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  Qatar Airways, Oneworld announcement days away?

  Posted by Jens Flottau 2:41 AM on Oct 01, 2012

  Etihad Airways CEO James Hogan gave the keynote speech for the World Routes conference here in Abu Dhabi, representing the host carrier in his airline’s home town. He present... Read More >>

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  Rolls-Royce RB.211 - Sheep Scarer Supreme

  Posted by Graham Warwick 9:44 AM on Sep 28, 2012

  Heard the one about the amateur mechanic who took a Rolls-Royce RB.211-22B turbofan from a TWA Lockheed L-1011 and ran it in his backyard? Well you have now... Moments to cheris... Read More >>

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  Conviasa taking undelivered Aerosvit, Republic Embraer 190s

  Posted by BRIAN BOSTICK 8:42 AM on Sep 28, 2012

  In July 2012, Embraer announced that Venezuelan carrier Conviasa had placed an order for six Embraer 190s with the first delivery taking place by the end of 2012. Such a small time... Read More >>

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  Virgin's A330 IFE

  Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier 3:04 PM on Sep 27, 2012

  Virgin Atlantic takes inflight entertainment offerings very seriously and is getting good feedback on its Panasonic IFE offering in the new Airbus A330s, says Chris ... Read More >>

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  Top-level reshuffle for Air NZ

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 8:48 AM on Sep 27, 2012

    Air New Zealand’s senior management will have a very different look next year, with the departure of at least a couple of high-level executives coinciding with a new ... Read More >>

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  Regulatory Battle Begins

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 5:40 AM on Sep 26, 2012

  The first round of submissions on the Qantas-Emirates partnership application have come in, and they give a pretty good snapshot of where the battle-lines will be drawn. Airline... Read More >>

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  Delta Air Lines buying SAS MD-80s

  Posted by BRIAN BOSTICK 8:22 AM on Sep 24, 2012

  Delta Air Lines has recently purchased an MD-82 from SAS, revealing that they are the mystery buyer behind the purchase of SAS's 4 MD-80s along with 19 options. The first aircraft ... Read More >>

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  A New Way To Sell

  Posted by Andrew Compart 1:08 PM on Sep 21, 2012

  How much control is a leisure traveler willing to cede to an airline to decide where he or she goes? A new web distribution channel for airline tickets, backed by funders that incl... Read More >>

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  Bandwidth Cost Too High

  Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier 11:36 AM on Sep 21, 2012

  A FedEx exec just asked speaker Jim DesPres of Google if companies like Google might be able to help them decrease costs of transmitting data. As aircraft generate more and more M... Read More >>

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  Airlines And iPhones

  Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier 11:10 AM on Sep 21, 2012

  Here at Aviation Week's MRO IT forum in Miami, several airlines have talked about their strategies of BYOD: bring your own device and use it for work functions. BYOD can save a... Read More >>

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