All Strategy news – Page 356
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AWAS sale stalls amid Chinese turmoil
Negotiations on the purchase of operating lessor AWAS are being delayed owing to the market meltdown in China, sources indicate.
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AirAsia X switches remaining A330s to re-engined variant
Long-haul low-cost operator AirAsia X has cancelled 11 Airbus A330-300s in favour of taking 11 re-engined A330neo jets.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: To cut carbon, pack in the pax
Airlines that have been the most vocal about the positive steps they have taken to reduce their carbon footprints were ranked among the least fuel-efficient transatlantic carriers in a recent study carried out by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).
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ANA to buy 8.8% stake in Vietnam Airlines
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy a minority stake in Vietnam Airlines.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The fantasy of ASEAN open skies
ASEAN is some distance away from achieving a truly single aviation market, with three member states yet to fully ratify multi-lateral air service agreements by the 2015 year-end deadline.
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CRJ crash probe wrestles with damaged recorders
Swedish investigators have yet to ascertain the extent of the data which can be extracted from the flight recorders of the crashed West Atlantic Bombardier CRJ200 freighter.
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NewsDelta inks deal for major terminal move at LAX
Delta Air Lines has signed a letter of intent to consolidate its operations to terminals two and three at Los Angeles International airport, a move that could leapfrog its facilities ahead of those of other carriers at the airport.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Can airlines position for long-term profits?
When IATA further raised its industry outlook for 2015 and forecast another likely improvement in profits for this year, it left the industry with an unusual but welcome problem. How do airlines enjoy their new found profits without attracting the kind of attention that could undermine their ability to sustain ...
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Flight instructor blamed for Do-228 belly landing
Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council (ASC) has concluded that the incompetence of a flight instructor was the main cause behind a Daily Air Dornier Do-228 belly landing in December 2014.
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NewsMedical team optimistic on United chief’s recovery
The medical team involved in United Airlines chief executive Oscar Munoz heart transplant operation is optimistic that he will make a “quick recovery” and returning to the helm of one of the world’s largest carriers soon.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: The evolution of Mubadala's MRO strategy
Mubadala's bid to become a major global maintenance player began with a gradual acquisition of Swiss MRO specialist SR Technics from 2006. In 2007, the Abu Dhabi investment fund purchased Gulf Aircraft Maintenance, subsequently rebranded as Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies. But the absence of a parent fleet for these service ...
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Air China to take six more 777-300ERs
Chinese flag-carrier Air China has reached an agreement to acquire six Boeing 777-300ERs.
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United chief’s return in question after heart transplant
United Airlines chief executive Oscar Munoz is recovering from a “heart transplant operation”, likely pushing his return to the carrier’s helm to at least the second quarter.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New Spirit chief refuels Frontier merger rumours
The surprise departure of ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines chief executive Ben Baldanza follows a year that saw the airline's stock lose its shine, as investors began to worry that Spirit's once-revered moat was rapidly being encroached upon by its rivals.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Our 2015 forecasts revisited – spot-on or way, way off?
Forecasting is a rough game, but here at Flight we're always up for a challenge – or are we just too foolish to know when to quit? Our 2015 calls, in retrospect
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will airline profits streak continue in 2016?
Given historical experience, the airline industry can rarely enter a year fully confident of ending it with a strong collective profit, but there are relatively robust reasons for hope that carriers might stretch their profits run to a new peak in 2016.
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Air transport safety reached new peak in 2015: Ascend
Air transport operations resulted in a global fatal accident rate of just one in 5 million flights last year, the lowest figure on record.
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Spatial disorientation overwhelmed Kazan 737 crash crew
Spatial disorientation could have led the pilots of an ill-fated Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 to perceive that the aircraft was flying inverted as it dived towards the ground.
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NewsForecasts 2016: What's on approach for the year ahead?
Are we on the cusp of a personal jet age? Is the civil tiltrotor doomed? Do the big Gulf carriers need yet more aircraft? Will Boeing and Northrop Grumman do a takeover tango and can Rolls-Royce carry on as we know it? And, is anybody going to the Moon? Time ...
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EasyJet A319 lands on closed Pisa runway
Italian investigators are looking into an incident involving an EasyJet Airbus A319 which mistakenly landed on a Pisa runway which had not been in operation.