News from FlightGlobal – Page 852
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Heathrow Terminal 2 to host Aer Lingus, Virgin domestic
London Heathrow airport's new Terminal 2 will be home to Aer Lingus as well as Virgin Atlantic's upcoming domestic routes when it opens in 2014. The...
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VIDEO: Oneworld sees Qatar Airways boosting access to Africa
The Oneworld alliance expects its latest recruit, Qatar Airways, to help it boost its presence in the expanding African market where it currently trails its two rival groups.
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IAG formally begins tender offer for Vueling
International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent of British Airways and Iberia, has asked Spain's National Securities Market Commission to authorise its proposed...
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Delta buys 49% share of Virgin Atlantic for $360m
Delta Air Lines is to acquire Singapore Airlines' 49% share in UK operator Virgin Atlantic for $360 million, less than half the £600 million ($965 million)...
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Turkish Airlines adds seven destinations in December
Turkish Airlines will add a raft of flights this month from Istanbul to Buenos Aires, Sabha in Libya, Niamey in Niger, Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, Yaounde...
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BA to have 469-seat A380s and 214-seat 787-8s
British Airways has revealed that its Airbus A380s will have a four-class layout with 469 seats, comprising 212 on the upper deck and 257 on the lower.
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Boeing's Nagpur MRO facility to start operations in Q2 2013
The schedule of Boeing's long-delayed MRO facility in the central Indian city of Nagpur has again been pushed back. Construction of the $100 million...
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Jet Airways could convert 787-8s on order to -9s
Indian carrier Jet Airways could convert its orders for the Boeing 787-8s to the larger -9 variant. The carrier's 10 -8s on order are scheduled to...
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MEBA: No such place as home, says VistaJet's Flohr
Thomas Flohr, founder of VistaJet - which last month placed the sector's biggest ever transaction, for 56 Bombardier Global aircraft with 86 options - yesterday...
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Virgin America to serve Newark
Virgin America will begin flights to Newark Liberty International airport from 2 April 2013. The Burlingame, California-based low-cost carrier will...
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Gol plans Dominican carrier in 2013
Brazil's Gol plans to convert its Santo Domingo hub operation for flights between Brazil and North America, scheduled to start 15 December, into a full Dominican...
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Lithuanian start-up aims to be ready for EU presidency
Lithuanian authorities are aiming to establish a new carrier to serve the Baltic state as it takes over the presidency of the European Union next year. Air...
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Malaysia Airlines to launch Kota Kinabalu-Shanghai service
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will launch services between Kota Kinabalu and Shanghai Pudong from 11 December. The carrier will serve the route twice weekly,...
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Virgin Atlantic to wet-lease A320s from Aer Lingus
Virgin Atlantic has tentatively agreed to wet-lease four Airbus A320s from Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus. The twinjets will be painted in Virgin Atlantic...
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MEBA: Airbus pitches SIA A340-500s for VVIP customers
Airbus is in talks with potential customers in the Middle East about offering the Singapore Airlines Airbus A340-500s that it is buying back as reconfigured...
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AIG to sell up to 90% stake in ILFC to Chinese investors
American International Group (AIG) will sell up to a 90% stake in aircraft lessor International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) to a consortium of Chinese...
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American pilots ratify tentative agreement
American Airlines pilots have voted to ratify a tentative contract agreement by a margin of more than 47 percentage points. The Allied Pilots Association...
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Germanwings takes over nearly 30 Lufthansa A320s
Lufthansa will move 52 aircraft to its low-cost subsidiary Germanwings for the planned transferral of its decentralised European network next year. Starting...
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Chinese customer orders 7 CRJ700 special mission aircraft
Bombardier has announced that an "undisclosed Chinese customer" has ordered seven CRJ700 NextGen aircraft in a deal valued at $330 million.
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China Airlines to order six Boeing 777-300ERs
China Airlines has received approval from its board to place an order for six Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.