All Fleets articles – Page 532
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News
Market Outlook: 2009 will be a year of action for airlines
This year will see airlines adjusting to the downturn, writes Chris Tarry. Analysis from Antonio Panariello of Flight Insight
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NewsDVB Bank predicts 10% of deliveries cancelled or deferred
Germany's DVB Bank is expecting at least 10% of scheduled new aircraft deliveries this year will be cancelled or deferred because of a lack of funding arising...
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Ivan Misetic: Putting Croatia firmly on the tourist map
Croatia Airlines chief executive Ivan Misetic has one key mission...
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Airbus prepares for bumpy ride as storm clouds thicken
After big two orders plummet by almost a half in 2008, Toulouse warns that far worse awaits in the year ahead
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Interview
Interview: AirTran chief executive Bob Fornaro
AirTran Airways has had to scale back its growth plans and reposition itself in order to survive first the fuel crisis and now the demand crisis. But chief executive Bob Fornaro is confident the steps taken will ensure the carrier's continued survival
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Aircraft lessors hunker down for grim 2009
The debt crisis will hit hard in 2009 - and inhibit much-needed consolidation
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Virgin Nigeria admits competition forced long-haul withdrawal
Virgin Nigeria is attributing its withdrawal from long-haul operations to an influx of foreign carriers which have depressed fares on the Lagos-London market,...
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Business briefs
Australian technology company Quickstep is gearing up for full-scale composite...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
The eternal struggle to reform the unreformable has finally succeeded as the carrier, still called Alitalia but now owned by investor group Compagnia...
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JFK on “super-shortlist” as Lufthansa mulls first A380 service
Star Alliance member Lufthansa plans to launch Airbus A380 flights next spring, and says New York JFK is on "the super-shortlist" to be one of the carrier's...
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Airbus keeps mum on A380 production ramp-up plan
Airbus is declining to provide guidance on A380 delivery rates beyond 2009 and has warned that while production should stabilise in two years, market demand...
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Bombardier gets breathing room on CSeries
Pressure on Bombardier to announce a firm order for the CSeries jetliner by the end of its fiscal year appears to be subsiding, as the industry focuses its...
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Air Berlin chooses ACSS for environmental, safety upgrade
Air Berlin has signed an agreement with US-based ACSS to equip a portion of its new Boeing 737 fleet with the company's SafeRoute automatic dependent surveillance...
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NewsAir Austral to take 840-seat A380s in 2014
Reunion-based carrier Air Austral is expected to take delivery of its all-economy Airbus A380s in 2014. The carrier has signed a memorandum of understanding...
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Pinnacle expands Q400 fleet by fifteen aircraft
US regional operator Pinnacle Airlines Corporation has extended its agreement with Continental Airlines and ordered 15 Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop...
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Airbus achieves 777 net orders in 2008
Airbus secured net orders for 777 aircraft over the course of 2008, confirming that it easily overtook rival Boeing's total of 662. The figure gave...
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NewsAir Austral to acquire two 800+ seat A380s
Reunion-based carrier Air Austral has signed a memorandum of understanding for two Airbus A380s to be configured for 840 passengers.
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Harbin Embraer in the fray after no deliveries in 4Q
Embraer's revelation this week that no ERJ-145 regional jets were delivered during the fourth quarter of 2008 forced the company to again answer questions...