Mexicana poised to lease 25 717s
Mexicana is negotiating leases for about 25 Boeing 717s that will be used to replace the 25 Fokker 100s now operated by its low-cost unit Click. A…
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Archive for 2009/01/26
BA forecasts full-year operating loss of £150m
British Airways is expecting to turn in a £150 million ($209 million) operating loss for the full year, and a £50 million operating loss for the third quarter. The…
Ditched A320 crew had full hydraulics and electrical systems
Sources close to the investigation of the US Airways Flight 1549 ditching say the Airbus A320’s left engine continued to run at about 35% fan speed (N1)…
Swiss CEO Christoph Franz on consolidation
Amid the surge in merger activity and airline consolidation in Europe over the last six months, much has been made of the successful integrations of Air France with KLM and Lufthansa with Swiss International Air Lines
Battling birdstrikes
Assuming the US Airways Airbus A320 ditched in New York’s Hudson river two weeks ago proves to have been brought down by Canada geese, the incident will…