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Can Malaysia Airlines survive two major air disasters?
Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur) is still in crisis mode after the savage downing of flight MH 17 over the Russian-speaking rebel-held area of the eastern Ukraine. The airline now avoids flying over...
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Air France-KLM reduces its first half net loss to $824.6 million
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) reported a net loss of €614 million ($824.6 million), an improvement of €185 million ($248.4 million). As part of the expanding Transavia...
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Malaysia Airlines considers a new name, brand and livery
Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur), owned by a majority share by a holding company of the Malaysian government, is considering changes in the the wake of the two tragic accidents this year. According to...
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Airbus terminates the order for six Airbus A380s for Skymark Airlines
Airbus (Toulouse) has issued this short statement: Following discussions with Skymark Airlines (Tokyo) and in light of the airline’s expressed intentions in respect of the A380, Airbus has in...
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Air France to bring the Airbus A380 to Miami starting on December 1
Air France (Paris) is bringing the Airbus A380 to Miami. Starting on December 1 the A380 with replace the Boeing 747-400 on the Paris (Charles de Gaulle)-Miami route. During the 2014-2015 winter...
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Singapore Airlines to bring the Airbus A380 to Auckland
Singapore Airlines (Singapore) will introduce the Airbus A380 on the Singapore-Auckland, New Zealand route on October 27 per Airline Route. The flight will operate daily. Copyright Photo: Andi...
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Planely Speaking: Power Shift; Gulf Carriers Threat to Alliance Airlines
Guest Editor Aaron Newman Guest Editor Aaron Newman Power Shift; Gulf Carriers Threat to Alliance Airlines By Aaron Newman There are not many days that go by without seeing news come from...
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Lufthansa to bring the Airbus A380 to India
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) will introduce its Airbus A380s on October 26 when it adds the Super Jumbo on its Frankfurt-Delhi and Frankfurt-Mumbai routes according to Airline Route. One daily to each...
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British Airways to bring the Airbus A380 to San Francisco
British Airways (London) is bringing its new Airbus A380 to San Francisco starting in April 2015. This is the first time that an Airbus A380 will be available for customers traveling between San...
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Qatar Airways and Airbus resolve their dispute concerning the delivery of the...
Qatar Airways (Doha) and Airbus (Toulouse) have resolved a three-month dispute that was blocking the delivery of the first Airbus A380 according to this report by Reuters. As we had reported, Qatar...
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Lufthansa resumes normal operations after the pilot’s union Vereinigung...
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) issued this statement: The pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit has cancelled the strike announcement for today (September 16). Lufthansa has already returned to the regular flight...
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Qatar Airways receives its first Airbus A380
Qatar Airways (Doha) has taken delivery of the pictured Airbus A380-861 A7-APA (msn 137) today (September 17), its first Airbus A380. Airbus issued this statement: At a ceremony in Hamburg hosted by...
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Etihad Airways to introduce a special livery with its first Airbus A380, here...
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi) has 10 new Airbus A380-800s on order. The airline is intending to introduce a new special livery (or a new color scheme for the fleet?) with the first delivery. The company...
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Etihad Airways unveils a new Landor livery for its first Airbus A380 and the...
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi) has unveiled a new look for the delivery of the first Airbus A380. The first Boeing 787 will follow in the same eye-catching color scheme. This new livery will be painted on...
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Lufthansa is facing another pilot’s strike tomorrow
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) meanwhile is facing another day of strikes tomorrow (September 30) by its pilots, represented by the Vereinigung Cockpit union. The strike revolves around a dispute concerning...
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QANTAS Airways launches the largest jetliner on the longest route to...
QANTAS Airways (Sydney) customers will now enjoy the luxury of the world’s largest passenger aircraft on the world’s longest route, with nonstop Airbus A380 services between Sydney and Dallas/Fort...
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Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport welcomes the first Airbus A380 of...
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has welcomed the first arrival of an Emirates (Dubai) Airbus A380. The airport issued this statement: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport today...
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British Airways brings the Airbus A380 to Washington Dulles, adds three...
British Airways (London) yesterday (October 2) began flying its new 469-seat Airbus A380 aircraft between London Heathrow and Washington Dulles International Airport. This marks the first and only...
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Emirates to bring the Airbus A380 to Milan Malpensa starting on December 1
Emirates (Dubai) will grow its services to and from Milan with the upgrade of one of its daily Boeing 777-300 services to an Airbus A380 from December 1. This will be the first ever permanently...
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Qatar Airways today inaugurates Airbus A380 service to London Heathrow
Qatar Airways (Doha) today (October 10) finally inaugurated Airbus A380 service on the Doha-London (Heathrow) route becoming the 12th airline to operate the Super Jumbo. From Airbus: Twelve airlines...
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