All Ops & safety articles – Page 835
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Focus Iceland: Northern raiders
A small island in the North Atlantic does not immediately spring to mind as a hotbed of aggressive investment policies and strategic forays into foreign lands, yet Iceland has an abundance of both
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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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Northwest cranks up labour tensions
A proposal by Northwest Airlines to set up an internal small-jet subsidiary as it reorganises in bankruptcy has provoked strike threats by its pilots union, a warning observers are taking seriously.
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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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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.
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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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Africa report: Bilateral barriers
Despite a wide geographical area, large population and limited surface transport, progress towards liberalisation of the skies over southern Africa is still painfully slow
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Airport action
Leaders at the recent Latin American Airline Forum in Miami showed solidarity with IATA and several Star Alliance carriers as they denounced excessive airport fees
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A bumper December key to Airbus orders victory
The details of Airbus's sixth consecutive win over rival Boeing in the annual orders race reveal a series of fevered deal-closing sessions in December...
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