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EuroControl expects 12% or 1.9 million flights to not be accommodated in 2035 as airport capacity would only rise 17% coupled with increase in number of flights to 14.4 million.
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Ryanair (Ireland) reportedly awarded less than half of 4,708 winter 2013/14 season slots it applied for at Lisbon.
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Kenya Airways and Air France KLM get clearance from Kenya regulators to align for further seven years.
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Philippine Airlines may gain strategic partner by end of 2013, possibily ANA All Nippon Airways (Japan) and Emirates (UAE), as talks are currently in progress. Emirates says it is not interested in Filipino carrier.
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Virgin Australia and Tigerair (Singapore) completed the transaction announced on 30 October 2012, with Virgin Australia acquiring 60% of Tigerair Australia.
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Air India extended its US$500 million bridge financing offer by one week to 12 July 2013 due to lack of interest from lenders. Funds to finance five B787s.
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AviaAM Leasing (Lithuania) launches IPO via listing on Warsaw Stock Exchange.
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Etihad (UAE) reports 2Q 2013 passenger revenues up 8% to US$921 million, while 1H passenger revenues rose 13% to $1.8 billion. Revenue generated by codeshare and equity alliance airline partners rose 25% to $184 million in 2Q.
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FLY Leasing (Ireland) increased size of its aircraft acquisition facility from US$250 million to $450 million. The facility’s availability period has also been extended for two years, followed by a three year term out period to July 2018.
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KPMG (Netherlands) suggests that new lease accounting proposals which would bring most leases on-balance sheet for lessees could add over US$100 billion of debt on the balance sheets of the top 20 global airlines.
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ALAFCO (Kuwait) delivered first of two new B777-300ERs for Garuda Indonesia via sale/leaseback.
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Ariana Afghan Airlines took delivery of A320-200, serial 424, wet leased from Aeolus Air (Gambia).
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Blue Air (Romania) wet leased A320-200, serial 029, from Jordan Aviation.
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Comair (South Africa) likely to switch some of its eight B737-800s options on order into MAX commitments. Aircraft to be operated by subsidiary Kulula.
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Intrepid Aviation (US) acquires one B777-300ER, serial 41520, from BOC Aviation (Singapore). Aircraft is on long-term lease to Thai Airways International, since late 2012.
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Asiana Airlines (South Korea) B777 tried to abort landing with 1.5 seconds left. Also, pilot in control had little experience flying that type of plane and was landing one for the first time at San Francisco.
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Asiana Airlines (South Korea) B777-200ER, serial 29171, crash lands at San Francisco International airport while landing after flight from Seoul. Aircraft was destroyed and two fatalities.
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Regional Express (Australia) purchased entire SF340 spare parts holdings from Pinnacle Airlines (US).
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El Al (Israel) aims to cut payroll costs by US$22.5 million as part of new labor agreement with union.
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ISTAT (US) to host “ISTAT Europe” on 06-08 October 2013 in Barcelona.
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RAK Airways (UAE) announced its strategic plan towards commercial expansion and acquiring new aircraft by end of 2013 to achieve target of 40 new destinations by 2015.
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New Zealand government suspended millions of dollars in tourism aid to Tonga after learning the kingdom wants to use an “unsafe” plane, the MA60 for Real Tonga.
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Air India asked by civil aviation minister Ajit Singh to develop a hub in South India to target passenger traffic from the region.
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Air Mauritius launched service from Mauritius to Beijing on 06 July 2013 with A340-300.
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AirAsia X Thailand seeks approval to operate flights from Bangkok Don Mueang to Moscow, Seoul and Japan.
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Cebu Pacific (Philippines) granted clearance to launch flights from Philippines to India, however several hurdles still need to be cleared.
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Etihad (UAE) reports 2Q 2013 ASKs rose 13% to 17.2 billion and RPKs rose 13% to 13.3 billion. Etihad Cargo reported 112,963 tons uplifted in 2Q and 215,124 tons in 1H 2013, reflecting 26% growth in 2Q and 23% growth for 1H.
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Europe Airpost (France) is mulling launch of Asian charter operations in winter 2013/14.
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Malindo Air (Malaysia) plans to launch daily service from Kuala Lumpur to Dhaka on 01 September 2013 with B737-900ER.
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Philippine Airlines plans to launch direct flight from Manila to Muscat on 30 January 2014, likely with A330.
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SunExpress Germany to launch services to Gazipasa from Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Leipzig on 05 November 2013.
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Transaero (Russia) obtains approval as second designated carrier from Russia to perform scheduled flights to Anatalya and Istanbul from Moscow.
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Zest Air (Philippines) granted clearance to launch flights from Philippines to Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
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Iraq says scheduled direct flights between Moscow and Baghdad are set to resume in August 2013.
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