Networks – Page 621
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Aircraft & Engines: Thinking big
Over the past two years, airlines have placed very few orders for large widebody passenger aircraft. Is there really much of a market for new aircraft with more than 400 seats?
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Aircraft & engines: Playing catch up
The revamped Airbus A350 finally gives airlines a real alternative to the Boeing 787 and gives the 777 a new competitor. But is it too little, too late for Airbus?
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NewsSink or swim: Haruka Nishimatsu, chief executive Japan Airlines
Haruka Nishimatsu is challenging the corporate culture at Japan Airlines, as he attempts to bring the troubled carrier back from the brink
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Aircraft & engines: Topping out
Aircraft lease rates are rocketing as airlines try to meet market demands, but there is a large disconnect between lease rates and values, suggesting something has to give
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Traffic magnets: Network Americas
Fuelled by strong traffic growth, the mood at the seventh annual Network route planning event, held in St Petersburg in early March, was upbeat, with some of the smaller carriers grabbing the limelight for a change
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Privatise South Africa
It is time the South African government followed the example of its global counterparts and left the aviation business to private airlines, says Gidon Novick, joint chief executive of South Africa's Comair
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Burying Bermuda (II)
After years of wrangling, European and US negotiators seem to have crafted a deal on transatlantic Open Skies that, while far from perfect, could reshape the air service landscape between the two blocs, and relegate the role of Bermuda to a footnote in aviation history
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Oneworld bides its time in India
It may be one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets but oneworld alliance carriers will continue adopting a "wait-and-see" attitude to recruiting a member from among India's carriers.
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Old Bangkok airport reopens
Six months after Bangkok's Don Muang airport shut to commercial flights and was replaced as Thailand's main gateway by the new Suvarnabhumi airport, the old facility is being reopened.
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LAN and TAM may buy New Varig
LAN's interest in Brazil's New Varig has spawned a broader proposal to take over the struggling airline.
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Ecuadorian carriers eye USA
Ecuadorian carriers Icaro and AeroGal are seeking rights to launch flights to the USA, made possible by the FAA's decision last year to upgrade Ecuador under its safety assessment programme.