All Strategy news – Page 410
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ANALYSIS: Are Qantas's cash cows drying up?
Qantas’s A$252 million ($226 million) pre-tax half-year loss came as no surprise; what did were the lacklustre performances of Qantas Domestic and Jetstar.
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NewsQantas slashes 5,000 jobs as it posts A$252m H1 loss
Qantas has announced that it will slash 5,000 jobs, defer aircraft deliveries and slow the growth of its Jetstar businesses in Asia after revealing a A$252 million ($226 million) underlying loss before tax for the first half of the 2014 financial year.
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Israir enters line maintenance pact with LHT
Israeli carrier Israir has agreed a co-operation with German maintenance firm Lufthansa Technik covering the airline's Airbus A320s.
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Air Contractors picks AAR for 757 component repair deal
Maintenance specialist AAR has won a three-year contract from Irish-based Air Contractors for Boeing 757 component repair and management services.
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ANALYSIS: Can Alitalia be restructured into a profitable business?
Faced with the prospect of starting a Grand Prix in damp conditions, middle-order teams often take the crazy gamble of putting their drivers on dry-weather tyres. The thinking is that if you start 15th and follow everyone else’s strategy, then the best result you can hope for is 15th.
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ANALYSIS: Balkan airlines struggle for survival
When Jat Airways was rebranded Air Serbia late last year, it marked the symbolic end of the concept of a pan-western Balkan national carrier – but who, if anyone, will ultimately replace it as the dominant player in the Balkan aviation market remains an open question.
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NewsPICTURE: Skymark’s first A380 rolls out
The first Airbus A380 aircraft due for Japan’s Skymark Airlines has emerged, with short a journey to the next station at the airframer’s final assembly line in Toulouse.
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ANALYSIS: Airlines eye Amazon-style retail experience
Amazon has trailblazed global retail’s e-commerce path since the mid-1990s. Its ability to profile consumers, personalise offers and merchandise goods is the envy of every business with a website. And this year the Seattle-based conglomerate is pushing the boundary even further.
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Transaero readies plan to recruit pilots from abroad
Transaero is looking to source up to 80 first officers from abroad once the Russian government has endorsed legislation allowing domestic airlines to hire foreign commercial pilots.
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NewsLong landing in tailwind caused Il-76 overrun
Late reduction of thrust and an out-of-limits tailwind caused a Volga-Dnepr Ilyushin Il-76 to overrun as it touched down long at St John’s in Canada.
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ANALYSIS: How to engage with your infrequent flyers
Subject most frequent-flyer programmes to close scrutiny and you’ll find that the vast majority of members are not flying that often and don't have any real engagement with the scheme or the airline. While it may be tempting to shrug off this group in favour of concentrating on the high-spending ...
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Turkish Airlines to wet-lease four A380s
Turkish Airlines is closing in on a deal to wet-lease four Airbus A380s from an unnamed airline.
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Aeroflot adds leased A320s
Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has this month added three new Airbus A320s under operating lease agreements.
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NewsIncorrect checks preceded Superjet cowl separation
Investigators believe ground checks were incorrectly carried out before an incident in which an Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 sustained engine cowl damage.
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NewsCrashed MA60 pilot set throttle below flight-idle
Indonesian investigators have determined that both power levers on a Merpati Nusantara Xian Aircraft MA60 had been retarded to the beta range before the aircraft landed hard at Kupang’s El Tari airport and broke up.
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WestJet picks Panasonic for new IFE system
WestJet has chosen Panasonic Avionics to provide satellite internet as well as streaming live television and on-demand movies for passengers' portable devices.
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Emirates in codeshare deal with Jetstar, Jetstar Asia
Emirates will start codesharing on selected Jetstar and Jetstar Asia services from 6 April after the carriers signed a new agreement.
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American to look beyond Envoy for an E-175 operator
American Airlines Group will begin searching for a regional carrier to operate the 60 Embraer 175s that it has on order, following the rejection of an agreement in principle to operate the aircraft by the pilot’s union at its regional subsidiary Envoy.
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Frontier adds two Cleveland routes after United de-hubbing
Frontier Airlines has become the first carrier to announce new service to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport since United Airlines announced its decision to withdraw its hub earlier this month.
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Air Arabia to add Cairo service
Air Arabia will add Cairo to its network at the end of this month with a new thrice-weekly service.