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IATA 2009 STATS TELL A SORRY TALE
Demand is falling faster than the airlines park up planes to reduce capacity and the consensus is the bottom has not been reached. It is projected collectively that the 226 member airlines will lose $9 billion this year on $448 billion. The IATA conference now taking place in Kuala Lumpur apparently has more journalists attending [...]
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It Is Not Security We Should Be Worried About; It’s Aircraft Maintenance
As American carriers continue to outsource their engineering to suspect operators in countries where I would not even ask a mechanic to change my engine oil, we are going to see a huge increase in defective planes flying our skies. I have already reported on Qantas moving from one of the safest airlines in the [...]
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