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Aviation
 Ib.com's aviation pages bring you the latest news and features on the Pacific Islands region's airline industry. Islands Business International publishes the quarterly South Pacific Aviation magazine and this online section has some of the stories from this year's issues as well as articles on the aviation sector from our other publications and regional news sources. Aviation industry organisations are invited to send in their news releases that would be of interest to readers in the islands region. |
Meeting competition head on prompted Air Pacific to purchase state of the art five wide-bodied Dreamliners. The 320-seat aircraft will operate in two-classes, business and economy. Five aircraft will commence service in 2011 and 2012.
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With delays on its airbus A380 super jumbo deliveries, the European plane-maker is looking at its midsize, long range A350 as competition to Boeing’s 787. |
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In keeping with the changing dynamics of the aviation industry, the business of airports is growing into its own new complexities and presenting new challenges to their managements. |
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Massively higher costs for fuel only being partly recovered byfare surcharges are burdening airlines everywhere. This
burden is particularly hard on Pacific Islands routes since operational costs are high and passenger and cargo traffic business is frequently lean. |
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