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AnalysisANALYSIS: Norwegian gambles on new transatlantic 737 flights
The prevailing wisdom for flying across the North Atlantic is that a route needs to serve a hub or major city, say New York-Manchester or Paris-Pittsburgh, to succeed.
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Air Caraibes chief describes 2016 strike as 'very good thing'
Air Caraibes chief executive Marc Rochet believes that last year's strike in reaction to the creation of long-haul low-cost offshoot French Blue was a "very good thing" for the two airlines.
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NewsNorwegian transatlantic 737 flights to begin in June
Norwegian will begin its long-planned transatlantic Boeing 737 Max service in June, when it connects Hartford, Newburgh Stewart and Providence to five cities across Ireland and the UK.
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SNAPSHOT: Used jet market, 8-22 February
Remarketing older aircraft can be a lengthy process. In September 2016, Taiwanese flag carrier China Airlines mandated AMS Aircraft Services and EastMerchant to jointly remarket five Boeing 747s. Part-out firms and African airlines are showing interest in the jets – but talks are still at the early stages, FlightGlobal understands.
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Lucky Air keeps eye on international business
Lucky Air saw strong growth in its international business last year, and expects to keep the momentum going in 2017 as it prepares to launch its first intercontinental service.
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PICTURES: Qantas unveils new 787 premium economy seat
Qantas has revealed the new premium economy seat that will be fitted to its Boeing 787-9s, which it says offer more recline and width over its current offering.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Ajay Singh breathes new life into SpiceJet
SpiceJet’s chairman and managing director, Ajay Singh, is affectionately known by staff as the company’s saviour, after buying back the airline when it was close to a shut-down in 2014.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: John Plueger, chief executive, Air Lease
Sitting in the conference room of Air Lease’s satellite office in Dublin, John Plueger flashes a casual California grin, having recently taken over as the chief executive of a company he has spent the past six years building with industry veteran Steven Udvar-Hazy. They have spent the better part of ...
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Aerosucre 727 crash probe missing aircraft weight data
Investigators probing the crash of an Aerosucre Boeing 727-200 freighter during departure have so far been unable to determine the take-off weight of the aircraft.
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Crashed Aerosucre 727 attempted take-off in tailwind
Colombian investigators have determined that the crew of a Boeing 727-200 freighter departed in a tailwind before the aircraft overran and struck a perimeter fence, briefly becoming airborne before crashing in a field.
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Russian authorities offer to help decrypt MH17 radar data
Russian authorities have stressed that they are willing to assist investigators with decryption of radar data submitted to the criminal probe into the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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NewsUnited debuts new Polaris business class
United Airlines debuted its new Polaris business class seats on domestic flights this week, as it prepares for a rapid roll-out of the hard product on flights from its San Francisco hub.
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MH17 inquiry grapples with Russian radar-data format
Dutch investigators are still trying to unravel radar data sourced from Russia as part of the inquiry into the destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines must adapt to digital distribution shift
New distribution models and technologies are disrupting the airline industry, forcing carriers to rethink how they sell to their customers. The threat in the evolving environment is that aircraft seats become commodities, eroding airlines’ margins. The opportunity, however, is to become more service-oriented and deliver improved, personalised and exclusive products ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why airline brands need to appoint a chief storyteller
When United Airlines broke Dave Carroll's guitar and his music video of the incident went viral, the carrier issued a press release that talked about how it transported 99.6% of bags without incident. The message unintentionally implied that United did not care much about the individuals whose bags were actually ...
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Icelandair modifies winglets on 757 fleet
Icelandair is fitting a modified blended winglet to its Boeing 757-200 fleet, the first airline in Europe to install the ‘scimitar’ design on the twinjet type.
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Juneyao Airlines firms order for five 787-9s
Juneyao Airlines has finalised an order for five Boeing 787-9s, its first widebodies.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Ancillary revenue gains hinge on ending siloed approach
Ancillary products and services are already an established part of the seat-vending mix for most airlines, but an exciting trend is emerging that points to increasing gains to be had by those willing to embrace the full potential of e-commerce methodology and detach themselves from the siloed thinking of the ...
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: What you want to know about commercial aviation in 2017
Audience questions prompted by Flight Ascend Consultancy’s latest commercial aviation market update webinar reveal much about the industry’s concerns, with our consultants’ views sought on areas such as the future of the Bombardier CSeries and Airbus A380, values trends, and the likely impact of higher oil prices or Donald Trump’s ...
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Low fuel prices lift Air France-KLM's result in 2016
Air France-KLM's operating profit rose 34.5% to €1.05 billion ($1.11 billion) in 2016, a result the group attributes to lower fuel expenses and "good cost performance".