Business | Aviation
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Wednesday Aug 29
Air China H1 profit slides
Airline also suffers due to weak yuan
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Tuesday Aug 28
Gulf Air revenue up as passenger numbers rise
Airlines said it had carried 13 percent more passengers in the first half
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Tuesday Aug 28
Air Arabia increases Delhi flights to double daily
Carrier to provide 14 flights per week starting Saturday
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Tuesday Aug 28
Etihad Airways signs Codeshare with China Eastern Airlines
The two airlines also plan to offer reciprocal benefits
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Tuesday Aug 28
Virgin Australia profit misses estimates
Costs increase hits bottom lines despite increased corporate sales
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Tuesday Aug 28
European airlines scramble to get their numbers right
Drop services on under performing routes
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Tuesday Aug 28
Airbus scores with $7b Philippine order
Trumps Boeing’s hopes in the process
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Tuesday Aug 28
New report raps US airline authority for not doing enough to ward off bird hits
FAA lags in enforcement drive, report says
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Tuesday Aug 28
Expanding regional network could provide the next growth spurt for GCC’s leading airlines
Opportunities for expansion would not be available in the short-term
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Monday Aug 27
Asia is where the growth is, says Boeing
Demand for pilots and technicians will be the greatest in Asia-Pacific markets
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Thursday Aug 23
Qantas cancels order for 35 dreamliners after annual loss
$8.5b order scrapped because of ‘lower growth requirements’
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Thursday Aug 23
American Airlines pilots plan strike
Union and management to hold talks
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Thursday Aug 23
Etihad, Alitalia to start Abu Dhabi-Rome flights
Abu Dhabi carrier expands codeshare with Italian airline, with four weekly flights planned
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Thursday Aug 23
Qantas posts $257m annual loss
Australian carrier to cancel Boeing orders worth $8.5b, CEO says
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Wednesday Aug 22
Etihad to fly daily to Casablanca and Tokyo in 2013
The daily services will strengthen Etihad’s connectivity with its code share partners
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Tuesday Aug 21
Airlines’ non-ticket revenue jumps 66%
Report shows ancillary revenue grew to €18.23b in 2011
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Tuesday Aug 21
Manchester airports frontrunner in bid for London’s Stansted airport
British airports operator to auction the facility after orders from antitrust regulators
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Tuesday Aug 21
Virgin Atlantic to launch London-to-Manchester service
New service will provide strong competition to BA by keeping fares low, says airline official
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Tuesday Aug 21
Brazil aviation thrives despite global slump
Nation’s booming business aviation market is closely linked to economic activity
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Monday Aug 20
Latam Airlines bullish on overpriced Brazil
Passenger carriers in Brazil are facing overcapacity and rising costs
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Monday Aug 20
Tata-made Sikorsky chopper takes off
Large twin-engine helicopter with a Made-in-India airframe is now flying in Brazil
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Saturday Aug 18
JetBlue hedged 27% of fuel
Airline used options, swaps and collars to help prevent massive losses
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Saturday Aug 18
AMR’s American renews court request to void pilots’ contract
Airline revises proposal that a bankruptcy judge rejected
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Friday Aug 17
Merger would make American Airlines a calm, in-control company
American’s restructuring was only the latest stage in an industry-wide restructuring that had made the industry “nicely profitable”
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Thursday Aug 16
Lebanon tourism to be hit hard during Eid
Hotel occupancy may drop by half, analysts say
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Honda gets boost from new US rule
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Cocoa rallies to nine-month highs
Cocoa trade concerned about West Africa main crop start
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Fox Sports in play with LA Dodgers
Proposed deal includes joint ownership of English and Spanish language channels
