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  • Oct. 1, 2012
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    Editorial: The Ultimate Game Changer  

    This industry has adapted to many watershed events, products and economic forces that have led to major shifts in the way it does business. Jet engines, hub-and-spoke, global alliances, regional jets, low-cost carriers and terrorism are among some of history’s most significant game changers. The biggest challenge facing airlines today is oil. Not just high oil prices, though that’s a clear and present pain point, but the volatility of oil prices. For most airline managers, jet fuel has become not just their highest cost, but also their most unpredictable....More

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  • Mar. 11, 2013
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    Analysis - Troubling Trend  

    In the worst-ever performance of any regional market in July, India’s domestic air traffic fell 1.1% compared to a year ago, according to IATA’s monthly traffic report. The figures are in sharp contrast to 2010 and early 2011, when the region was among the fastest growing in the world and enjoyed 20%-plus growth rates....More
  • Mar. 11, 2013
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    LAN's Leap  

    Enrique Parada, who oversees LAN Airlines’ heavy maintenance operations, gazed at the carrier’s first Boeing 787 just a day after the aircraft had arrived in Santiago de Chile in early September. “We’re like a teenager,” he said....More
  • Mar. 11, 2013
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    A Changing Landscape  

    The airline industry’s booming growth in emerging market regions combined with a safety record that far outshines any other transportation mode poses new challenges for those in the training and safety business....More
  • Mar. 11, 2013
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    Relieving Stress  

    Airline passengers are quite stressed out these days. Some 44% say long wait times in airports are their biggest source of stress. Another 11% cite unexpected changes, such as a flight cancellation or gate change, as their main stress point. About 8% say the overall lack of control felt in airports creates tension. And 7% are upset by a lack of information or unclear information from airports and airlines....More
  • Mar. 11, 2013
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    Seeking Suitors  

    Few airline markets today are more challenging than Europe. Much of the continent is mired in an economic recession, carriers’ profit margins are wafer-thin and the market shares of some of the region’s largest players are increasingly being eroded by Gulf region competitors....More
  • Mar. 11, 2013
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    Full and Flexible  

    Maintenance strategies are changing. How much they will change and for how long are two big questions. Another is who will get the business: airframe OEMs; global MRO shops; or mixes and partnerships of both....More
  • Mar. 11, 2013
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    Crunch Time  

    Faced with a fourth consecutive year of a deficit of over $1 trillion and a debt-ceiling crisis, President Barack Obama signed into law the US Budget Control Act in August 2011. But as one crisis was averted, another was about to be created for the US transportation system....More
  • Mar. 11, 2013
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    Going Full Circle  

    When Ian Woodley walked into the offices of BMI Regional as its new CEO earlier this year, a 16-year episode of his life came full circle. Woodley sold the Scotland-based airline he had co-founded, then known as Business Air, to the airline group of which British Midland—BMI—was a major part in 1996....More
  • Mar. 11, 2013
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    The Real Questions from AF447   1

    It is no surprise that the final investigation report into the crash of Air France flight 447, an Airbus A330, on June 1, 2009, concluded there were two essential elements: first, the icing and subsequent blockage of the pitot tubes and second, poor pilot management of the situation that took the aircraft out of its flight envelope....More
  • Mar. 12, 2013
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    Trends - October 2012  

    Includes: Top 20 World Airports, Top 20 Reporting Airlines, World Airline Traffic, Jet Fuel Price Monitor, U.S. Fuel Cost and Consumption, US Ontime Performance, US Consumer Complaints, US Mishandled Baggage, Transport Aircraft Deliveries, Aircraft Values, Airline Traffic by Region...More
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