News from FlightGlobal – Page 1105
-
News
Frontier to fit E-Jets with Gogo, eyes connectivity for A320s
Frontier Airlines is to equip its Embraer E-Jets fleet with Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet system, but says it will continue to research connectivity...
-
NewsCameroon to release long-awaited Kenya 737 crash findings
Cameroonian investigators are preparing to release the final report into the fatal loss of a Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800, nearly three years after the accident
-
News
Continental mum on merger talks, posts $146 million loss
Continental Airlines posted a $146 million losss for the first quarter attributed to a weak economy, poor weather and a $10 million charge related to severance...
-
News
US Airways and United can merger talks
US Airways says its merger discussions with United have dissolved, and is arguing it will remain strong as a stand-alone carrier if United Airlines ultimately...
-
News
Alaska Airlines and Horizon launch new routes
Alaska Airlines will start daily service between San Diego, California, and Kahului, Maui, from 1 October 2010, and daily seasonal service between San Diego...
-
News
MRO USA: TAM to overhaul regional aircraft
Brazil's TAM plans to add maintenance capability for regional aircraft, starting with the ATR 42/72 and likely expanding into Embraer E-Jets. TAM MRO...
-
NewsA350 launch customer Qatar Airways unconcerned by three-month first flight slip
Airbus A350 launch customer Qatar Airways is unconcerned about the three-month slip in the twinjet's first flight schedule, believing that the buffer built...
-
NewsUK regulator alleges price-fixing by Cathay and Virgin Atlantic
Oneworld carrier Cathay Pacific Airways and UK long-haul operator Virgin Atlantic are being scrutinised over possible price-fixing on the London-Hong Kong...
-
News
Liberalisation: Breaking the bilateral web
Aviation has grown up, constrained by a tangled net of bilateral agreements. Liberalisation efforts have broken some of the bonds, but airlines are calling for greater action to release them from their regulatory strait jacket
-
News
Is short-haul business class dead?
Price sensitivity fever has decimated Europe's short-haul business cabins and low-cost carriers are poised to pounce
-
News
ASH CLOUD: SIA loses S$40m from Europe flights disruption
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has lost about S$40 million ($29 million) in revenue from the flight disruptions caused by the shutdown of European airspace,
-
News
Southwest to inspect tugs for safety switch fault
Southwest Airlines is performing a fleet-wide check of its baggage tugs after a runaway vehicle damaged the engines and fuselage of an aircraft leaving the...
-
NewsASH CLOUD: Crisis leaves lessons to be learned
As the dust begins to settle on the volcanic ash cloud crisis, industry experts are highlighting two major lessons that can be learned to help protect airlines...
-
News
New life for Aerolineas Argentinas?
Can yet another business plan breathe fresh air into Argentina's re-nationalised flag carrier after several years of big losses and network cuts?
-
News
SpiceJet aims to begin international flights in June
Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet has received in-principle approval from India's government to operate international flights, and plans to do so from June. It...
-
NewsProduction problems delay Korean Air's first A380 by four to six months
Korean Air has become the latest A380 victim of Airbus's ongoing production line problems, with the confirmation that its first super-jumbo will arrive four to six months late in the second quarter of 2011.
-
News
MRO USA: Mexicana MRO plans 2011 capacity expansion
Mexicana's maintenance unit plans to open an additional hangar at its Mexico City base next year to accommodate an expected surge in third-party business. Mexicana...
-
News
Tokyo Narita to up capacity by 50% by 2014
Tokyo's Narita Airport plans to increase its capacity by 50% over the next five years to meet demand for international flights at the airport. In 2014,...
-
News
ASH CLOUD: Asia Pacific airlines to resume flights today to Europe
Asia Pacific airlines plan to start resuming flights today to Europe, after authorities gave the go-ahead for the gradual re-opening of airspace.
-
News
ASH CLOUD: UK CAA details new guidance as airspace re-opens
Core UK airspace, including the London airports, has re-opened after days of closure as a result of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud.