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American low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines has confirmed it will defer the purchase of 30 Boeing 737-800 aircraft for four years. Dallas-based Southwest said it would move 20 scheduled plane deliveries from 2013 and ten from 2014 to 2017 and 2018 respectively.

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JetBlue Airways and Turkish Airlines have announced an interline agreement to connect the carriers’ networks at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. Through this new partnership, customers will be able to transfer in either U.S. city between Turkish Airlines- and JetBlue-operated flights while enjoying one-stop ticketing and check-in plus hassle-free baggage transfer and other benefits.

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Almost all commercial airlines operating in Europe have reported their carbon dioxide emissions to the European Commission on time. The Commission will use the figures for a ‘dry run’, before beginning to charge airlines for pollution under the Emissions Trading Scheme from next year.

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The nation’s big airlines got passengers to their destinations on time at their best rate in the first quarter, the government reports.

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The chief executives of Singapore Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines, Goh Choon Phong and Rickard Gustafson, have signed a joint venture agreement. The move follows the Memorandum of Understanding signed in January this year and covers routes between Singapore and Scandinavia.

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Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al Baker said European airlines’ criticism of Middle Eastern carriers unfairly grabbing market share while boosted by government handouts was “bullshit”, driven by fear of healthy competition.
Addressing delegates at the GTMC conference in Doha, Al Baker lambasted the…

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The CEOs of Scandinavian Airlines and Singapore Airlines, Rickard Gustafson and Goh Choon Phong, today signed a joint venture agreement in Singapore. This follows the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed in January and covers routes between Scandinavia and Singapore.

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International Airlines Group has signed a binding agreement to sell bmi Regional to Sector Aviation Holdings for a total consideration of £8 million in cash. Also today, British Airways confirmed nine bmi destinations will change from a bmi (BD) to the BA code and flight number from May 23rd.

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American Airlines today took the next step in its fleet modernisation plan – to ensure that its customers are flying onboard one of the most modern fleets in the industry. Today’s progress includes an investment of $1 billion to redesign and refresh the airline’s international widebody aircraft – a demonstration of the forward movement of the company’s business plan.

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EDINBURGH, Scotland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Low cost carriers can often be more expensive than their ‘full fare’ counterparts

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