New airline picks Sydney

Seeded on Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:57 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Etihad Airways is reported to have selected Sydney as its first destination in Australia.

business, aviation, etihad, sydney-airport

Flight path to the future

Seeded on Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:56 PM EST (New Zealand Herald)

In an interview, Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe looks to the future. He indicates that the products offered for short-haul and long-haul flights are likely to differ, and forecasts what the airline's major markets will be in 10 years time.

business, airlines, aviation, air-new-zealand, transport, rob-fyfe

EU, Canada Bid For Open Skies

Seeded on Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:27 AM EST (Canada.com)

The European Commission has announced that it is seeking a mandate to negotiate an "open skies" air services agreement with Canada. This would replace 17 air services agreements Canada has with EU member states.

business, open-skies, airlines, aviation, european-union, european-commission, blue-sky, international-transportation, van-horne-institute

US protectionists jeopardise deal to open up transatlantic flights

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:33 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Backgrounder on the latest round of talks in the long running European-US "open skies" negotiations. This follows the US Administration withdrawing a proposal to relax its interpretation of restrictions on foreign ownership and control of US airlines.

business, open-skies, airlines, aviation, heathrow, john-byerly

Qantas takeover plan sparks fury

Seeded on Mon Jan 8, 2007 2:13 PM EST (The Times)

As Australians queued at airports for the great Christmas getaway, their national airline, Qantas — or the Flying Kangaroo, as it is known Down Under — was facing a controversial foreign takeover.

business, british-airways, airline, qantas, macquarie, peter-costello, texas-pacific, firb, onex, geoff-dixon

Qantas sale tied to jobs

Seeded on Mon Jan 8, 2007 12:25 AM EST (Australian News Network)

THE consortium bidding to buy Qantas will have to guarantee to keep jobs and maintenance facilities in Australia to win government approval for the $11 billion deal.

business, airline, aviation, qantas, singapore-airlines, mark-vaile, virgin-blue, airline-partners-australia

Air NZ profit set to triple in next four years

Seeded on Sun Jan 7, 2007 11:46 PM EST (New Zealand Herald)

Air New Zealand is being tipped to triple its pre-tax profits in the next four years. Forsyth Barr analyst Rob Mercer, in a research note, upgraded his profit forecast for the national airline for the year to June 30 to NZ$205.5 million before interest and tax, up NZ$50.3 million.

business, aviation, air-new-zealand, forsyth-barr

The Airbus saga: Hubris and haste snarled the A380

Seeded on Thu Jan 4, 2007 4:24 AM EST (International Herald Tribune)

A very comprehensive analysis of the reasons for the two-year delay in the delivery of Airbus A380 aircraft. Particularly interesting is the use of different CAD software in France (3D) and Germany (2D).

business, airbus, a380, eads, aviation, aircraft, manufacturing, aerospace