United plans ‘evolution’ to globe livery: CEO

United Airlines will unveil an updated livery that chief executive Oscar Munoz calls an “evolution” in the next few months. “It’s an evolution not a revolution,” he says on the sidelines of the US Chamber of Commerce aviation summit in Washington DC today. “I think it’s pretty cool.” The Chicago-based carrier will unveil the livery […]

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Heavy cancellations hammer Airbus net orders

Airbus has formally recorded Etihad Airways’ cancellation of 42 Airbus A350s which, alongside the scrubbing of 23 A380s and 25 A320neos, has left the airframer with a net order deficit of almost 100 aircraft. Etihad had been discussing the reduction of its A350 orders and Airbus has removed 40 A350-900s and two A350-1000s from the […]

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O’Leary joins KLM? Europe’s airline chiefs pick fantasy job-swaps

Many a true word is spoken in jest, they say. That phrase was perhaps pertinent during the closing chief executive panel at the A4E Summit on 6 March. “Imagine you could take over the airline of one of your co-panellists for one week. Which one and why?” asked moderator Richard Quest, to laughter from an […]

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Prashant Bhushant admits in SC he made genuine mistake in his tweets on fabricated documents

Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Thursday admitted before the Supreme Court that he made a “genuine mistake” by tweeting that the government had perhaps submitted fabricated minutes of a meeting of the high-powered selection committee on appointment of M Nageswara Rao as an interim CBI director. Attorney General K K Venugopal told a bench comprising justices […]

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INTERVIEW: Taking a chief position at American Airlines

How did you get started? I started flying before I was driving, taking lessons in my grandfather’s Cessna 172 at the age of 13. I attended Indiana State University and received a Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in aviation administration and professional flight. What was your first job? Helicopter pipeline patrol, which, […]

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​O’Leary would like woman to lead Ryanair mainline

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary would like a woman to take over as head of the group’s mainline operation, although his preference for an internal candidate appears to limit his options in this regard. Explaining at the A4E Summit in Brussels on 6 March that he expected the new chief executive to be in place […]

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Rafale hearing in SC: Of Stolen papers, Maintainability and contempt of court

Earlier: Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, Parliamentarian Arun Shourie and advocate Prashant Bhushan had filed a joint petition seeking the court’s permission to submit detailed news reports pointing out violations of the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP). The news reports, published in The Hindu on February 8 and news agency ANI, show file notings and extracts […]

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