All Strategy news – Page 320
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BOC Aviation orders more 737 Max jets
Asian lessor BOC Aviation has ordered 13 Boeing 737 Max 8 re-engined jets.
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ROUTES: NokScoot eyes North Asia for future expansion
NokScoot has identified North Asia as the next region it plans to grow into, but this will depend on the lifting of restrictions placed after ICAO issued a significant safety concern (SSC) on Thailand in 2015.
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Possible fatalities reported in South Sudan turboprop crash
Possible fatalities are being reported from a Sudanese aircraft which crashed at the South Sudanese city of Wau.
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NewsUnited to retire 747 in October
United Airlines will retire its last Boeing 747-400 in “late October” after nearly half a century with the carrier.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Lance Gokongwei, chief executive, Cebu Pacific
Cebu Pacific president and chief executive Lance Gokongwei is not one for long anecdotes or colourful quotes, but gets straight to the point, the epitome of a sharp businessman.
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ROUTES: AirAsia X plans for more fifth-freedom flights
AirAsia X is planning to add more fifth-freedom flights as it seeks to take advantage of the growth at secondary and tertiary cities across North Asia.
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NewsPICTURE: Chile's Sky launches new livery
Chile's Sky Airline has unveiled a new livery as it updates its branding.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: IAG's Level goes head-to-head with Norwegian
IAG has signalled that it is aiming to compete head-on with low-cost operator Norwegian with its newly-unveiled budget carrier Level.
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IAG brands new long-haul A330 budget carrier 'Level'
IAG's new long-haul low-cost airline operation is to be branded 'Level', and its initial route network will comprise four destinations in North and Latin America.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Yield woes belie profitable 2016 for Europe's carriers
Europe’s airlines were largely profitable on an operating level in 2016, as low fuel prices and a strong focus on cost-cutting helped them to eke out profits, despite a tough yield environment.
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Air Vallee gear-up landing traced to incorrect maintenance
Italian investigators have disclosed that incorrect maintenance was conducted on an Air Vallee Fokker 50’s nose-gear the day before the aircraft was forced to land with its nose-gear retracted.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: No broken coins for Cathay Tai-Pan
In James Clavell’s novels about Hong Kong, the Tai-Pans of Noble House are obligated to honour any wish, however unreasonable, of he who produces one of four special broken coins.
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Investigators detail A330's short landing at Cologne
German investigators probing the short landing by a Hi Fly Airbus A330-200 at Cologne have disclosed that the jet’s descent rate increased after its autopilot was disengaged.
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Alitalia cuts into narrowbody fleet as board approves new plan
Alitalia’s board has approved a restructuring plan that aims to return it to profit by 2019, under which the struggling Italian carrier will cut its narrowbody fleet by around a quarter.
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Alaska announces six more routes from San Diego
Alaska Airlines will launch six new routes from San Diego International airport starting in August, the Seattle-based airline announces.
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Looting hampered Dana MD-83 crash response
Investigators have disclosed that some occupants of the Dana Air Boeing MD-83 crash in Lagos might have survived the initial impact, but succumbed to the subsequent fire.
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EU-US open skies may not apply to UK post-Brexit: government
The UK's secretary of state for exiting the European Union has indicated that the country may not have access to EU-US open skies after its departure from the bloc.
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EASA drawing up safety guidance over en route wake
European safety regulators are drawing up a safety bulletin centred on mitigating risks of en route wake-vortex encounters.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How significant is the Gulf's slowing capacity growth?
Expansion by the big Gulf carriers has been a dominant theme in the airline industry over the past decade.
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Ryanair to begin Ukrainian flights
Ryanair has disclosed plans to start serving Ukraine in October.