News from FlightGlobal – Page 1257
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TUIfly fleet to split as Air Berlin partnership sealed
Germany's Air Berlin has firmed a cross-ownership agreement with TUI Travel carrier TUIfly, through which the carriers will hold 19.9% of one another. Under...
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CANSO warns ATM charges will rise without service cuts
Air traffic service providers' body the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) is warning that air traffic management (ATM) charges are set to...
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SAS eyes CSeries potential as narrowbody successors slip
Bombardier's CSeries has emerged as a more serious fleet renewal candidate for Scandinavian Star Alliance member SAS, should Airbus and Boeing fail to deliver...
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SIA Engineering picks $100 million Gulf Air deal
SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has emerged as the big beneficiary of Gulf Air's decision to terminate its major MRO contract with SR Technics. The...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
ROW44 The in-flight broadband systems developer won special temporary US Federal Communications Commission authority to operate up to 12earth stations for...
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Airbus confident in financing for 2009 deliveries
Buoyed by financial support from export credit agencies Airbus believes the majority of its deliveries this year will gain financing. Airbus Americas...
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Picture: China’s Chongqing takes first A319
China's Chongqing takes first A319 Chongqing Airlines has received the first of three Airbus A319s on lease from International Lease...
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VIDEOS: London Heathrow Terminal 5 - first anniversary but is it working?
VIDEOS: London Heathrow Terminal 5 - first anniversary but is it working?
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American reaches new ASAP agreement with pilots
American Airlines has reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with its pilots' union on a new Aviation Safety Action Programme (ASAP), ATI has learned.
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Air France-KLM predicts €200m full-year operating loss
Air France-KLM is forecasting an operating loss of €200 million ($270 million) for the full fiscal year, which ends on 31 March. Chief executive Pierre-Henri...
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Southwest eyes up entry into long-haul market
Southwest Airlines is looking into the idea of entering codeshare deals with long-haul carriers, and does not rule out the possibility that it could one...
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Royal Air Maroc to take six ATR 72-600s for new regional airline
Royal Air Maroc is planning to announce an order for six ATR 72-600s later today which will be used to launch its new domestic operation, tentatively dubbed...
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VIDEO: Lufthansa Cargo chief says freight crisis exceeds worst forecasts
Lufthansa Cargo chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr admits that the sudden cargo downturn has exceeded even the company's most extreme crisis planning scenarios,...
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SIA fails to rule out possibility of deferring A380 deliveries
Singapore Airlines is not ruling out the possibilityof deferring some later Airbus A380 deliveries. The carrier, which has received six of 13 A380s it has...
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Premium economy launch "good timing" for Air France-KLM
The launch of Air France-KLM's new premium economy product on its long-haul flights was not originally planned to coincide with the global economic downturn
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ANZ issues RFI for 737-300 replacements
Air New Zealand (ANZ) has issued a request for information (RFI) for narrowbodies to replace its 16 Boeing 737-300s used on domestic routes.
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ILFC in compensation talks with Boeing over 787 delay
US leasing giant International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC) is in talks with Boeing about compensation and penalties related to delayed deliveries of the 787...
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ILFC seeks ways to fund aircraft purchase commitments
International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC) is exploring a number of avenues to fund its aircraft purchase commitments and future maturing obligations, saying...
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FAA scraps ultra-long-range crew rest upgrade
The US Federal Aviation Administration has rescinded a proposed operations specifications requirement for airlines to provide additional rest for pilots...
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Heathrow low visibility landing rate upped as microwave landing system goes fully operational
After a long trial period at London Heathrow, British Airways has gone fully operational with microwave landing system approaches there and hopes to eventually...