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AirAsia shares flight to help MAS
Southeast Asia’s largest budget airline AirAsia looks set for a major share swap with Malaysian Airlines in a deal to help save the struggling national flag carrier, reports said Sunday. The agreement could see Malaysia-based AirAsia’s owner gain 20 percent of the equity in its loss-making rival, the Star and New Straits Times dailies reported. […]
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Singapore Airlines & Virgin Australia to share services
Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia launched the first phase of their alliance on August 1 as a prelude to an even stronger alliance once government approval is forthcoming. From today, eligible passengers on either airline have reciprocal lounge access and Singapore Airlines passengers are able to connect to a range of Australian destinations served by […]
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Airbus provides famine relief for Africa
The Airbus Corporate Foundation has helped deliver 36 tonnes of dried food to famine-blighted areas of southeast Africa, in a relief effort organised jointly with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IRFC). On 27 July, a flight test crew left Toulouse, France aboard an A340 and collected the supplies from Bergen, […]
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New Bombardier Learjet Aircraft on Track to Enter Service in 2013
Bombardier announced today that it is on track with its three new Learjet business aircraft as it shared further details of its ongoing development programs. The Learjet 85 aircraft program continues to progress towards first flight with four test aircraft in various stages of fabrication. The first complete pressure fuselage, including the nose and aft fuselage, is undergoing final […]
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Oman Air considers launch of economy-only flights
Oman Air is considering the launch of economy-only flights on routes with low demand for premium class travel, the state-backed carrier’s CEO has said. Peter Hill said a handful of the flag airline’s Boeing 737 aircraft could be reconfigured to offer economy-only seating for routes with higher demand for budget travel. “We are looking […]
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Turkish Airlines to expand operations in India
Turkish Airlines plans to expand operations in India in 2012 by doubling weekly flights to 28 and adding Hyderabad as its third Indian destination. Turkey’s flag carrier, which currently operates one flight daily to Delhi and Mumbai, also aims to extend its code share withAir India, India’s national carrier, to get more passengers from Indian […]
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Qatar Airways to fly Kolkata
Qatar Airways has widened its passenger flight network in India with the launch of daily non-stop scheduled services from Doha to Kolkata. Formerly known as Calcutta, addition of the latest route reaffirms the carrier’s commitment to India where it now operates 95 flights a week across 12 destinations. In addition, the Doha-based airline also operates […]
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airBaltic Signs Letter of Intent for up to 20 Bombardier CSeries Airliners
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Riga, Latvia-based Air Baltic Corp. (airBaltic) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire 10 CS300 aircraft and take purchase rights on a further 10 CS300 jetliners. Based on the list price of the CS300 airliner, a firm-order contract with the network carrier will be valued at approximately $764 million US, and could increase to […]
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First astronaut became organic farmer
The first Japanese astronaut to travel to space in 1990 on the then-Soviet spacecraft Soyuz, journalist Toyohiro Akiyama, had since moved to the Fukushima Prefecture city of Tamura to become an organic farmer. Since the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, however, the 69-year-old Akiyama has been staying in the Gunma Prefectural […]
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Jazz propels Bombardier’s Q400 Smart Parts program to new heights
Aerospace announced today that Canadian carrier Jazz Aviation LP (“Jazz”) of Halifax, Nova Scotia is the latest airline to enroll in its Q400 Smart Parts cost protection program. In the past few months alone, five prominent airlines worldwide have signed customized long-term Smart Parts agreements for their Q400 aircraft fleet. Smart Parts provides a broad spectrum of options to help airlines manage […]