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  • Tiger Airways to fly from Singapore to Dhaka from March

    Tiger Airways announced a new direct service between Singapore and Dhaka on Wednesday. This service will begin on Mar 9, 2012.

    http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_747361.html

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    • News » ANA to fly Dreamliner to Seattle and San Jose

      Japanese carrier ANA has announced Seattle and San Jose will be the first two US destinations to be served by its Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

      http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...e-and-san-jose

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      • Emirates to launch A380 flights to Melbourne and Tokyo

        Emirates will add the A380 to its Dubai-Tokyo route from July 1, 2012, and to its non-stop Dubai-Melbourne service from next October.

        http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...o-melbourne-an

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        • Odyssey Airlines to launch LCY-New York route?

          A start-up airline may be planning to compete with British Airways on the London City-New York route, according to a report by Reuters.

          http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...new-york-route

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          • Originally posted by flying.monkeyz View Post
            Kingfisher Airlines may be headed for significant attrition among its pilots, who have not been paid salaries for the last two months.

            http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report...notice_1620097
            Kingfisher is supposedly joining one world, if they don't cease operations first.

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            • Originally posted by MSPeconomist View Post
              Kingfisher is supposedly joining one world, if they don't cease operations first.
              They're getting a $50m loan from Sahara Group, who sold their airline to Jet Airways a few years ago.

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              • Originally posted by Savage25 View Post
                They're getting a $50m loan from Sahara Group, who sold their airline to Jet Airways a few years ago.
                I doubt that's gonna last long...

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                • Originally posted by flying.monkeyz View Post
                  I doubt that's gonna last long...
                  We'll see. I just flew one segment on IT and had a long chat with the station manager at BOM domestic - they've done some decent cost-cutting with the meals and converted the old Red planes to hold 8 First seats to increase revenues. I'm a bit positive about this working out.

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                  • Passengers panic over false crash alarm

                    British Airways is apologizing to passengers of a trans-Atlantic flight after a recorded message announcing the plane was about to make an emergency landing in the ocean was mistakenly played over the intercom.

                    http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tr...html?hpt=hp_t3

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                    • Cathay plane turns back after cracks found on windshield

                      HONG KONG - A Singapore-bound Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 flight CX-735 was forced to turn around approximately 15 minutes after take-off, when the pilot discovered cracks on the windshield of the cockpit.

                      http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+N...25-323886.html

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                      • VX eyes the SFO-DCA route

                        http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...INJT1NM4IH.DTL
                        Le jour de Saint Eugène, en traversant la Calle Mayor...

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