All Strategy news – Page 371
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IATA: Delta, Virgin build on JV despite 'flattish' demand
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways describe demand as “flattish” across the Atlantic this summer, as they roll out their largest joint schedule yet this year.
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IATA: Star working on affiliate tier membership
Star Alliance is working a project that could see it offer affiliate membership to carriers in some key markets, aimed at enhancing its network reach.
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IATA: Oneworld sees alliances value despite spread of JVs
Oneworld chief executive Bruce Ashby says that the multilateral alliances remain compelling even as more carriers pursue joint ventures.
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EasyJet explores early maintenance prognostics capability
EasyJet is exploring the use of early prognostics tools to predict when a fault is due to occur on its fleet of Airbus A320s.
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IATA: Lufthansa ploughs on with premium strategy
Lufthansa will not be diverted from its mission to regain its reputation as a premium quality carrier with a raft of product innovations, distribution system changes and the aim to be the “number one” in hub and point-point systems in Europe, says its chief executive Carsten Spohr.
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IATA: Hawaiian capacity to stay flat ahead of A321neo arrival
Hawaiian Airlines is maintaining its plan of roughly flat capacity until it takes delivery of its first Airbus A321neo in 2017, says chief executive Mark Dunkerley.
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IATA: American balances integration hurdles with Gulf spat
American Airlines chief executive Doug Parker in nearing the final innings of an unenviable yet exciting task – integrating American and US Airways into the world’s largest airline.
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IATA: SAA 'not out of the woods' despite exceeding target - CEO
South African Airways’ acting chief executive Nico Bezuidenhout insists the Star Alliance carrier is not out of the woods yet, despite its successfully implemented 90-day turnaround plan outperforming its original savings target.
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IATA: New airline chiefs take up big challenges
As airline chiefs assemble in Miami for IATA's latest annual general meeting, there are new leaders at the helm of 16 of the 100 biggest carriers since they met a year ago in Doha.
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PICTURE: Alitalia unveils conservative new livery
Alitalia has unveiled a conservative new livery as part of a relaunch event for the airline following investment by Middle Eastern shareholder Etihad Airways.
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Royal Jordanian eyes North America after European traffic decline
Royal Jordanian Airlines is planning to expand its transatlantic network as traffic from Europe has declined as a result of political crises in the Middle East and North Africa.
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ANALYSIS: Analysts sound alarm bells about US capacity growth
Delta Air Lines weak second quarter unit revenue guidance today provides new fuel to concerns that growth in the domestic US market is heating up too quickly.
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Analysis reveals Ukrainian crisis effect on traffic flow
Route alterations after the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 resulted in sharp drop in flights over Ukraine and Moldova last year, but without any adverse effects on delays in neighbouring states.
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Manchester airport outlines 10-year expansion programme
Manchester airport has outlined a £1 billion ($1.5 billion) programme of terminal enhancements and expansion projects to be undertaken over the next 10 years – including plans for the first US pre-clearance facility in the UK.
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French 777F probe details 100t take-off weight error
French investigators have detailed a weight data error which resulted in a Boeing 777 freighter commencing an underpowered take-off at Paris Charles de Gaulle last month.
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PICTURE: Cebu Pacific unveils new logo
Cebu Pacific Air has unveiled a new logo, which it says symbolises the airline’s growth and evolution from a low-cost pioneer to its larger operations today.
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787 'perfectly designed' for Air Canada: executive
Air Canada executives on 2 June praised the performance of its Boeing 787s, calling the type a perfect fit for the long-haul routes that compose the foundation of the Montreal-based airline's expansion plan.
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Sanction-hit missile firm bids to distance itself from MH17
Russian defence manufacturer Almaz-Antey is seeking to relieve European Commission sanctions on the company by putting forward a case that its weapons were not responsible for the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine.
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Flynas targeting 'moderate' profit in 2015: chief
Flynas chief executive Paul Byrne is seeking to inculcate a "low-cost way of thinking" at the Saudi carrier in order to achieve a "moderate" profit this year.
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Fastjet expects Zambian and Zimbabwean launches this year
Fastjet's commercial chief Richard Bodin foresees the carrier's planned Zambian and Zimbabwean subsidiaries both starting operations this year.