As a part of its plan to meet a need to double the present number of airline pilots within 10 years, China is to place some of its ab initio flightcrew training abroad. The Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC) has signed a partnership agreement with Lufthansa Flight Training's InterCockpit to expand its pilot-training capacity, and the first CAUC students will arrive in Frankfurt, Germany in "mid-2005", says InterCockpit.
Source: Flight International
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking another 10 days to review Alaska Air Group’s proposed acquisition of Hawaiian Holdings, with the airlines now agreeing not to close their planned deal before the period ends on 15 August.
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Air New Zealand has axed its interim climate targets, stating that measures needed to meet the target were unaffordable and not readily available.
