All Ops & safety articles – Page 516
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LAN expects only minimal impact from Avianca-TACA merger
LAN executives do not expect the planned merger of Latin American rivals Grupo TACA and Avianca to have a significant impact on competition in the region.
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Aerolineas' new management team work on transformation plan
fter several years of languishing, Aerolineas Argentinas under its new management team has embarked on a major transformation which will see the Buenos...
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FAA: special training eliminates MU-2B accident spree
The US Federal Aviation Administration says the reduction of fatal accidents in the three years since a special pilot training mandate for Mitsubishi MU-2B...
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Restructuring: Cutting to fit
Restructuring is a delicate operation which many airlines are being forced to undergo. Boston Consulting Group executives Martin Koehler, Pedro Esquivias and Raj Varadarajan explore how customisation of this painful process pays off
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Mexicana expects to return to profitability in 2010
New oneworld member Mexicana expects to return to the black next year as the group takes a breather after its recent period of rapid expansion and change.
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Trent 900EP’s 1% improvement is ‘just the start’: R-R
Rolls-Royce is aiming to leapfrog its rival Engine Alliance ...
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Atlas Air agrees 747-8F rescheduling
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of freight carriers Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, has rescheduled the delivery of three of 12 Boeing 747-8 Freighters...
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Kingfisher posts Q2 net loss of 4.19bn rupees
India's Kingfisher Airlines has narrowed its losses in its second fiscal quarter due to its cost control measures.
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European carriers feel the pain
European network airline chiefs could hardly have met for the recent Association of European Airlines presidents' assembly at a tougher time. Most had already...
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China Southern posts Q3 profit of 284m yuan
China Southern Airlines moved into the black in the third quarter, spurred on by a recovery in domestic traffic.
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China Eastern has Q3 profit of 23m yuan
China Eastern Airlines made a net profit in the third quarter due to non-operating income and a change in the fair value of its assets.
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Jet Airways losses widen in fiscal Q2
India's Jet Airways slid further into the red in its fiscal second quarter as it felt the effects of a strike by its pilots, which led to the cancellation...
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Air China reports Q3 profits of 885m yuan
Air China returned to the black in the third quarter of 2009 due to strong domestic demand and fuel hedging gains.
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Consolidation still on Caribbean agenda
Newly-minted Caribbean Airlines chief executive Ian Brunton is ready to ignite long-called for consolidation in the region, if the opportunity arises to...
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NTSB: Overfly pilots immersed in scheduling discussion on laptops
US NTSB investigators say the two pilots on a Northwest Airlines A320 (N02374) that was out of radio communications with air traffic controllers for more...
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IATA pushes for emissions deal
IATA chief executive Giovanni Bisignani is urging industry and governments to "sell our position" ahead of December's key Copenhagen climate conference after...
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Consolidation reaches Latin America
Avianca's crusade to create a leading Latin American airline group took one gigantic step forward in October after it agreed...
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Cargo conversions - hope springs eternal
The conversion business has had an awful year but with new programmes coming and demand recovering, 2010 should be better