News from FlightGlobal – Page 1685
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NewsMexican Uprising
Mexico is the latest big market to welcome low-cost start-ups, as the regulatory regime is slowly relaxed. But life has been tougher for its established carriers. Read Flight International's special report.
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NewsATR records 90 orders in 2005 to become joint top of regionals league
The resurgence of the turboprop market last year has vaulted ATR to the head of the turboprop order rankings, with 90 net orders for 2005 compared with 61 for Bombardier's Q Series.
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Behind the order book
Record aircraft orders do not necessarily indicate good times ahead, writes Chris Tarry of CTAIRA, with analyses from Fabrice Tacoun
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Garuda crisis deepens after defaults
Garuda Indonesia is in more financial trouble after defaulting on scheduled loan payments that were due at the end of 2005.
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Jagson schedules arrival at India party
India’s booming airline market looks set to continue its phenomenal growth in 2006, with yet more carriers planning to launch operations and even more aircraft orders being placed.
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Carriers renew fleets
More than a decade after studies began, state-owned Air India and Indian Airlines have finally ordered a wealth of new Airbus and Boeing types to help them renew and expand their ageing fleets.
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BA sets deadline for regional revival
Willie Walsh, the chief executive of British Airways, will close the airline’s loss-making regional division if it has not returned to profitability by the end of the 2007-8 financial year.
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Pacific islands struggle on
Three Pacific island nations are finding it tough to maintain links with the outside world following cutbacks in air service.
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Delay fears mount as traffic soars
Europe’s air traffic management organisation Eurocontrol says that air traffic grew to a record 9.2 million flights in 2005, but airline bodies are nervous as delay levels creep up.
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Airlines lose passenger rights case
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has thrown out a challenge brought by IATA and Europe’s low-cost airlines against new rules covering passenger rights in cases of denied boarding, cancellations and delays.