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AB25: Copa chief executive Pedro Heilbron
Twenty-five years ago, few would have imagined that today Latin America would be among the leading regions in the world in terms of economic growth and development. Even fewer would have dreamed of Latin America's airlines being in the top echelon of this competitive aviation industry writes Pedro Heilbron
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NewsSpace Shuttle special report: One big step
Even before the Apollo space programme of the 1960s put a man on the Moon, a fledgling NASA was conceptualising a reusable spacecraft for manned flight. Work on the Space Shuttle began in earnest in the 1970s, with the first of four test flights in 1981, followed by operational missions ...
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AB25: LAN, chief executive, Enrique Cueto
The Latin American airline industry has undergone dramatic change over the past 25 years. Two decades ago, the region was dominated by state-owned, unprofitable airlines. Carriers operated old fleets, provided mediocre service, and had low levels of reliability writes LAN Airlines CEO Enrque Cueto
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AB25: Emirates president Tim Clark
Emirates shares a 25th birthday with Airline Business, having also launched in 1985. Over the past quarter of a century, our industry has taken great strides forward. It is essential that we maintain this momentum in the next 25 years to ensure the continued success of the airline sector and ...
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AB25: TAM chief executive, Marco Antonio Bologna
First of all, I would like to congratulate Airline Business for its 25 years of existence - a remarkable achievement. During this quarter-century, we have seen a huge transformation of the airline industry writes Marco Antonio Bologna, executive president of TAM
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AB25: Ethiopian Airlines chief executive Girma Wake
Despite the fact that a great number of African States succeeded to become independent and to create their own national airlines in the early 1960s, African airlines have faced numerous challenges in formulating and maintaining a safe, efficient air traffic system, mainly due to the inability of African governments to ...
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AB25: Singapore Airlines chief executive, CS Chew
The silver anniversary of Airline Business is an appropriate occasion for some thoughts on how the airline industry has evolved in the past 25 years writes Singapore Airlines chief executive Chew Choon Seng
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AB25: Gulf Air chief executive Samer Majali
Imagine a world in which airlines operate in a free market, able to realise their full potential through economies of scale, not hampered by barriers that increase costs and curb development, not constrained by archaic bilateral agreements, not overcharged by monopoly suppliers. That is the dream of Gulf Air chief ...
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AB25: Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways
Airlines worldwide continue to compete on the three fundamentals of cost, network, and product. However, in all of these areas, both the way airlines compete and the marketplace in which they compete has changed dramatically writes Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker.
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AB25: Cathay Pacific chief executive Tony Tyler
When the first issue of Airline Business came off the presses, I was in the eighth year of my aviation career and had just moved to Rome as Cathay Pacific's manager for Italy and France - though at that time we didn't actually fly to either country writes Cathay Pacific ...
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AB25: Geoff Dixon, former Qantas chief executive
Most governments still take aviation for granted writes former Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon
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NewsThai confirms ThaiTiger ownership structure
Thai Airways has tweaked the ownership structure of its low-cost joint venture with Tiger Airways by confirming its stake, and giving employees a share in...
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NASA revives X-plane hopes with environmental goals
Can NASA meet a challenging list of environmental goals? The agency's aeronautics branch could achieve its aims with full-scale testbeds - if it can obtain funding ...
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Interview: Oman Air chief executive, Peter Hill
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/airline-business/2010/10/videos-world-air-forum-2010.html
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DARPA explains Falcon HTV-2 flight failure
DARPA has revealed why the Falcon HTV-2's maiden flight ended in the aircraft self-destructing ...
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NewsPICTURES: NASA moves X-34s out of storage, considers return to flight status
Two X-planes parked in storage by NASA for nearly 10 years have been moved to a new facility to be inspected for a possible return to flying status, the...
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NewsAir France to create 'provincial bases' in network overhaul
Air France is to restructure its European operations by creating several provincial bases to reinforce its position in the market.
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ALTA 2010: Latin leaders highlight airport failings
Latin American airline leaders are continuing to stress shortcomings on many fronts at the region's airports, their owners and regulators.
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ALTA 2010: Brazil responds to infrastructure challenge
Brazil plans to address its growing airport infrastructure challenge as the country's domestic market continues to expand rapidly.
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USA bulldozes European WTO appeal – and sets out its own
European Union protests against the World Trade Organisation's findings on Airbus support "do not achieve the EU goal of making the subsidies disappear", the USA insists.