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Lufthansa to embark on tough path to pull off ITA turnaround

BLOOMBERG Deutsche Lufthansa AG is about to embark on a tough journey to pull off a quick turnaround of Alitalia’s successor ITA Airways and overcome two decades of constant losses. Lufthansa agreed to buy a minority stake in ITA, and its executives think they can succeed where other managers failed: wringing a profit from the airline that long flew the ...

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Pilots offered extra $1,211 per month to stay at India’s Go Air

BLOOMBERG Go Airlines India Ltd plans to raise salaries of captains by 100,000 rupees ($1,211) a month and by 50,000 rupees for first officers as it tries to salvage its operations after filing for insolvency on May 2. The additional pay, which the airline calls a retention allowance, will come into effect on June 1, according to an email to ...

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China’s C919 passenger jet makes first commercial flight

BLOOMBERG A made-in-China aircraft to rival Boeing Co and Airbus SE underwent its maiden commercial flight on May 28, almost six months after being delivered to China Eastern Airlines Corp. Flight MU9191 took off from Shanghai at 10:32 am local time, China Eastern said on its Weibo account. The plane carried 128 passengers and landed safely at Beijing, People’s Daily ...

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