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All-premium market thrives despite demise of Maxjet
Eos, L'Avion and Silverjet are confident of the all-business class model despite the demise of Maxjet The transatlantic all-premium market will likely...
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Big Sky and Air Midwest to shut down
Rising fuel prices have forced two small but well-known US regional operators out of business permanently. Big Sky Airlines shut down in January after a...
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TAM hints at joining Star
TAM favours Star for alliance link In a strategy shift, Brazil's TAM ...
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Kuwait Airways faces prospect of more competition
With privatisation delayed, Kuwait Airways gets just what it doesn't need - more competition Further delays to the privatisation of Kuwait...
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Venezuelan government threatens to shut down Aeropostal
david knibb seattle Aeropostal under threat Aeropostal's latest stand-off with the Venezuelan government could see it shut down Venezuela's...
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Merger talk intensifies in US with Delta-Northwest the most likely pairing
Consolidation is again the talk of the industry with Delta-Northwest the most likely pairing As US major carriers stumble towards likely consolidation,...
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Emirates walking away from SriLankan
NICHOLAS IONIDES SINGAPORE Emirates to pull out of SriLankan Sri Lanka's government will take back control of flag carrier as Emirates decides...
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India's Kingfisher and Deccan to merge
NICHOLAS IONIDES SINGAPORE More Indian consolidation Kingfisher and Deccan will be merged in April under a new holding company More consolidation...
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Air France-KLM swoops in on London City with VLM buy
Kerry ezard London London City slot shake-up Air France-KLM's acquisition of VLM will give it control of over half the slots at London City Air...
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Leo Schefer: Joined up thinking
The new US-European Union Open Skies pact offers real chances to address looming transatlantic issues such as the environment and security, says Leo Schefer,...
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Chicago Midway: low-cost is good
David field Washington Dwarfed by giant O'Hare, little Midway handles only 20% of Chicago's flyers but is the clear favourite of the region's bargain...
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Air China derails SIA bid for China Eastern
NICHOLAS IONIDES SINGAPORE SIA-China Eastern deal derailed Air China has blocked SIA's buy-in of China Eastern in a political manoeuvre that...
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Southwest restructures network
Low-cost player will add six new routes in Denver, where it will take on ailing Frontier and United Airlines Southwest...
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Chinese airline industry applies the brakes
At a time when the Chinese airline market was truly beginning to open up in a measured process of change, politics has intervened to derail the progress...
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Market outlook: how do airlines respond to a downturn?
Pulling the revenue levers What are the first airline responses to a downturn? ask Chris and Andrew Tarry. Analysis from Antonio Panariello With...
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Airline appointments
ASIA Chew stays on at SIA Singapore Airlines has extended the contract of its chief executive through the end of 2010. Chew Choon Seng's contract...
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MRO special - MRO round-up
We chart key recent market developments as part of our regular series of maintenance special reports Air Canada parent ACE Aviation Holdings (ACE)...
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Financings to become tougher for US airlines
US airlines will need to think about different forms of raising money as tighter credit markets mean more expensive capital market financings Capital...
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Middle East leasing companies continue to expand
High profile start-up DAE is one of four leasing firms in the Middle East with bold expansion plans. Is there room for so many new big players? Dubai...
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At the same time as he was engineering a financial turnaround at Royal Jordanian, Samer Majali was guiding the carrier to become the first Arab flag carrier...