All Strategy news – Page 512
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BA eyes E-190 options
British Airways is looking at exercising options for Embraer E-190s to meet growing demand for services at London City Airport.
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Switzerland: Starragheckert rides out machining downturn
Despite a drop in investment by manufacturers, machine tooling maker Starragheckert is spending on new product development
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Southwest plans to keep AirTran’s Boeing 717 fleet
Southwest executives have confirmed that it plans to operate AirTran's 86 Boeing 717s once its acquisition of AirTran closes and the Atlanta-hubbed carrier...
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Caribbean orders nine ATR 72-600s with Armonia cabins
Trinidad and Tobago's Caribbean Airlines has ordered nine ATR 72-600 turboprops from the European airframer.
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Southwest to acquire AirTran Airways
Southwest is to further consolidation in the US industry through the acquisition of fellow low-fare carrier AirTran Airways. In a definitive agreement...
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UAE's RAK Airways to relaunch services on 10 October
Ras Al Khaimah's latest attempt to establish its own airline will culminate with the commencement of flights in two weeks' time. The emirate will restart...
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NTSB investigates Minneapolis near-miss
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says a US Airways A320 departing the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in clouds the morning of 16 September...
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Russia's S7 to join Oneworld in November
Russian carrier S7 Airlines is formally to join the Oneworld alliance in November, a move which will leave Star Alliance as the only major group without...
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Franz to succeed Mayrhuber as Lufthansa chief
Lufthansa has announced that Christoph Franz will succeed Wolfgang Mayrhuber as the German carrier's group chairman and chief executive.
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ROUTES: Dallas-Fort Worth seeks Spanish delight
Using its stature as the fourth-largest metro area in the USA, Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) has set a two-year timeframe to add new service to markets topping its wish list - Spain and Asia.
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ROUTES: Denver targeting Japan links
Denver International Airport is on a mission this week in hopes of rounding up an international carrier that will provide service to and from Asia.
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ROUTES: Canada blocks expansion by Middle Eastern carriers
While Canadian airports are actively trying to develop air services, their efforts to recruit carriers from the Middle East and parts of Asia are being hampered by their own government.
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ROUTES: Casting a crystal ball on 2011
Industry heavyweights at the show agree that this year's growth surge compared to 2009's catastrophic drops in demand will continue, but the level of optimism varies from robust growth predictions to extreme caution that typical industry volatility could rear its ugly head.
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ROUTES: Kualu Lumpur Airport bullish on growth
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is again seeing double-digit traffic growth, driven by continued growth at Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia as well as by legacy carriers.
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ROUTES: Leeds Bradford looking for US and Middle East links
Yorkshire, in the north of England has a long history of industrial development as well as some of the most beautiful and famous tourism spots in the UK - but is has been poorly served by air transport.
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ROUTES: Air Canada takes advantage of tax cut to increase winter routes from Vancouver
Air Canada is to boost its winter-season international flights from Vancouver to Asia
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ROUTES: New tax cuts help Vancouver attack cross border rival
The British Columbian axe on aviation fuel tax combined with a raft of incentives being introduced by Vancouver airport marks a fight back against the steady drift of business to US regional airport Bellingham just across the border.
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BA warns recovery has slowed
Offering a candid view of the airline business, British Airways Director of Strategy and Business Units Robert Boyle took the stage during a panel discussion and declared that it is "one of the world's worst in its ability to make money", but "one of the funnest - that's why we're ...