Strategy – Page 361
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Europe's pilots fight for control
Industrial action has played havoc with operations at Air France and Lufthansa over recent weeks as pilots revolt against legacy carriers' cost-cutting plans.
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News
Ascend recruits ex-Rolls-Royce expert as senior consultant
Flightglobal's consultancy arm Ascend has appointed Richard Evans as senior consultant.
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NewsAir Berlin cancels 787 order
Air Berlin has cancelled all 15 of its on-order Boeing 787s, along with 18 737s.
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NewsEtihad sells exclusive 'Residence' suite for first A380 flight
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways has sold the exclusive apartment-style first-class suite for its initial Airbus A380 flight.
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NewsEtihad shows off new colours on A380
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways has unveiled its new livery on an Airbus A380.
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ExpressJet appoints Marren new COO
ExpressJet Airlines has appointed Alexandria Marren its new chief operating officer, following the retirement of Brad Holt.
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Ryanair to join Amadeus distribution system
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to join the Amadeus global distribution system from 1 November.
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NewsPICTURES: Virgin Australia reveals new business product
Virgin Australia has unveiled a new business class suite that will be rolled out on its Airbus A330s and Boeing 777-300ERs over the next year.
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Flydubai to enter Tanzanian market from October
Flydubai will start a new route from Dubai to Dar es Salaam and will add two domestic sectors from the Tanzanian capital to Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro from October.
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Superjet puts 20-year 100-seat demand at 3,500
Deliveries of large regional jets will top 3,500 over the next 20 years, predicts Superjet International, the venture which markets the Sukhoi Superjet 100.
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Vanilla Air focused on international growth
Low-cost carrier Vanilla Air will continue to focus on growing its international route network, and could even push into Southeast Asia and Mainland China in future.
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ROUTES: New widebodies are ‘network-planning game changers’
New generation widebodies like the Boeing 787 and Airbus’s A350 and A330neo are revolutionising the network-planning world by making previously uneconomic routes viable.
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NewsJetBlue names Hayes as new CEO
JetBlue Airways president Robin Hayes will succeed Dave Barger as chief executive officer effective 15 February 2015.
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NewsBoeing foresees no African demand for 747-8 in 20-year outlook
Boeing has confirmed that its latest commercial forecast does not assume any more demand for the 747-8 from Africa over the next 20 years.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Leisure carriers look to adapt to new markets
In August, Monarch's chief executive Andrew Swaffield revealed that after 56 years operating as a leisure carrier, it plans to cease charter operations for good in 2015 and focus entirely on scheduled low-cost operations.
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NewsLufthansa orders 15 A320neos for Swiss
Swiss International Air Lines is to receive 15 Airbus A320neo jets following an order for the type from parent Lufthansa Group.
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NewsLufthansa to transform Eurowings into all-Airbus carrier
Lufthansa Group's Eurowings division is to become an all-Airbus operator after the German company approved an order for 10 A320s for the airline.
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Opinion
OPINION: Qantas bounce-back requires proactivity
Qantas’s major A$2.8 billion ($2.6 billion) net loss for the 2014 fiscal year is the price it has paid for holding to a strategy that, arguably, has been set by its competitors and has failed to achieve its objectives.
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NewsIATA backs safety performance over documentary compliance
The future of commercial air transport safety regulation and oversight should be based on carrier operational performance, not on documentary compliance with regulatory minima, according to the International Air Transport Association’s regional director safety and operations for Europe, Giancarlo Buono.
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NewsRepublic to take 50 E-175s as Q400s head for Flybe
UK regional carrier Flybe is cancelling orders for 20 Embraer 175s in favour of a lease agreement to take 24 Bombardier Q400s from US operator Republic Airways, which is to purchase 50 E-175s to operate for United Airlines.