Virgin Blue’s long-haul arm V Australia launches flights
Today Virgin Blue’s new long-haul carrier, V Australia, is due to formally launch operations with an inaugural departure from Sydney bound for Los Angeles.
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Shareholders approve China Eastern, Southern bailouts
Shareholders in loss-making China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines have approved plans for share placements that will lead to cash injections…
Twitter becomes the first word of disaster
The immediacy of new media is now major factor for airline management and safety regulators as Twitter, the instant-messaging, for immediate-broadcast email service, claims its place as the first source of public word of airline disasters.
When a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 landed short and broke apart at Amsterdam’s Schipol on 25 February, the […]
Mexicana seals deal for up to 15 CRJ200s: Borja
Mexicana will take delivery of the first of up to 15 Bombardier CRJ200s at the end of this week as it gears up to launch a new regional carrier in Guadalajara
The airline group unveiled plans early this month to launch on 15 March a new regional carrier with a fleet of 13 leased second-hand CRJ200s. […]
Engine problem just one possible scenario in Schiphol crash: investigators
Dutch investigators insist that engine problems are just one of a number of possibilities under consideration in their probe into yesterday’s Turkish Airlines…