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LAN-TAM expect $400m in synergies from merger
LAN and TAM expect their proposed merger will generate annual synergies of at least $400 million. The carriers estimate $280 million in synergies will...
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Enrique Cueto to be CEO of new LAN-TAM parent
LAN CEO and Latin American airline industry visionary Enrique Cueto will serve as the CEO of new Latin American airline group LATAM. LAN and TAM, which...
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NewsLAN and TAM to merge
LAN and TAM have unveiled plans to merge and create a new single parent company. Chile-based LAN and Brazil-based TAM announced this evening they have...
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Copa expects Tocumen expansion to provide competitive advantage
Panama's Copa Airlines expects the completion of a terminal expansion project next year at its hub airport will give the carrier a competitive advantage...
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Aero Republica to launch Mexico and Cuba services
Aero Republica plans to launch services to Mexico and Cuba in October as the Colombian carrier focuses on international growth and puts the brakes on domestic...
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Israel legislates for safety upgrade
Israel's parliament is legislating to change its safety oversight system structure to allow the country to regain Category 1 status under the US Federal Aviation Administration's International Aviation Safety Assessment Programme next year
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PICTURE: United, Continental unveil new branding for combined airline
United Airlines and Continental Airlines have unveiled the new visual branding and livery they will employ after their proposed merger is completed. The...
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NTSB flags concern about Airbus rudder sensitivity to EASA
Similar circumstances between the November 2001 crash of an American Airlines Airbus A300-600 and a January 2008 in-flight upset of an Air Canada Airbus...
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Majors’ mergers boost A380’s prospects in USA: Airbus
Airbus believes that the consolidation under way among the US major airlines will reinforce the case for the A380 in the region.
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NewsLufthansa details engine shutdown on brand-new A380
Lufthansa has disclosed that its second Airbus A380 has undergone an in-flight engine shutdown just a couple of days after entering into service.
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Malaysia Airlines to set up hub in Kota Kinabalu
Malaysia Airlines is to establish a hub operation in the eastern part of the country, located at Kota Kinabalu in the Sabah region. The carrier says...
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This Week briefings
France's air accident investigation bureau BEA is preparing to decode the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from the Airblue Airbus A321 that crashed in mountainous terrain on 28 July on approach to Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board.
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Aspire makes progress on improving air traffic management efficiency
The Asia Pacific Aspire collaborative effort is designed to make air traffic management greener. Is it succeeding?
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NTSB concerned about rudder sensitivity on Airbus narrowbodies
Similar circumstances between the November 2001 crash of an American Airlines Airbus A300 and a January 2008 in-flight upset of an Air Canada Airbus A319...
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Cathay A350 deal may spur Boeing's 777 successor drive
After a summer dominated by talk of re-engining or replacing its narrowbody workhorse, Boeing's 777 widebody could move to the front of the clean-sheet queue, but blue chip customer Cathay Pacific's order for 30 300-seat Airbus A350-900s could shape the manner of the airframer's response.
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Skywest targets 12 month timeframe for ExpressJet integration
Utah-based SkyWest Airlines is acquiring Houston-based ExpressJet for $133 million, net of shares it already owns, and plans to merge the Embraer ERJ operator...
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Cathay Pacific leaves door open to ultra-large airliners, despite big twinjet deal
While Cathay Pacific has decided that the Airbus A350 and Boeing 777 will become the core of its fleet, the door is still open to a potential future deal for the ultra-large A380 and 747-8I
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SkyWest to take over ExpressJet
US operator SkyWest Airlines' parent has agreed to take over regional carrier ExpressJet Airlines and merge the operation with its wholly-owned subsidiary...
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NewsAPEX partners with global non-profit Orbis
A philanthropic partnership has been forged between the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) and non-profit global organization Orbis International, which fights to eliminate blindness throughout the world.
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Olympic-Aegean merger runs into competition hurdle
Greek carrier Olympic Air's proposed merger with Aegean Airlines has run into problems with the European Commission, which has expressed doubts that the...