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British travel slumps

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:05:30 PST

The number of visits abroad by UK travelers slumped by 14%, or 9.8m, to 61m in the year to September. Inbound travel to the UK was down by 9% or 3m to 30m in the same 12 month period. A 24% drop...

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Evidence of poor logic or Irish Roulette

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:34:09 PST

Aer Lingus' Board of Directors reaffirmed the urgency in achieving €97m in cost savings as outlined in its Transformation Plan, following a review of its progress. Aer Lingus has accepted an...

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JAL tries to cut pensions

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:27:05 PST

In a deal that looks horribly like that faced by the US auto industry, JAL is coming to grips with being an old, established, and once upon a time flag carrier. (Just like BA). JAL has asked retirees...

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Eurocontrol Unit Rate Proposals Unacceptable

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:24:13 PST

IATA reacted quickly to proposals from EU nations to increase their overflight costs. "The impact of the 2.7% increase in unit rates is equal to adding $360m to airline costs. That is not...

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Another deferral

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:17:44 PST

India’s Minister for Civil Aviation, Praful Patel, announced Air India has deferred the delivery of three 777-300ERs past 2010 and 27 787s past the scheduled delivery period, commencing in April...

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The US and Japan - the language thing

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:25:17 PST

Even as the Japanese government continues its veiled ways with JAL, it has to come to grips with reality in another sphere. Japan Transport Minister, Seiji Maehara, indicated that Japan and the...

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easyJet calls for emissions standards

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:22:47 PST

With an average fleet age of 3.4 years, easyJet did a clever thing yesterday. They decided to take the fight to the EU's ant-airline lobby. Its about time somebody did this. The LCC called for the...

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Proof London is going to be better off

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:27:41 PST

Doubters that London will be better off with its airports owned by different firms is showing already. The new owners of Gatwick have earmarked the elimination of long check-in and security cues as a...

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An Airbus riposte

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:11:46 PST

Are they nervous? Airbus announced it is confident Emirates will meet its contractual commitments on aircraft orders, including 53 outstanding orders for A380 aircraft. The carrier has already taken...

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Jet Airways check pilot "prank"

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:03:47 PST

Just when you think you've heard enough about Indian pilots, along comes this story. Apparently a Jet 737 flew into Mumbai with a check pilot in the jump seat. At 3,700 feet, the check pilot pulled a...

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The critical mass of LCCs

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:25:58 PST

Isn't this an amazing chart? Overall, South Asia (dominated by India) has the highest proportion of LCC penetration of any region worldwide, at over 46%. If ever one needed to understand a big...

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Bombardier has a better day

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:22:48 PST

After announcing cuts in CRJ production and hundreds of jobs the company had good news as well. Bombardier COO, Guy Hachey, said they plan to resume test flights of its two CRJ1000 test airframes...

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There have to be green shoots - Wall Street says so

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:27:53 PST

American carriers’ stocks surged on Friday (December 4 2009) on news the US unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly to 10% in November, smaller than the expected 10.2%. As a result, the AMEX Airline...

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Here it comes

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:50:32 PST

Yet another piece of legislation bound to drive the US airline industry nuts - but of course the law will apply across the entire economy. 178 Members of the Congress signed (December 7, a date that...

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The Irish and the German, Act 2

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:22:20 PST

Aer Lingus CEO, Christoph Mueller, again cautioned the carrier could be taken over by Ryanair if it is unable to stabilize its business and successfully negotiate with its unions. There is nothing to...

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United throws a cat among the pigoens

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:12:23 PST

United is on a roll, it confirmed plans to call for tenders for narrowbody aircraft in 2010, adding Embraer would be invited to participate. You would the expect Bombardier to also be invited,...

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United's order - part 3

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:34:49 PST

United's Glen Tilton, confirmed the carrier is considering the Bombardier CSeries as a replacement for its 737 fleet. The aircraft is a “natural replacement” for the 737. The carrier will also seek a...

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AirInsight's Re-Engine report

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:09:36 PST

Now available here

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Japanese poker

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:21:04 PST

As we have predicted from the start, Japan is going to play the two alliances off against each other. With the state support settled, JAL and the state now are going to slow things down to a crawl....

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Airbus - A Market Analysis and Outlook

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:56:29 PST

Available here.

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A Review of Aerospace Programs in Brazil, Canada, China Japan & Russia

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:58:04 PST

Available here.

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The Airline Industry & Social Media

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:58:23 PST

Available here.

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787 First Flight

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:02:07 PST

First it taxied by - very quietly - and then it roared by - absolutely awesome to see and worth the cold...

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One gorgeous airplane....

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:40:34 PST

This airplane made tens of thousands of employees, stockholders, suppliers and customers very happy today.

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Alternative fuel deployment deals

noreply@blogger.com (IAGblog) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:53:30 PST

ATA announced a core group of 15 airlines signed MoUs with AltAir Fuels and Rentech, two producers of alternative aviation fuels. 12 airlines - Air Canada, American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air...

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