News from FlightGlobal – Page 991
-
News
Feedback: SimpliFlying's Shashank Nigam on virtual returns
As airlines increasingly embrace social media as part of their market strategies, Shashank Nigam of brand strategy consultancy SimpliFlying asks: is getting...
-
News
Avianca aims to launch Bogota-Orlando in July
Colombian flag carrier Avianca has informed US regulators of its intent to launch a Bogota-Orlando pairing in July of this year. Avianca currently...
-
News
Ownership: finding a new frontier
Faced with the slow pace of liberalisation, the airline industry has spawned a backdoor approach to help carriers expand their brand outside their own borders
-
News
Market outlook: playing the cash generation game
The bounce back in performance in 2010 to what was in money, although not in margins terms, a record year, is now history. The key question for some time has been how much lower profits will be in 2011 compared with 2010 and what shape the year-end balance sheets will ...
-
News
US Airways touts standalone model
Despite being written off many times before, the resilient Star Alliance carrier makes a play of the hand it has been dealt
-
News
European transport strategy strikes positive note for aviation
Industry encouraged by commitment to mobility in European Commission's ambitious long-term transport policy
-
News
JAL begins restructured life
Oneworld carrier returns from bankruptcy restructuring but faces challenges ahead as Japan begins earthquake recovery Japan Airlines has emerged restructured...
-
News
Middle East unrest keepts traffic pressure on
Middle East carriers' revenue suffers as local troubles impact passenger numbers on flights in the region The ongoing turmoil in parts of the Middle...
-
NewsJAL adjusts services in disaster aftermath
Japan Air Lines (JAL) is continuing to adjust its schedules in the aftermath of last month's earthquake and tsunami in the northeast of the country, reducing...
-
NewsANA begins 787 training
Boeing 787 Dreamliner launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) today began training for its flight crew who will operate the aircraft. Ten pilots from...
-
News
Pacific Blue pilot faces fine, imprisonment for aircraft endangerment
New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority has laid two charges against a Pacific Blue pilot in command of a Boeing 737-800 flight who failed to comply with...
-
News
Japan's Star Flyer orders two A320s
Japanese carrier Star Flyer has signed a firm order for two Airbus A320 aircraft. The aircraft, to be powered by CFM56-5B4/P engines, will be delivered...
-
News
V Australia grounds 777 after engine problem aborts take-off
The Virgin Blue group's long-haul subsidiary V Australia has grounded one of its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in Los Angeles after it experienced unspecified...
-
News
Air France in talks with Airbus over possible A320neo order
Air France-KLM has confirmed that it is in talks with Airbus over the possibility of placing an order for the A320neo.
-
NewsWing clearance in frame after A380 jolts CRJ
This month's taxiing collision between an Air France Airbus A380 and a Comair Bombardier CRJ700 is likely to spark debate over pilot awareness of the type's...
-
News
Kenya Airways finalises 787 order, agrees new delivery dates
Kenya Airways has finalised the order it placed with Boeing in 2006 for nine 787-8s plus four options and agreed on a new delivery schedule, after previously...
-
News
MROAM: JetBlue assigns some CF34 MRO to Lufthansa Technik
New York-based JetBlue Airways has inked a maintenance, repair and overhaul contract for "a portion" of its General Electric CF34-10E engine fleet with Lufthansa...
-
News
American heightens distribution tension with Travelport-Orbitz lawsuit
American Airlines is claiming that GDS owner Travelport and its affiliate Orbitz are engaging in anti-competitive practices and has solidified its argument through a lawsuit against the travel company.
-
News
MROAM: Southwest, Boeing refrain response to FAA scrutiny of airframer's manufacturing
Southwest Airlines and Boeing have opted not to publicly respond to US FAA administrator Randy Babbitt's revelation that the agency is taking a close look...
-
News
FAA reveals new sleeping controller incidents, new countermeasures
The US FAA says it is assigning additional controllers on the midnight shifts at 27 air traffic control towers across the US following an incident this morning...