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NEWS Transavia unveils new livery
Air France-KLM’s low-cost unit Transavia has rebranded amid expansion of its Boeing 737 fleet to take over more of the group’s short-haul traffic. The livery – featuring a restyled logo on the fin and an enlarged brand name, in the carrier’s traditional green, on a white fuselage – is intended to convey Transavia’s aim of…
NEWS Airlines halt flights to Baghdad after gunfire hits plane
Several airlines suspended flights to Baghdad on Tuesday after a passenger plane arriving from the Mideast’s busiest airport in Dubai came under fire as it landed in the Iraqi capital. Link
NEWS Alaska Airlines: We Don't Want To Pay For New Sea-Tac Facility That Helps Delta
Alaska Air Group doesn’t want to pay most of the costs of a Seattle-Tacoma International Airport international terminal expansion, which will primarily benefit its chief competitor. Link
NEWS Viewpoint: Airbus Should Build A Truly Long-Range 757 Replacement
As a pilot for US Airways, I always believed there had to be a better way for single-aisle aircraft to fly long distances. I used to fly the Airbus A321 from Philadelphia (PHL) to Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO), but even with two auxiliary center tanks, the A321’s advertised range of 3,000 nm…
NEWS Pichler Updates On Fiji Airways
Fiji Airways managing director/chief executive, Stefan Pichler, is now counting his last few days in the country. He will return to Germany next month to head turnaround Germany’s, Air Berlin. But before he leaves and in light of the fact that no one has yet been appointed as his successor, we caught up with Mr…
NEWS Grounded: How Qantas CEO Joyce pulled it down with a txt
SMH business journalist Matt O’Sullivan’s new book Mayday about the ideological and egotistical struggles over the future of Qantas reveals much about the planning Qantas CEO Alan Joyce put into his October 2011 ambush grounding of the airline. Link