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Here's the website for this business transaction: http://www.lowfaresfarther.com/

It has answers to many questions, such as:
- SWA will keep the B717's in the new combined carrier, and all AirTran aircrafts will be repainted and reconfigured into SWA scheme
- the new combined airline will exist ...

In an interview with Bloomberg, CX CEO Tony Tyler said that new A350-900 will be used to serve new secondary cities in Europe and the U.S. that don’t have enough demand to fill larger planes.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-05/cathay-pacific-rises-most-in-10-months-as-tyler-says-demand-is ...

Official announcement from Cathay on enhancing services to Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Cairns, Auckland, Toronto and Osaka, starting in Nov 2010. Paris will be increased to 11 flights a week, Toronto and Auckland to 12 flights a week, and Osaka to 4 flights a day.

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en ...

Cathay Pacific is expected to expand its Australian services

"Cathay spokesman David Bell said yesterday that the airline, which has more than 5 per cent of the market to and from Australia, would add four flights from Sydney from November 15, bringing it to four flights a day.

"The daily Perth ...

Cathay Pacific reported record profit in 1H 2010, and announced order of 30 A350-900 and 6 additional B777-300ER.

That means the A350-900 will replace A340-300, B777-200, and some older A330-300, while B777-300ER (with 18 more to be delivered with the latest additional 6) will replace B747-400 ...

To celebrate 10 years of oneworld alliance, each member airline will paint part of its fleet in oneworld livery. What do you think about the livery?

http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=16589
http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news-and-inf ... tegoryID=0

The joint venture of a Shanghai-based cargo carrier between CA and CX won't happen until next year at the earliest. Finding freighters is a problem...

http://www.cargonewsasia.com/secured/ar ... icle=14293

It's true that the B787-9 is similar in size to the A333 and A343. What CX is trying to do is to push Boeing to launch the B787-10. So when CX says the 787 is too small, they're talking about the overall offering of the 787 isn't matching what CX would like compared to the A350. If CX can simplify ...

I certainly can see B787 in CX fleet; however, it is not likely to happen if everything else held constant (i.e. Dragonair flies regional and Chinese routes while CX focus on other major international destinations). The only way Boeing can get a CX order is to launch the B787-10. Otherwise, A350 is ...

Oasis Airlines said it has sold a stake to a local asset management firm for US$30 million, with the funds to be used to buy aircraft and expand routes.

http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_c ... ness_WORLD

Based on comments from CX CEO, the next round of aircraft order is going to be freighters, possibly B747-8F. Then, they'll decide on B747-8I or A380. The A380 may be still too big for CX by then (2008-09 time frame).

The A350 seems to have the right size and timing for CX, so I think it is going ...

Cathay Pacific, after the failed China Eastern bid with Air China, is going back to plan A - organic growth, says CX CEO. The one-year delayed Shanghai-based cargo airline venture with Air China is still on.

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=54302&sid=15626329&con_type=1 ...

Cathay Pacific received its first B777-300ER, with four more to come by the end of 2007.

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_HK/ ... 0010d21c39____

BA's follow-up order expected to be placed in 2008-09 time frame for replacing the remaining B744s

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/09/27/217256/ba-to-decide-on-remaining-long-haul-renewal-in-2008-09.html

A side note, BA's relocationg to T5 @ LHR is only 6 months away!

http://www ...

the choice of Rolls Royce was because British is best

Well, if that's true, why did BA order the GE90 for its first batch of B777s? Sure, they switched to RR later, but what's that about on that first batch? BA is definitely a RR loyalist, even their B767-300s use RR engines, which is very rare ...

Cathay Pacific made a statement late Monday night (Hong Kong time) that the proposed acquisition of China Eastern by Cathay and CNAHC (parent of Air China) will not proceed.

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_HK/ ... 0010d21c39____

Update: Cathay's shares continue to be suspended trading in Hong Kong Monday, while Air China's shares are suspended this morning. Report is saying that Cathay will have an anouncement/statement today (Monday) after the market closed.

http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2007-09/artikel ...

The South China Morning Post of Hong Kong is reporting that Cathay Pacific, with the support of Air China, is going to bid for China Eastern against SIA. The fight is on!

CPA vs SIA

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.j ... hay121.xml

Cathay's shares suspended trading, pending transaction announcement.....

http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1190370859.html