News from FlightGlobal – Page 1449
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Emission impossible?
Reducing climate-altering emissions will be far from straightforward for aircraft manufacturers and regulators, who will be forced to make some difficult choices in the next 10 years
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NewsIt takes two: can Barger help JetBlue return to profitability?
After a turbulent winter, JetBlue Airways founder David Neeleman has ceded daily duties to long-time aide Dave Barger to focus on longer-term goals. Can this reshuffle at the top help the carrier return to profitability and regain both passenger trust and investor confidence?
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Africa news in brief, July 2007
More changes for SAA South African Airways is axing its Paris service and grounding its Boeing 747-400 fleet as part of its ongoing restructuring....
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Rwandair to select strategic partner
Rwandair Express plans to choose Brussels Airlines or Italy's Meridiana as its new strategic partner. The carriers pre-qualified in May as bidders...
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Aeromexico sale delayed
Mexico's government has delayed plans to sell its 62% stake in Aeromexico from June to September. Andres Conesa, president of the Aeromexico group, which...
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Cash controls hit Aeropostal
Venezuela's Aeropostal is blaming currency controls for its decision to suspend all three of its South American cross-border routes. By mid-July it...
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US-China market opens up again
Three years after agreeing a liberal air services deal, China and the USA have signed another pact doubling the number of passenger flights over five years and allowing for unlimited cargo services by 2012.
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Midwest fights on with more seats
Midwest Airlines is altering its basic product strategy in a bid to increase revenues as it tries to evade a hostile takeover bid from AirTran Airways. The...
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Americas news in brief
Air Jamaica drops London Air Jamaica is to axe its only long-haul service as part of a new tie-up with Virgin Atlantic Airways. The carrier will cease...
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Virgin America gets go-ahead
The US Department of Transportation has cleared Virgin America Airlines to launch services this summer but has kept to its insistence that chief executive...
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Korean Air plans to enter low-cost fray
Low-cost carriers are finally making their way to the north Asian market, with Korean Air revealing that it intends to launch a subsidiary operation. KAL...
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International carrier for Myanmar
Myanmar has a new international operator after domestic carrier Air Bagan in May launched Airbus A310 services to the Thai capital Bangkok. Air Bagan...
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Asia news in brief, July 2007
More Chinese deregulation The Civil Aviation Administration of China is aiming to fully deregulate domestic air routes by 2010, giving smaller players...
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News in brief Airline Business July 2007
Cebu adds turboprops Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific has placed firm orders for six ATR 72-500s and taken options on eight more. Deliveries...