Strategy – Page 481
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NewsANA converts 15 787-8s to -9s
Boeing 787 launch operator All Nippon Airways (ANA) will convert 15 of its 55 787-8s order to larger -9 aircraft, joining a growing list of customers to...
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NewsKingfisher appoints SpiceJet's former CEO Sanjay Aggarwal as chief
India's Kingfisher Airlines has appointed former SpiceJet chief Sanjay Aggarwal as its new CEO with immediate effect. Aggarwal, who left SpiceJet in...
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Jetstar Asia appoints first chief operating officer
Low-cost carrier Jetstar has appointed Ho Yuen Sang as the first chief operating officer of Singapore-based Jetstar Asia.
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MRJ programme enters manufacturing phase
Production of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) has started today, with the first metal cut for the aircraft's horizontal stabiliser by Mitsubishi Heavy...
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Delta expands its African network with new service to Luanda, Angola
Delta Air Lines is to launch thrice-weekly direct service from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport to Luanda, Angola via Dakar, Senegal from...
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Boeing begins wing-body mating of first 747-8I
Boeing's first passenger 747-8 Intercontinental has entered wing body join and systems installation, one assembly step prior to mating the fuselage sections...
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Monarch sees possible MRO boost from carbon scheme
Monarch Aircraft Engineering is confident that the UK's high labour rates can be overcome as it seeks to build its Boeing 787 maintenance business.
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BA-Iberia still revising acquisition target list: Walsh
Acquisitions are firmly on the agenda of International Consolidated Airlines Group, the holding company that will oversee the merged operations of British...
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NewsBritish Airways to rehire captain of crashed 777
British Airways is poised to rehire the captain of the Boeing 777-200 which crashed at London Heathrow, nearly three years after the accident and his subsequent...
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BA eyes E-190 options
British Airways is looking at exercising options for Embraer E-190s to meet growing demand for services at London City Airport.
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Switzerland: Starragheckert rides out machining downturn
Despite a drop in investment by manufacturers, machine tooling maker Starragheckert is spending on new product development
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Southwest plans to keep AirTran’s Boeing 717 fleet
Southwest executives have confirmed that it plans to operate AirTran's 86 Boeing 717s once its acquisition of AirTran closes and the Atlanta-hubbed carrier...
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Caribbean orders nine ATR 72-600s with Armonia cabins
Trinidad and Tobago's Caribbean Airlines has ordered nine ATR 72-600 turboprops from the European airframer.
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NewsSouthwest to acquire AirTran Airways
Southwest is to further consolidation in the US industry through the acquisition of fellow low-fare carrier AirTran Airways. In a definitive agreement...
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NewsUAE's RAK Airways to relaunch services on 10 October
Ras Al Khaimah's latest attempt to establish its own airline will culminate with the commencement of flights in two weeks' time. The emirate will restart...
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NTSB investigates Minneapolis near-miss
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says a US Airways A320 departing the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in clouds the morning of 16 September...
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NewsRussia's S7 to join Oneworld in November
Russian carrier S7 Airlines is formally to join the Oneworld alliance in November, a move which will leave Star Alliance as the only major group without...
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Franz to succeed Mayrhuber as Lufthansa chief
Lufthansa has announced that Christoph Franz will succeed Wolfgang Mayrhuber as the German carrier's group chairman and chief executive.
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ROUTES: Dallas-Fort Worth seeks Spanish delight
Using its stature as the fourth-largest metro area in the USA, Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) has set a two-year timeframe to add new service to markets topping its wish list - Spain and Asia.
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ROUTES: Denver targeting Japan links
Denver International Airport is on a mission this week in hopes of rounding up an international carrier that will provide service to and from Asia.