All Strategy news – Page 245
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Cape Air gears up for Tecnam Traveller in 2019
Cape Air anticipates taking delivery of its first eight Tecnam P2012 Traveller aircraft in January or February of 2019.
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ANALYSIS: SIA’s A350 makes US power play
Singapore Airlines' resumption of nonstop services to Newark and Los Angeles represents a major bet on premium traffic and will shake up rivals such as Cathay Pacific and United Airlines.
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American to install Thales seat-back IFE on new 787-8s
Inflight entertainment (IFE) provider Thales has won a contract to equip 22 of American Airlines' incoming Boeing 787-8s with the Avant seat-back IFE system.
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Cathay Pacific plans to grow new US services
Cathay Pacific will grow its new routes to Seattle Tacoma and Washington Dulles before adding any new US markets, says chief executive Rupert Hogg.
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ANALYSIS: No-deal Brexit promises only red tape for airlines
If the publication of the UK government's latest Brexit aviation technical notices gave airlines clarity on anything, it is that they face the prospect of a mountain of red tape and risk being hostages to the two sides' goodwill in the event of a no deal outcome.
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BA to serve Osaka
British Airways will add a new route to Osaka from London Heathrow next summer.
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Spirit still open to buying non-Airbus in next aircraft order
Spirit Airlines remains open to adding a new aircraft type to its all-Airbus fleet, a move that Spirit's chief executive insists would not necessarily erode Spirit's cost advantage.
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Aeromexico eyes Barcelona after Emirates cancels Mexico plans
Aeromexico intends to launch flights to Barcelona now that Emirates Airline has cancelled its plan to operate the same route, says Aeromexico chief executive Andres Conesa.
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PICTURES: JetBlue debuts special livery for Puerto Rico
JetBlue Airways has unveiled Bluericua, a special livery dedicated to Puerto Rico on an Airbus A320.
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Aer Lingus to roll out new brand in early 2019
Aer Lingus in early 2019 will roll out a refreshed brand and begin a three-year process of repainting its fleet, changes that align with the carrier's acquisition of new Airbus narrowbodies, says Aer Lingus chief executive Stephen Kavanagh.
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ANALYSIS: Hawaiian sees promise in longest-ever US domestic route
Hawaiian Airlines in April 2019 will launch what may be the farthest scheduled US domestic flight in history: the 4,427nm (8,200km) run between Honolulu and Boston.
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ANALYSIS: Why the Emirates-Etihad tie-up talk persists
Rumblings of a tie-up between UAE giants Emirates and Etihad Airways – heard throughout the year – have reached a crescendo with a report that Dubai-based Emirates is in preliminary talks on a takeover of its Abu Dhabi rival.
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KLM gambles on Las Vegas in 2019
KLM plans to land in Las Vegas next summer with new flights from Amsterdam.
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ANALYSIS: Cathay and Qantas are the best of frenemies
The icy relationship between two bedrock members of the Oneworld alliance appears to have thawed, with Qantas and Cathay Pacific to start codesharing on each other’s services from the start of the northern winter season.
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Cathay Pacific and Qantas to start codesharing
Oneworld alliance partners Cathay Pacific and Qantas will start a codeshare partnership on 28 October, covering two Australia-Hong Kong routes, services from Hong Kong to Asia, and some Australian domestic routes.
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Southwest to invest in new MRO facility at Baltimore/Washington
Southwest Airlines will co-fund a new $130 million regional maintenance facility at Baltimore/Washington International airport, to better meet its needs at the second busiest airport in its network.
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Ryanair to 'consider re-entering the French market'
Ryanair has indicated its readiness to start operating French bases again, citing a national supreme-court judgement relating to social insurance payments collected for Marseille-stationed crew between 2006 and 2010.
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ANALYSIS: Can the industry get more women into the cockpit?
Kanchana Gamage begins presentations to young schoolchildren about careers in aviation by announcing that two pilots will be giving the talk. “When two women walk onto stage in their uniforms, the gasp from the audience is audible,” says the founder of the Aviatrix Project, a campaign to encourage more girls ...
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United to fly 787s to Europe from Newark in 2019
United Airlines will fly Boeing 787s to Europe from its Newark Liberty International airport by next summer, as it preps for the introduction of its latest Dreamliner variant.
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Washington Dulles to lower airline costs with land deal
Washington Dulles International airport will use $237 million from the sale of unused land on its western periphery to further lower airline costs.