News from FlightGlobal – Page 1289
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Israel acts to avoid US FAA safety classification downgrade
Israel's Government is preparing to implement a set of recommendations from the US FAA in a bid to avoid the country's being reclassified as non-compliant...
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South African carriers banking on Africa liberalisation
South African carriers are seeking to add services to other African countries as they try to offset a contraction in the domestic market.
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Oman Air in discussions to acquire regional jets
Oman Air is in discussions with Embraer and Bombardier over the possible addition of regional jets to support...
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MAS signs with ATR for maintenance support
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has signed a seven-year maintenance and spare parts support contract with ATR. The airline says in a statement today that it...
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Frontier plans to exit Chapter 11 next year
Frontier Airlines is seeking an investor as the company puts together a Chapter 11 exit strategy aimed at leaving bankruptcy between April and June next...
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Mexicana eyes codeshare with BA
Mexicana aims to start codesharing with British Airways and Iberia on intra-European flights as it prepares to formally join the oneworld alliance.
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Raghu Menon: Dealing with challenges at Air India
Raghu Menon is overseeing Air India's much-needed makeover, which he hopes will reverse the carrier's stagnation and help it fight back against fierce competition
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British Airways adopts tailored pilot training programme
Several UK airlines are adopting a new form of recurrent training for their pilots that allows them to tailor training sessions to the carriers' specific...
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Lufthansa to unveil new 'Italia' A319 operation
Lufthansa is formally to unveil a new Italian division, branded Lufthansa Italia, tomorrow which will begin operating from the north of the country next...
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Cambodia's Siem Reap Airways suspending operations
Cambodia's Siem Reap Airways is temporarily suspending operations, two weeks after it was put on a European Union blacklist of banned carriers over safety...
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Bombardier pushes back CRJ1000 EIS to 1Q 2010
Bombardier has pushed back its entry-into-service (EIS) calendar for the CRJ1000 NextGen regional jet from the fourth quarter of 2009 to the first quarter...
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Pluna defers CRJ900 options
Uruguay's Pluna has decided against further growing its fleet in 2009 and has deferred all eight of its options for additional Bombardier CRJ900s by at least...
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Simulation will increasingly be used to train pilots for optimum operations
Research has once again proved that top quality pilot training at all levels remains the critical factor in preventing the most serious accidents
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First deferral of Q400 in the pipeline
Alaska Air Group subsidiary Horizon Air is to push back delivery of its 14 remaining Bombardier Q400s from a 46-strong order with the Canadian airframer,...