News from FlightGlobal – Page 781
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AIX: Airbus and Routehappy aiming to broaden passengers' choice
Airbus has joined forces with flight merchandising content specialist Routehappy to build a platform that enables passengers to make a much more informed choice when deciding which airline to use, based on details such as aircraft type, seat pitch and onboard services.
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Air Baltic receives third CS300
Latvian carrier Air Baltic has received a third Bombardier CS300.
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NewsDelta-Aeromexico joint venture launch delayed
Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico will launch their joint venture a little later than planned, as they work to finalise the paperwork for the immunised partnership.
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Ryanair announces plan to establish Polish charter airline
Ryanair will establish a new Warsaw-based charter airline in summer 2018 to serve the Polish leisure market.
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PICTURE: Binter Canarias receives first CRJ1000 and names routes
Spanish regional carrier Binter Canarias received its first Bombardier CRJ1000 during a ceremony at the airframer’s facility in Mirabel, Canada, on 30 March.
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Cathay Pacific to raise 777 economy seating capacity
Cathay Pacific will increase capacity aboard its Boeing 777-300s and 777-300ERs by adopting a 3-4-3 seating configuration in economy, up from the current 3-3-3 configuration.
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PICTURE: Low-cost pioneer Laker chosen for Norwegian Max fin
Norwegian has selected UK low-cost airline pioneer Sir Freddie Laker to feature on the first of its Boeing 737 Max jets to operate transatlantic services.
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Norwegian’s US flight attendants join unions
Flight attendants at Norwegian and Norwegian Air International (NAI) in the USA have elected to join unions, even as labour groups maintain their opposition to the low-cost carrier’s "flag of convenience" model.
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Wow Air to take A330neos for large fleet expansion
Icelandic budget carrier Wow Air is taking four Airbus A330-900s in a substantial expansion of its fleet.
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NewsBrussels Airlines to absorb Thomas Cook's Belgian carrier
Brussels Airlines is to take a dominant position in the operations of leisure group Thomas Cook’s Belgian arm.
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Cultural shift needed to tackle go-around failures: analysis
Safety investigators are warning that failing to comply with go-around policies is ingrained as an accepted norm by the airline industry, and that a broad cultural shift is necessary to reduce the threat it presents.
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NewsUnited had proposed JV in offer: Avianca
United Airlines’ offer to prospective partner Avianca involves a joint venture, says the Latin American airline in its lawsuit against a minority shareholder that is seeking to block a tie-up between the two carriers.
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Alaska to fly Virgin America's A320s through 2024
Alaska Airlines will operate Virgin America’s Airbus A320 family fleet through at least 2024, as it targets a decision on its long-term fleet mix by the end of this year.
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EASA aims to fine-tune safety-risk analysis
Forty years after the worst accident in civil aviation history, European authorities are transitioning to a new method of assessing safety risk.
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Delta and Korean Air move forward on transpacific JV plans
Delta Air Lines and Korean Air will have signed a memorandum of agreement that will establish a transpacific joint venture between the two SkyTeam carriers.
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American and China Southern plan codeshare
American Airlines and China Southern Airlines plan to launch a codeshare and interline partnership later this year, following the former’s move to invest $200 million in the latter.
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Lome to join TAP network
Portuguese flag-carrier TAP will start serving Togolese capital Lome on 17 July.
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Taban 737 suffers apparent gear failure at Ardabil
Iranian authorities are looking into a landing accident involving a Boeing 737-400 operating for Taban Airlines.
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Virgin Atlantic profits shored-up by holidays division
UK operator Virgin Atlantic has slightly increased its full-year pre-tax profit to £23 million ($29 million) before exceptional items, despite a slip in revenues.
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Avianca countersues minority shareholder Kingsland
Latin American airline Avianca has countersued its minority shareholder Kingsland Holdings, asking a New York court to stop Kingsland from interfering with the airline’s partnership talks with United Airlines.