All Strategy news – Page 261
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Pressured Saratov Airlines set to cease operations
Embattled Russian carrier Saratov Airlines is set to cease operations, less than four months after a fatal accident involving one of its Antonov An-148s.
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HNA sells stake in South Africa's Comair
HNA Group has sold all of its shares in South African regional carrier Comair.
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SIA to merge regional Silkair unit into main brand
Silkair's Boeing 737 fleet will undergo a major cabin overhaul pending the unit's merger with the main Singapore Airlines brand.
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United finance chief makes sudden exit
United Airlines chief financial officer Andrew Levy has left the carrier, in a move that some see as a reflection of the carrier's management.
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JetBlue to move to new Orlando airport terminal
JetBlue Airways will move to the under-construction South Terminal at Orlando International in 2021, supporting its plans to grow at the airport.
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SIA transformation effort lifts full-year profits
Singapore Airlines' full-year operating profit has surged by more than 80% to S$703 million ($524 million), but that for its SilkAir division more than halved to S$43 million.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Air France-KLM in familiar predicament
Air France-KLM may find itself prone to deja vu as it pins its hopes on a change in chief executive to resolve labour unrest at its French mainline operation – which continues to be outperformed by its Dutch counterpart.
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ERJ excursion crew unprepared for contaminated runway
Ukrainian investigators have determined that an Embraer ERJ-145 crew had been ill-prepared to land on a contaminated Zaporizhia runway in crosswinds before the jet veered off.
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Washington Dulles prospects improve as costs fall
Times are good at Washington Dulles International airport where a new forecast see costs coming in lower than expected, begetting new air service at the once growth-challenged gateway to the US capital.
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Dark-coloured aircraft can thwart docking systems: EASA
Europe's safety authority is cautioning operators that dark liveries can potentially result in parking collisions because visual-docking systems might not be able to recognise the manoeuvring aircraft.
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Passenger panic sparked unnecessary Smartwings evacuation
Czech investigators have described an incident in which passengers suddenly evacuated a Boeing 737-800 after mistakenly believing the jet was on fire.
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Failed windshield on Sichuan A319 was an original part
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has disclosed that the right cockpit windshield that separated from a Sichuan Airlines Airbus A319 was an original part that had not been replaced since the aircraft entered into service in July 2011.
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Alaska to consolidate operations in San Diego
Plans are in motion to consolidate Alaska Airlines operations at its San Diego focus city in one terminal once a new international arrivals facility opens.
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PICTURES: WestJet releases pictures of 737 in Swoop livery
WestJet has released photographs of a Boeing 737-800 painted in the new livery of the company's soon-to-launch ultra-low-cost subsidiary Swoop.
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Airbus supporting A319 windshield blow-out probe
Airbus has dispatched a technical team to support Chinese and French authorities leading the investigation into an incident in which a cockpit window separated from a Sichuan Airlines Airbus A319.
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WestJet 737 crew aborts take-off over mis-set flaps
Canadian investigators have disclosed that a Boeing 737-700 aborted its take-off roll at low speed after the crew discovered an incorrect flap configuration.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Gulf players grapple with growth constraints
After years of eye-catching expansion, the big Gulf carriers have spent much of the last 18 months taking stock, with a resulting impact on traffic and capacity growth.
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China to ease restrictions on long-haul routes
China’s aviation regulator will ease its policy of having only one airline on a long-haul international route from 1 October, paving the way for greater competition in the segment.
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Opinion
OPINION: Disruptive Norwegian facing its own upset
Fox hunting, as Oscar Wilde characterised it, was the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable.
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JAL to launch long-haul LCC in 2020
Japan Airlines will establish a new Tokyo Narita-based low-cost unit focused on long-haul routes that will start operations in 2020.