World Airline News – January 2016

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Kuwait Airways is slated for a monumental corporate restructuring that will transform the national carrier into a fully state-owned shareholding company. This strategic transition is being e ...
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China Southern Air Cargo is set to expand its long-haul freighter fleet with an order for five Boeing 777-8 Freighters and two Boeing 777 Freighters. The agreement also includes options for ...
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VietJet Air’s move into Australia has shifted from exploratory ambition to a concrete, multi‑stage expansion plan, and the latest development — seeking regulatory clearance to establish a ne ...
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Air Canada has announced the ratification of a new collective bargaining agreement with Unifor, representing approximately 6,000 contact centre, customer relations, concierge, airport in-ter ...
American Airlines announced that it will reach a milestone 100 destinations served across Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America this winter, reinforcing its position as the largest U.S. ca ...

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Air Inter, which officially organized as the Société des Lignes Intérieures Air Inter, was founded on November 12, 1954, as a semi-public domestic airline designed to build a coherent networ ...
Air Alsace, the French regional operator based at Colmar-Houssen Airport in the Alsace region, integrated the VFW-Fokker 614 into its short-haul network to upgrade capacity on its high-yield ...
Air Hawaii was established in the fall of 1985 by Michael Hartley, who sought to re-enter the competitive West Coast-to-Hawaii passenger market shortly after the closure of his previous vent ...
Air Cortez International was formed in late 1976 by William Schlick and P. S. Promotions as a third-level regional commuter airline. The carrier established its primary operational base at ...
Air 21 began as an idea in early 1994 by the founder of Wings West Airlines, Mark Morro, and airline captain David Miller. Originally incorporated under the name MVP Air, the founders ultim ...

Air Inter, which officially organized as the Société des Lignes Intérieures Air Inter, was founded on November 12, 1954, as a semi-public domestic airline designed to build a coherent networ ...
Air Alsace, the French regional operator based at Colmar-Houssen Airport in the Alsace region, integrated the VFW-Fokker 614 into its short-haul network to upgrade capacity on its high-yield ...
Air Hawaii was established in the fall of 1985 by Michael Hartley, who sought to re-enter the competitive West Coast-to-Hawaii passenger market shortly after the closure of his previous vent ...
Air Cortez International was formed in late 1976 by William Schlick and P. S. Promotions as a third-level regional commuter airline. The carrier established its primary operational base at ...
Air 21 began as an idea in early 1994 by the founder of Wings West Airlines, Mark Morro, and airline captain David Miller. Originally incorporated under the name MVP Air, the founders ultim ...

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On July 27, 1955, El Al flight LY402 was operating a scheduled international flight from London Heathrow to Tel Aviv, with scheduled intermediate stops in Paris and Vienna. The flight was op ...
Lufthansa Cargo flight LH8460 was a scheduled international cargo flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Hong Kong, with scheduled stopovers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Sharjah, United Arab Emi ...
On July 27, 1989, Korean Air flight KE803 was operating a scheduled international passenger service from Seoul, South Korea, to Tripoli, Libya, with intermediate stops in Bangkok and Jeddah. ...
On July 26, 2002, FedEx Express flight FX1478 was operating a scheduled early-morning cargo flight from Memphis International Airport in Tennessee to Tallahassee Regional Airport in Florida. ...
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