All Strategy news – Page 406
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Ryanair orders five more 737-800s
Budget carrier Ryanair is adding orders for five more Boeing 737-800s to the deal for 175 of the type reached last year.
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Air Canada expects first 787 in May
Air Canada expects to take delivery of its first Boeing 787 aircraft “around May 18” says the airline.
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Qingdao Airlines launches; plans 100 aircraft fleet by 2025
Qingdao Airlines launched operations with a service on the Qingdao-Chengdu route on 26 April.
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ANALYSIS: Has Emirates-Qantas been a game-changer?
Standfirst: A year after Emirates and Qantas launched their landmark alliance, it is still controversial.
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Air Berlin set for recapitalisation after falling to 2013 loss
Gulf carrier Etihad Airways is to subscribe to a €300 million convertible bond in Air Berlin as part of a €450 million recapitalisation plan after the struggling German carrier disclosed a full-year operating loss of €231.9 million for 2013.
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First Air to equip fleet with automatic black box streaming
Canadian carrier First Air is equipping its fleet with a new capability that allows for automatic streaming of aircraft black box data, says the carrier.
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ANALYSIS: Azul's widebody jets cap years of steady growth
Brazilian low-cost carrier Azul's decision to add widebody jets to its fleet was hardly surprising given its rapid expansion in recent years, as it went from an airline with just five aircraft five years ago to become the South American country's third biggest airline.
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MH370: Investigators examining washed-up debris
Australian investigators are assessing whether material washed up in the west of the country might be related to the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777.
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FAA to order 787 hose swap after EgyptAir 777 fire
US regulators are intending to order Boeing 787-8 operators to replace cockpit oxygen hoses to limit the risk of a fire similar to that which destroyed an EgyptAir 777-200.
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AFI-KLM readies for GEnx maintenance
Air France KLM Engineering & Maintenance is readying its maintenance shops to start supporting the GEnx-1B engine within the next few months, says Ton Dortmans, executive vice-president of KLM Engineering & Maintenance.
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Biffle to depart VivaColombia for Frontier
Barry Biffle will become president at Denver-based low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines, departing his chief executive position at VivaColombia less than a year after he took the top job at the Medellin-based airline.
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ANALYSIS: Europe faces task of defining foreign 'control'
The European Commission’s decision to investigate foreign control of several European airlines raises a number of questions. Potentially, some of them are profound.
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Shandong Airlines aims to double fleet size
Shandong Airlines says it will grow its fleet to at least 140 aircraft by 2020, more than doubling its current fleet size.
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UK coroner investigates 'aerotoxic' case
A coroner based in Bournemouth, UK, will begin the examination this week of the cause of death of a British Airways pilot, Richard Westgate, who died in December 2012 aged 43
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LATAM mandates A321 deliveries
LATAM Airlines Group has mandated this year’s Airbus A321 deliveries with a consortium of five banks.
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Chinese start-up Ruili takes 737 for launch in May
Chinese start-up Ruili Airlines is a step closer to launching operations after taking delivery of a third Boeing 737NG.
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Swiss clashes with pilot union over cost cuts
Swiss is planning to operate its on-order Boeing 777 fleet through its regional arm, after the Alpine carrier was unable to reach a labour agreement with the mainline operation’s pilot union.
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Assessment underlines Nepalese safety concerns
European safety authorities have highlighted concerns about Nepalese carriers Sita Air and Nepal Airlines, following an assessment of the country’s air transport situation.
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Air Cairo to open German links to Hurghada
EgyptAir budget unit Air Cairo is to begin flights linking the Red Sea resort of Hurghada with the German cities of Dusseldorf, Hannover and Stuttgart next month.
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Sunwing adds more 737-800s to AFI KLM E&M component contract
Canadian leisure carrier Sunwing has extended a component repair and overhaul contract with Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance for four new Boeing 737-800s.