukhoi has identified additional organisations in Russia and China which are set to participate in the maintenance network for its Superjet 100 aircraft. It...
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Airbus opts for larger wing on A350-1000 through trailing edge extension
Airbus is working to reach the design freeze for the largest A350 variant, the -1000, in the middle of this year and has revealed that the stretched aircraft will feature a slightly larger wing the -800/900 models.
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Frontier to fit E-Jets with Gogo, eyes connectivity for A320s
Frontier Airlines is to equip its Embraer E-Jets fleet with Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet system, but says it will continue to research connectivity...
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Cameroon to release long-awaited Kenya 737 crash findings
Cameroonian investigators are preparing to release the final report into the fatal loss of a Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800, nearly three years after the accident
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Continental mum on merger talks, posts $146 million loss
Continental Airlines posted a $146 million losss for the first quarter attributed to a weak economy, poor weather and a $10 million charge related to severance...
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US Airways and United can merger talks
US Airways says its merger discussions with United have dissolved, and is arguing it will remain strong as a stand-alone carrier if United Airlines ultimately...
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Alaska Airlines and Horizon launch new routes
Alaska Airlines will start daily service between San Diego, California, and Kahului, Maui, from 1 October 2010, and daily seasonal service between San Diego...
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MRO USA: TAM to overhaul regional aircraft
Brazil's TAM plans to add maintenance capability for regional aircraft, starting with the ATR 42/72 and likely expanding into Embraer E-Jets. TAM MRO...
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A350 launch customer Qatar Airways unconcerned by three-month first flight slip
Airbus A350 launch customer Qatar Airways is unconcerned about the three-month slip in the twinjet's first flight schedule, believing that the buffer built...
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UK regulator alleges price-fixing by Cathay and Virgin Atlantic
Oneworld carrier Cathay Pacific Airways and UK long-haul operator Virgin Atlantic are being scrutinised over possible price-fixing on the London-Hong Kong...
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Liberalisation: Breaking the bilateral web
Aviation has grown up, constrained by a tangled net of bilateral agreements. Liberalisation efforts have broken some of the bonds, but airlines are calling for greater action to release them from their regulatory strait jacket
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Is short-haul business class dead?
Price sensitivity fever has decimated Europe's short-haul business cabins and low-cost carriers are poised to pounce
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ASH CLOUD: SIA loses S$40m from Europe flights disruption
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has lost about S$40 million ($29 million) in revenue from the flight disruptions caused by the shutdown of European airspace,
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Southwest to inspect tugs for safety switch fault
Southwest Airlines is performing a fleet-wide check of its baggage tugs after a runaway vehicle damaged the engines and fuselage of an aircraft leaving the...
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ASH CLOUD: Crisis leaves lessons to be learned
As the dust begins to settle on the volcanic ash cloud crisis, industry experts are highlighting two major lessons that can be learned to help protect airlines...
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Interview
Interview: Air Arabia chief executive Adel Ali
Adel Ali pioneered the low-cost model in the Middle East when he set up Sharjah-based Air Arabia in 2003. Now he is working to expand the airline's empire...
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Opinion
Comment: The odd couples
Whether it's the changing nature of the industry, or desperation to access new markets and grow at all costs, intriguing partnerships which would have previously been downright bizarre are emerging. Perhaps opposites really can be attractive in today's airline business
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SpiceJet aims to begin international flights in June
Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet has received in-principle approval from India's government to operate international flights, and plans to do so from June. It...
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MRO USA: Mexicana MRO plans 2011 capacity expansion
Mexicana's maintenance unit plans to open an additional hangar at its Mexico City base next year to accommodate an expected surge in third-party business. Mexicana...
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Tokyo Narita to up capacity by 50% by 2014
Tokyo's Narita Airport plans to increase its capacity by 50% over the next five years to meet demand for international flights at the airport. In 2014,...