All Strategy articles – Page 487
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Middle East Careers: Air Arabia leads the charge for Sharjah
The 75 minute or so drive that separates Emirates' hub of Dubai from Etihad's base in Abu Dhabi is often used to illustrate how the two UAE flag-carriers' ambitious expansion trajectories must ultimately collide. In the low-cost world, two other airlines are embarking on similar, but different, growth strategies at ...
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NewsEmerging markets help fuel low-cost carrier traffic growth
Asia-Pacific and Latin American operators led passenger growth rates among low-cost carriers over the last 12 months as emerging markets continue to embrace low-fares traffic during 2010.
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Middle East Careers: Youthful ambition fuels Etihad
Etihad is only eight years old but has rapidly built up a 60-strong fleet and established itself as a major intercontinental connector
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NewsMiddle East Careers: Flydubai recruits staff for its own MRO operation
In another sign that Emirates offshoot Flydubai intends to be its own airline, the Dubai-based low-cost start-up has created an in-house maintenance operation.
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Middle East Careers: Al Baker's gameplan
Qatar being awarded the 2022 World Cup has added impetus to the expansion plans of Doha's five-star rated flag-carrier
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Middle East Careers: Onwards and upwards for Emirates
Dubai flag-carrier Emirates is entering a "massive couple of years" of fleet expansion and large-scale recruitment
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American focuses on component maintenance in targeting third party work
American Airlines is targeting component maintenance repair and overhaul to expand its work for outside carriers, and plans to market those capabilities...
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US DOJ antitrust review clears Southwest-AirTran merger
The US Department of Justice has cleared Southwest to merge with AirTran Airways one week before the seven-month-old deal is scheduled to close on 2 May.
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NewsMiddle East Careers: training the next generation
Demand for skilled expatriate employees will continue, but Gulf-based airlines are keen to train up and take on local recruits
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Middle East: living the dream
There are many attractions for expatriates working in the Gulf, but local laws and customs should always be respected There are many attractions for expatriates working in the Gulf, but local laws and customs must be respected
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New volcano procedures would have trebled permitted flights
Preliminary results from the European exercise to assess revised response procedures to a repetition of the 2010 volcanic crisis indicate they would provide...
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American resumes St. Louis service as the airport recovers from a tornado
American Airlines plans to resume service to Lambert St. Louis International airport today after the facility was struck by a tornado on 22 April.
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China and Cameroon ink air services agreement
China and Cameroon have signed a new air services agreement, paving the way for the liberalisation of flights between the two countries. Under the...
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NewsAir India 737 captain deeply asleep shortly before fatal approach
Indian investigators have cited a lethal combination of sleep inertia and over-dominance by the captain as having led to the fatal overrun by an Air India...
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NewsQatar Airways outlines plans for strategic partnerships
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker has revealed that the airline is in dialogue about acquiring a stake in an unidentified airline. He has...
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WATS 2011: Australia's Rex cuts GA pilot pipeline
Australia's Regional Express Airlines no longer expects to obtain pilots from the general aviation community, a pipeline that as of two years ago had supplied...
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WATS 2011: Southwest-AirTran merger drives new training lines
Southwest Airlines' maintenance organisation is creating as many as 10 new maintenance training lines in large part to accommodate AirTran's fleet of Boeing...
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WATS 2011: Lufthansa Flight Training-Bremen Adds Sixth Mechtronix FSTD
In days prior to the World Aviation Training conference opening, Canada's Mechtronix Systems announced that Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) is adding a sixth...
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Three-way airprox over Italy followed slack ATC handover
Lack of situational awareness after controllers changed shift led to a serious three-way air proximity incident in the vicinity of Milan nearly two years ago, Italian investigators have concluded.