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WestJet Announces Name of Its New Regional Airline
Following a vote by WestJetters, WestJet today announced that the name of its new regional airline will be WestJet Encore. The regional airline will launch in the second half of 2013, using Bombardier Q400 aircraft to serve sma...
Bombardier Delivers First CRJ1000 NextGen Aircraft to Garuda Indonesia
Bombardier Aerospace has delivered the first of six CRJ1000 NextGen regional jets ordered by PT. Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, the aircraft’s launch customer in the Asia-Pacific region. The Indonesian flag carrier also ...
Heathrow Says BAA Name No Longer Relevant
Heathrow airport, owned by Spain’s Ferrovial, is scrapping the BAA name, saying that its forced focus on its flagship airport makes the national origins of the BAA name redundant. BAA, originally short for British ...
AirAsia Scraps Deal To Buy Batavia Air
AirAsia, Asia’s largest budget carrier, has scrapped an USD$80 million deal to buy Indonesia’s Batavia Air because the move would have carried too many risks, AirAsia Group chief executive Tony Fernandes said...
Pegasus Completes Large Plane Order
Istanbul-based budget carrier Pegasus Airlines’ chairman Ali Sabanci said the airline had completed a large aircraft order agreement, according to a report in the Turkish daily Dunva. The report said the new plane ...
Finnair Seals Flybe Deal On European Routes
Struggling Finnish carrier Finnair said on Friday that British low-cost airline Flybe would start to operate one-third of its European routes from October 28. The companies announced in May the plan that means Flybe will...
