News from FlightGlobal – Page 1399
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Vietnam feeling growing pains
Vietnam's air travel market is starting to slow and carriers are revising their plans after a period of fast growth
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No easy task
Squeezed by their major partners and by rising costs, US regional airlines have tried investing in new ventures at home and abroad with mixed results, but...
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Business: Good Week - Bad Week
Spirit airlines The Florida-based low-cost carrier may be struggling, but it maintains a record of innovation. First it beat US rivals to charge for checked...
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China's MA600 turboprop to have first flight in October
China's Xian Aircraft plans to have the first flight of its MA600 turboprop next month and aims to have it on display at the Zhuhai airshow in November. A...
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Iberia axes Gibraltar flights
Spanish carrier Iberia is to drop its flights from Madrid to Gibraltar this month less than two years after air links resumed on the route. The Oneworld...
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JetBlue E-190s head to Brazil's Azul
An arrangement that supports the early 2009 launch of Brazilian start-up Azul while letting JetBlue Airways slow its Embraer E-190 growth has been brokered...
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Fuel prices recede but the gloom still lingers
The mid-year predictions that the beginning of the winter season would prove a period of reckoning for the airline industry appear to be coming true. Although...
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Fate of commercial flights at Santa Fe uncertain
An environmental assessment continues to snag plans for commercial air service at newly-expanded Santa Fe Municipal airport in New Mexico. Santa Fe...
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The World Air Transport Forum is being held in Paris this year
After 16 years in the south of France, the World Air Transport Forum is coming to Paris to mark the 17th time this major industry event has taken place
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NewsPICTURE: Icaro F28 overruns at Quito
All 66 occupants of an Ecuadorian Fokker F28 have escaped uninjured after the aircraft overran the runway at Quito, apparently during departure on a domestic...
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Japan flies solo again
On the eve of the Japan Aerospace show, on 1-5 October, our 13-page special examines the country's aerospace ambitions, symbolised by the Mitsubishi Regional Jet
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Neeleman reveals plan for JetBlue E-190s
Brazilian start-up Azul in early 2009 will launch service using a combination of Embraer 190s and 195s, founder David Neeleman revealed today.
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Ryanair versus the Screenscrapers
Carriers are starting to fight back against travel sales sites that scrape their fare data and display it themselves
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What has gone wrong at Austrian Airlines?
Air-France-KLM, Lufthansa and Russia's S7 airlines are all in the running to acquire a stake in troubled Austrian Airlines
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World Airways signs new freighter pact with Allied Air
Nigeria-based Allied Air has contracted World Airways to operate a single Boeing MD-11F aircraft from Ostend to Lagos, and continuing to Nairobi. The...
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Malta's resurgent travel market
In the past two years the Maltese market has boomed, fuelled by a resurgent Air Malta and the arrival of low-cost carriers Often overshadowed by faster...
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Ryanair sees Aer Lingus takeover boosted by Europe consolidation moves
Consolidation spurs Ryanair ambitions The recent rush of airline merger and acquisition activity in the region is prompting Ryanair to step up its...
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JetBlue reopens JFK terminal after package incident
Just as JetBlue today holds a ceremony at its new terminal five at John F Kennedy International Airport, its current terminal was evacuated early this morning...