All Strategy news – Page 550
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Bedford cites Midwest’s traction against AirTran in Milwaukee
Republic CEO Bryan Bedford says the company's subsidiary Midwest is improving in both market share and revenue performance in Milwaukee, and believes Midwest's...
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Split widebody order by United casts new light on 777 replacement
United Airlines' decision to split its long-awaited widebody order evenly between the Airbus A350 XWB and the Boeing 787 has intensified pressure on the...
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FAA evaluates San Juan's privatisation proposal
By January of next year the FAA will decide if the operator of Puerto Rico's San Juan airport may proceed with a privatisation effort for the island's main...
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Spirit names former WestJet EVP COO
Spirit Airlines has hired former WestJet executive Ken McKenzie as its COO, while Chris Grazel has been appointed vice president of flight operations for...
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Australia formally approves Delta-Virgin joint venture
Australia's competition watchdog has formally confirmed that it will authorise the joint venture between Virgin Blue's V Australia and Delta Air Lines for...
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Aer Lingus chief financial officer quits
Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus' chief financial officer Sean Coyle has resigned from his post and will leave the company at the end of this month.
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South African CAA to intensify Airlink audit after ERJ incident
South Africa's civil aviation authority is intensifying an audit of regional carrier Airlink after it suffered its third serious incident since mid-September,...
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EasyJet chief Harrison to step down in June 2010
EasyJet chief executive Andy Harrison is intending to step down from his post at the end of June next year. Earlier this year the UK budget airline...
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Shaken Airlink calls in specialist to review operations
South African regional carrier Airlink has recruited an independent specialist to carry out an extensive review its operations after a string of accidents...
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Air India to review restructuring plans in January
The Indian government will meet again with Air India's executives in January to discuss the carrier's plans to restructure its operations and return to profitability.
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Xian Aircraft completes Austrian parts maker buy
Chinese aircraft market Xian Aircraft (XAC) and a Hong Kong private equity firm have finalised the purchase of Austria's FACC, giving XAC control of the...
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Australian pilot training school set for September opening
Australia Asia Flight Training plans to open a flight school in the country in September 2010 with a fleet of more than 40 Diamond training aircraft. The...
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VIDEO: Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic has released images and video of its completed SpaceShipTwo prototype vehicle attached to its WhiteKnight Two carrier aricraft hours before...
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Caribbean remains high on low-cost carrier agenda
The Caribbean remains an attractive region for expansion from carriers to the north in the USA and to the south from Brazil, but airports and destinations...
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Surinam Airways replaces 747 with A340-300
Surinam Airways will put its new Airbus A340-300 into operation in the "next 10 days" on its service between the South American country and Amsterdam, Henk...
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Delta fleet stabilisation plan throws more doubt on 787 order
Delta Air Lines will invest in upgrades of its current fleet rather than ordering new aircraft, ahead of the delivery of four remaining orders in the first...
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Many airline pilots do not understand aerodynamics, conference learns
Many airline pilots operating today do not have the technical knowledge base that their employers assume they have, delegates were told at Flight International's...
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Colombia aproves Avianca-Taca merger
The Colombian Civil Aviation Authority Aerocivil has approved the proposed merger between the country's largest airline Avianca and Central American carrier...
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Business briefings
A visit to France by Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin sealed an agreement between Safran and Rostechnologies...
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American continues to cite tough conditions for JAL in switching alliances
As Japan Airlines (JAL) and the country's government continue to evaluate rival capital infusion bids from American and Delta Air Lines, American is dismissing...