All Strategy news – Page 556
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FlyDubai sees huge opportunities for growth of Gulf’s embryonic low-cost sector
The arrival of budget airline FlyDubai is expected to cause ripples among other major operators in the Gulf
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Royal Jordanian focuses on regional jet links feeding long-haul flights to West
Royal Jordanianaims to connect kingdom and its neighbours to the West with mix of regional and widebody jets
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Aer Lingus obtains interest in possible aircraft sales
Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus has attracted interest from several parties following its decision to pursue the possible sale, or sale and leaseback, of aircraft. The...
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Dubai's airports have growing ambitions
Dubai's airports suffer none of the bureaucracy that besets their European counterparts, leaving the way open for growth
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Desert kingdoms – how the Gulf’s network carriers are riding out the storm
The Gulf's network carriers are riding out the economic storm by pressing ahead with fleet and network expansion plans
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Business: Good week - Bad week
More than three years of contract negotiations appear to have ended with a deal running until August 2011 giving pilots at the budget carrier...
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AirTran believes SkyWest deal bolsters competition against Midwest
AirTran Airways believes its new marketing partnership with SkyWest Airlines allows the carrier to build up its Milwaukee focus city in way that allows for...
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United plans new service to Africa
United in May of next year plans to introduce its first service to the African continent with the launch of flights from its Washington Dulles hub to Accra,...
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China Eastern gets nod for institutional placement
China Eastern Airlines has received conditional approval from the China security regulatory commission to place 1.35 billion A-shares with institutional...
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Babbitt defends revoking licenses of Northwest pilots
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt is standing behind the agency's decision to revoke the licenses of two Northwest Airlines pilots that overflew Minneapolis...
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BMIbaby targets redundancies and fleet reduction
BMIbaby is to make 158 staff redundant and scale down its fleet from 17 aircraft to 12 as part of a restructuring programme. BMI's low-cost subsidiary...
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Australia's JHAS investing in aircraft paint shop
Australian maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm John Holland Aviation Services (JHAS) is investing in aircraft painting facilities to win more heavy...
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Troubled JAL poised to announce major cuts in services
Japan Airlines (JAL), as part of its financial turnaround plan, will be announcing a new round of route suspensions and reductions in services. The...
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Sleep cycle factors strongly in new ALPA pilot fatigue policy
Natural circadian rhythms factor strongly in a new, potentially landmark pilot fatigue policy that has been adopted by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)...
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Mexico's Interjet adds two domestic destinations
Mexican low-cost carrier Interjet has added Merida to its network and plans to launch services to another domestic destination, Tapachula, later this week. Interjet...
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This week - briefing
At the United Nations' Copenhagen climate change meeting in December the European...
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Former Northwest and US Airways execs join Republic’s board
Republic Airways Holdings has named former Northwest Airlines executive Neal Cohen and former US Airways CEO David Siegel to its board of directors.
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Turkish Airlines set to order A330-200 Freighters
Turkish Airlines is to purchase two Airbus A330-200 Freighters as part of its recent top-up order for A330 passenger aircraft.
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Southwest pilots ratify new contract
Pilots at Southwest Airlines have voted in favour of a tentative five-year contract after rejecting a previous tenative pactin June of this year.