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Pacific fleet: Fiji Airways

17 January 2013

The Fijian national carrier returns to its roots this year with a change of name that harks back to its pioneering days. But the airline’s fleet upgrade shows that its focus is also very much on the future.

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Back to his routes

17 March 2007

Until now, African airlines have been known for their limited routes and terrible safety record. The continent has also lacked a hub. But Titus Naikuni, the visionary CEO of Kenya Airways, is revolutionising the skies.

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Oceania

19 May 2015

Fiji Airways resumes services to New Zealand and Australia trials a novel approach to curbing kangaroos.

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Team captain

13 May 2014

Whether it’s successfully running two global airlines, steering a crisis-hit media empire or chairing a major financial institution, Sir Rod Eddington takes leadership inspiration from sports and knows the business game…

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Pam Ann

14 May 2014

A comic creation she may be but stewardess Pam Ann is deadly serious when it comes to EasyJet’s lack of plates and British Airways’ macadamia nuts.

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The Briefing - Friday 26 July

26 July 2019

A former CIA deputy director says that talks between the US and the Taliban are a “charade”. Plus: the role of surveillance on protests in Hong Kong, British Airways resumes flights to Cairo and NBC’s streaming service.

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Winging it?

4 December 2015

Thailand’s aviation sector is facing tumultuous skies. The nation is scrambling after the US Federal Aviation Administration downgraded its safety rating on Tuesday. The dismal report card follows poor marks from the UN’s…

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Monocle on Design - Extra: Alexander Girard

9 July 2020

One of the leading figures in US postwar design, Alexander Girard was a polymath who created everything from bold graphics and textiles to colourful branding for Braniff International Airways.

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The Late Edition, episode 337

14 February 2013

After the emerging scandal around the world’s oldest lender – Monte dei Paschi di Siena – we look at the transparency of Italian finance. Plus, the latest on the merger American Airlines and US Airways, and how to make…

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Accidental empire

17 April 2007

Not since the Second World War have the islands of the Pacific been so hotly fought over. This time, however, the battle lines are diplomatic. China, the US and Taiwan are all pitching in but it is Australia that is running…

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The Globalist, episode 348

27 February 2013

We discuss whether a new approach to the Middle East peace process could pave the way to a deal, find out why Iraqi Airways is flying to Kuwait again, and continue our week-long high-speed rail series with a look at the US…

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The Late Edition, episode 466

14 August 2013

We’re in Cairo as Egyptian authorities move to clear pro-Morsi sit-ins. We also ask why the US Department of Justice is trying to quash the US Airways-American Airlines merger and examine why young people in Wales are…

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The Briefing - Tuesday 30 May

30 May 2017

We ask what the future holds for Iraq once Isis is defeated in Mosul and our editor in chief gives us his take on a difficult period for British Airways. Plus: do the public care about televised political debates?

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The Entrepreneurs - Rivet & Hide

31 August 2016

Entrepreneurs find inspiration in unlikely places. For Danny Hodgson, founder and owner of Rivet & Hide, one of London’s premier shops for premium denim brands, inspiration arrived thousands of feet in the sky. For more…

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Flights of fancy

28 December 2016

RwandAir has been on a long spending spree this year. Its latest delivery, an Airbus A330-300 series Umurage, touched down in Kigali on 1 December and more new aircraft are coming in 2017. The airline is finally showing the…

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Taking flight

24 September 2015

There was predictably ambitious talk at World Routes, the annual powwow of new flight paths that wrapped in Durban this week. Finnair aims to have the first Airbus A350-900 flying to the US before the end of the year,…