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Thursday, 15 May 2008

China Eastern Airlines says it wants to raise at least 15 billion yuan (US$2.1 billion) for new planes and training to help it compete with Air China and Cathay Pacific.

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Thursday, 15 May 2008

The decision by the Airport Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific regional board of directors to hold its meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia instead of Boston, US will mean an additional 28 airport CEOs will be in KL, providing a boost to the 14th World Route Development Forum (Routes KL) meeting October 12-14 this year.

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Thursday, 15 May 2008

Low-cost Indian airline SpiceJet has launched domestic cargo operations covering an initial eight major cities and it intends eventually to fly to all 18 of its destinations.

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Thursday, 15 May 2008

Cathay Pacific and Dragonair’s freighter operations have been severely impacted by rocketing jet fuel prices and they face increasing competition from sea freight. 

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Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Singapore Airlines Group has reported operating profit for the year of S$2,125 million, a year-on-year improvement of S$810 million (+61.6 per cent).  Passenger (+$617 million) and freight (+$164 million) operations led the way, although all five main operating companies in the Group posted better results:- Singapore Airlines $ 1,644 million (+60.1 per cent); SIA Cargo $132 million (Loss of $32 million previously);SATS $174 million (+13.8 per cent); SIA Engineering $103 million (+0.9 per cent) and regional airline SilkAir $40 million (+100.0 per cent).

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