Strategy – Page 375
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British Airways and Corsair seal codeshare
British Airways and Corsair have signed a new codeshare agreement covering flights through Paris Orly airport.
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NewsMH370 forces further revision of recorder strategy
Failure to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 has resulted in a further reinforcement of European proposals to increase flight recorder capabilities and aid aircraft detection.
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NewsEtihad outlines 787, A380 launch plans
Etihad Airways will debut its new Boeing 787 on flights to Washington DC, Mumbai and Dusseldorf in Germany as it prepares to introduce both the Dreamliner and Airbus A380 at the end of this year.
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NewsInquiry details controllers' hunt as MH370 vanished
Investigators have detailed the effort to locate Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the initial four hours after its disappearance, but the preliminary inquiry report gives little information that had not previously been disclosed.
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NewsMH370: Malaysia to host flight-tracking discussion
Malaysia’s government is to host a gathering to discuss the real-time monitoring of flight data this month, in the wake of the disappearance of flight MH370.
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Finnair closes A321 transaction with Jackson Square
Oneworld carrier Finnair has closed the Airbus A321 package sale and leaseback aircraft transaction with operating lessor Jackson Square Aviation with the final delivery.
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EASA and IATA to share airline safety data
The European Aviation Safety Agency and the International Air Transport Association have signed an agreement to share their airline safety audit results.
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NewsAir France-KLM seeks closer MRO ties with Air China
Air France-KLM intends to further build its maintenance partnership with Air China after its MRO division was selected to supports the Asian carrier’s General Electric GE90 engines.
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Ryanair orders five more 737-800s
Budget carrier Ryanair is adding orders for five more Boeing 737-800s to the deal for 175 of the type reached last year.
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NewsAir Canada expects first 787 in May
Air Canada expects to take delivery of its first Boeing 787 aircraft “around May 18” says the airline.
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Qingdao Airlines launches; plans 100 aircraft fleet by 2025
Qingdao Airlines launched operations with a service on the Qingdao-Chengdu route on 26 April.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Has Emirates-Qantas been a game-changer?
Standfirst: A year after Emirates and Qantas launched their landmark alliance, it is still controversial.
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NewsAir Berlin set for recapitalisation after falling to 2013 loss
Gulf carrier Etihad Airways is to subscribe to a €300 million convertible bond in Air Berlin as part of a €450 million recapitalisation plan after the struggling German carrier disclosed a full-year operating loss of €231.9 million for 2013.
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First Air to equip fleet with automatic black box streaming
Canadian carrier First Air is equipping its fleet with a new capability that allows for automatic streaming of aircraft black box data, says the carrier.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Azul's widebody jets cap years of steady growth
Brazilian low-cost carrier Azul's decision to add widebody jets to its fleet was hardly surprising given its rapid expansion in recent years, as it went from an airline with just five aircraft five years ago to become the South American country's third biggest airline.
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NewsMH370: Investigators examining washed-up debris
Australian investigators are assessing whether material washed up in the west of the country might be related to the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777.
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FAA to order 787 hose swap after EgyptAir 777 fire
US regulators are intending to order Boeing 787-8 operators to replace cockpit oxygen hoses to limit the risk of a fire similar to that which destroyed an EgyptAir 777-200.
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AFI-KLM readies for GEnx maintenance
Air France KLM Engineering & Maintenance is readying its maintenance shops to start supporting the GEnx-1B engine within the next few months, says Ton Dortmans, executive vice-president of KLM Engineering & Maintenance.
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NewsBiffle to depart VivaColombia for Frontier
Barry Biffle will become president at Denver-based low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines, departing his chief executive position at VivaColombia less than a year after he took the top job at the Medellin-based airline.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Europe faces task of defining foreign 'control'
The European Commission’s decision to investigate foreign control of several European airlines raises a number of questions. Potentially, some of them are profound.