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Evolutionary path for marketing
An Airline Business survey of top airline executives finds that carriers are not cutting back their marketing spend during these tough economic times. Instead, marketing techniques are evolving as the internet continues to open up new opportunities for reaching out directly to customers
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Airlines see the potential of warehousing their data
Airlines are following other industries into warehousing their valuable customer data in one place to make the best possible use of it to drive loyalty and improve service and operations
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BA, Iberia merger talks regain momentum
Merger talks between oneworld partners British Airways and Iberia have picked up pace after the Spanish carrier secured clarity on issues relating to BA...
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SAS embarks on major restructuring
Carrier to focus on key business routes and core Scandinavian market as part of latest major restructuring plan
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NewsColgan 3407 update: Aircraft appears to have landed in flat attitude
Investigators say the Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 that crashed Thursday night landed in a relatively flat attitude with the stick shaker and stick pusher activated
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Air France hiring freeze could cut headcount by 1,200
Air France is to impose a recruitment block and freeze any replacement of retiring staff, measures that could mean up to 1,200 fewer posts at the airline. Its...
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Lan to own 90% of Colombian cargo start-up LACC
Lan's new Colombian subsidiary has disclosed its initial schedule, ownership structure and management team as it prepares to launch services to the US and...
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United leads airline initiative to support synthetic fuel production plant
United Airlines is looking beyond plans to demonstrate a 50% gas-to-liquid synthetic fuel blend on an Airbus A320 flight from Denver in June to how airlines...
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NewsUK approves its first multi-crew pilot licence course at Flight Training Europe for Flybe
Starting in late June, six ab initio trainee pilots chosen by UK-based regional carrier Flybe will begin a 60-week multi-crew pilot licence (MPL), from which...
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Largest US regional ground handler to emerge under Delta plan
Delta Air Lines has unveiled plans to consolidate the customer service operations of its three wholly-owned regional airlines, Comair, Mesaba and Compass,...
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NewsEC doubts fairness and transparency of Austrian takeover
Lufthansa's intended acquisition of Austrian Airlines is under threat from European competition authorities who doubt that the takeover conforms to criteria governing state aid and rescue of struggling companies.
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Air Canada buys $100m in parts from Aero Inventory
UK-based aerospace parts specialist Aero Inventory has sold almost $100 million worth of aircraft parts to Air Canada. Aero Inventory says in a statement...
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Business Briefs
A $300 million goodwill impairment charge pushed B/E Aerospace into the red for...
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This Week Briefings
Europe's first low-cost air-taxi company, Bikkair, has collapsed, citing inability to secure finance....
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NewsLufthansa sells remaining Condor shares to Thomas Cook
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has exercised its put option to place a 24.9% share of holiday carrier Condor with tour operator Thomas Cook. Thomas...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
LUFTHANSA The German flag carrier expects to turn in a full-year operating profit of €1.3 billion ($1.7 billion), up from its earlier forecast of €1.1 billion....
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Volaris accelerates US launch plans, selects Fort Lauderdale
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris has selected Fort Lauderdale as its first US destination and has accelerated the launch of transborder services by about...