News from FlightGlobal – Page 1263
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Southwest sticks to fleet strategy as revenues remain unstable
As revenues remain weak and no bottom for the current down cycle is apparent, Southwest Airlines doesn't plan to veer from the workhorse of its fleet - the...
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Airlines lose leverage in push for replacement narrowbody
Pressure on Airbus and Boeing to accelerate plans to develop single-aisle replacement aircraft appears to have subsided - for now - as carriers focus on...
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NewsRyanair to eliminate airport check-in by October
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to swtich to wholly Internet-based check-in by 1 October, and has detailed the phased elimination of airport check-in facilities. It...
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NewsCSeries talks 'in the freezer': Qatar Airways
Bombardier looks to have missed the opportunity to land a key second major airline customer for the...
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NewsIndonesia Lion Air MD-90 skids off Jakarta runway
One of Jakarta airport's runways remains closed because authorities are having trouble moving a Lion Air Boeing MD-90 that skidded off yesterday afternoon. "The...
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NewsBoeing confirms lease of 25 717s to Mexicana
Boeing Capital has confirmed a lease deal with Mexicana covering 25 Boeing 717s. ATI first reported in January that Mexicana was negotiating to lease...
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Lufthansa Technik braced for prolonged weak MRO market
Despite posting a strong performance for 2008, Lufthansa Technik is bracing for the downturn to last until 2010 with ramifications into 2011 and beyond. Although...
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Concerns raised over expected 787 range shortfall
As Boeing presses towards a first flight in the second quarter, airline customers have begun to raise questions publicly about the 787s performance. Aeromexico...
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Midwest and Delta deepen ties
As privately-held Midwest Airlines continues its restructuring, it has entered into a wide-ranging alliance with Delta Air Lines that includes reciprocity...
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NewsAir Berlin considers selling long-haul operation LTU
Germany's Air Berlin is considering divestment of its long-haul holiday operation LTU, less than two years after acquiring the carrier. It says a sale...
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Boeing gears up for 787 series production
After incurring two years of costly delays to its flagship programme, Boeing is set to begin final assembly of the sixth and final 787 flight-test airframe,...
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Business: Good Week - Bad Week
CHINA The country's domestic passenger market continues to recover , with traffic rising sharply in January. The sector, which has...
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MAS' Firefly scales back Penang ops but eyes Singapore
Malaysia Airlines' ATR turboprop operation Firefly has decided to suspend some services, citing the global economic downturn, but it is launching...
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Four new Oman Air routes include Paris and Frankfurt
Middle Eastern operator Oman Air is to open four new European and Asian routes this year, as it begins introducing its Airbus A330s. The Omani flag-carrier...
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: British Airways A318 all-business cabin revealed
British Airways has revealed the interior cabin layout of the all-business Airbus A318s it will use on transatlantic routes from London City Airport
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Hawaiian’s CEO pours praise on the Boeing 717
(corrects fleet count) Hawaiian Airlines CEO Mark Dunkerley believes no other aircraft rivals the operation of the Boeing 717 used on the carrier's...
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Over 20 expressions of interest in Dublin plant: SR Technics
Maintenance company SR Technics is claiming there are more than 20 expressions of interest to partly acquire its Dublin plant, as the Swiss firm reiterates...
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Going halves in a winner
Tomorrow's powerplant is still taking shape, but the CFM business model is unchanging