Strategy – Page 238
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Qantas chief defends premium pricing on Perth-London route
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce believes the airline can go on charging more than its rivals for its new 17h Perth to London Heathrow service because premium passengers in particular will pay to avoid a stop.
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Qantas promises 'new level of service' on ultra-long-haul routes
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the new ultra-long-range aircraft he expects to be flying from Australia's big east-coast cities to London by 2022 will "take passenger experience to the next level".
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El Al attempts to block Air India's trans-Saudi route
El Al is trying to force the rescindment of Air India's permit to operate its new Delhi-Tel Aviv service on short routes unavailable to the Israeli flag-carrier.
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Air China Group to add 170 jets through to 2020
Air China Group is scheduled to add 170 jets to its fleet over the next three years.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: SIA upgrades regional services with new 787-10
Singapore Airlines took delivery of its latest regional aircraft this week: the first 787-10 handed over to a customer by Boeing.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines jockey for position after Air Berlin's fall
Few airline markets have shown as much movement as Germany over the past year, amid the jockeying for position that accompanied first the attempts to save Air Berlin and subsequently the backfilling of capacity the Oneworld carrier vacated.
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ANALYSIS: How narrowbody operators make the connection with IFEC
The days of having to endure a long single-aisle airliner flight without in-flight entertainment or internet connectivity (IFEC) appear to be nearing their end – in certain parts of the world at least. Research by FlightGlobal shows an increasing number of operators offering passengers content – streamed to their own ...
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Air Tahiti Nui to introduce premium economy on 787s
French Polynesian carrier Air Tahiti Nui will introduce premium economy seating and lie-flat business seats to its fleet from November as it takes delivery of its first of five Boeing 787-9s.
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Investigators detail Superjet unreliable airspeed incidents
Russian investigators have disclosed further details about a spate of unreliable airspeed incidents involving Sukhoi Superjet 100s at Moscow Sheremetyevo.
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PICTURE: Air China 737 radome damaged in bird strike
An Air China Boeing 737-800 had its radome damaged on 22 March following a bird strike.
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Virgin Australia eyes deeper co-operation with HNA
Virgin Australia is starting to look at revenue management and other opportunities with HNA Group as part of their alliance on China-Australia routes.
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ANA and Alitalia in commercial pact
All Nippon Airways and Alitalia have agreed to a commercial partnership, which will see them codeshare on each others' flights from 28 October.
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PICTURE: Cebu Pacific adds first A321
Cebu Pacific took delivery of its first Airbus A321 aircraft on 22 March, setting it up for a year of growth.
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ANALYSIS: Asian airlines growing, but beware the speed bumps
At the recent Routes Asia event, it appeared that the future growth of Asia’s airline industry is all but assured, but there are concerns that governments and airport authorities may not be investing fast enough to keep up.
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Uncleared Q400 take-off roll sparks incursion incident
Canadian controllers intervened to stop a Jazz Bombardier Q400 from departing Thunder Bay airport without clearance, as a second aircraft prepared to land on an intersecting runway.
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ANA to merge low-cost units Peach and Vanilla
Japanese low-cost carriers Peach and Vanilla Air will be merged into a single entity by end of fiscal 2019, with Peach to be the surviving brand.
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Xiamen Airlines signs for 30 737 Max aircraft
Xiamen Airlines has firmed an order for 20 Boeing 737 Max 8 and 10 737 Max 10 aircraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Is the worst over for Cathay?
The Cathay Pacific Group hogged headlines last week as it posted a net loss of HK$1.26 billion ($161 million), its largest in nine years, and also the first back-to-back loss in its 71-year history.
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Airbus expertise added to Laudamotion's appeal: Ryanair executive
Laudamotion's experience with "super aircraft" made by Airbus has been cited by Ryanair as an attractive benefit from its proposed purchase of a 75% stake in the Austrian carrier.
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Saratov faces restrictions as Russian An-148s scrutinised
Russian authorities have restricted the operating certificate of Saratov Airlines following inspections of the carrier in the aftermath of a fatal Antonov An-148 crash.