News from FlightGlobal – Page 1160
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Airport Special Report: Up for grabs
Airlines have for many months been warning of the need for structural changes to their model as the severity of the economic crisis alters the operating landscape. But airports have not been unscathed either and face an equally dynamic period ahead in responding to bothshort-and medium-term challenges
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Airport IT Trends 2009
Investment strategies, paperless travel and growth of services to passenger mobile phones are just a few ofthe topics tackled by the latest Airport IT Trends Survey, produced by Airports Council International, Airline Business and SITA
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Carriers vie for Kuwait supremacy
Three vastly different airlines are battling to control Kuwait's dynamic and fast growing airline market
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Tests done on oxygen bottles to find answers to Qantas blast
There is no evidence of there being a systematic safety problem with aircraft oxygen bottles, says Australian investigators.
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MAS posts Q3 net loss of 300m ringgit
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) posted a net loss of 300 million ringgit ($89 million) in the fiscal third quarter due to fuel derivatives.
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AirTran steps up Milwaukee attack
By teaming up with SkyWest, the US low-cost carrier is able to target smaller markets at its Milwaukee focus city
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Libyan Airlines to create leisure operation
Libyan Airlines is planning to create a separate leisure brand which it will use to boost its passenger numbers and load factors. Tripoli-based Libyan...
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AirAsia plans daily flight between Kota Kinabalu and Taipei
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia plans to start a daily flight from Kota Kinabalu in east Malaysia to Taipei.
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Indian air taxi service launched
Air Car - believed to be India's first low-cost air taxi company - was launched in New Delhi on 23 November with the first two of 12 Cirrus SR22's
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China Eastern, Shanghai Airlines merger to be completed by year-end
China Eastern Airlines will complete its merger by year-end with Shanghai Airlines and, in a separate development, the carrier's chairman has revived the...
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New Chinese cargo carrier Shunfeng applies for AOC
A new Chinese cargo start-up is set to begin operations soon from Shenzhen International Airport.
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Australia's Rex posts 23% fall in profit in fiscal Q1
Australia's largest independent regional carrier Regional Express (Rex) has posted a 23% decline in net profit for the first fiscal quarter.
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Arrival of first Lufthansa A380 put back a few weeks
Delivery of Lufthansa's first Airbus A380 has been put back by a few weeks, but the Star Alliance carrier is unfazed by the postponement.
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Turning the tide at Thai Airways
New president Piyasvasti Amranand is fashioning astrategy aimed at stabilising and regenerating the national carrier
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US DOT levies fines in ExpressJet tarmac delay incident
Officials from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) have levied a $100,000 civil penalty against ExpressJet and partner Continental Airlines for a highly-publicised...
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US Airways defers 54 Airbus deliveries and secures new financing commitments
US Airways is the latest US carrier to secure financing to weather economic uncertainty while also deferring 54 Airbus narrowbody and widebody deliveries...
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KLM launches biofuels joint venture
Dutch operator KLM has formed a joint venture to develop sustainable biofuels after completing an alternative fuel-powered flight. The carrier has...
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Cargo carrier Jett8 may enter passenger market
Singapore-based cargo carrier Jett8 plans to commence passenger services.
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MAS to start non-stop KL-Brisbane route
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will commence twice weekly non-stop services between Kuala Lumpur and Brisbane from 28 March 2010.