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6 | Flight International | 17-23 February 2015 flightglobal.com

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THE WEEK IN NUMBERS

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59%

Increase in losses at SpiceJet, to Rs2.75bn ($44.2m),

in an “extremely challenging” quarter to 31 December

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Airline industry costs will fall by about 10% if the oil price

stays at this level, predicts Flightglobal consultancy Ascend

964

Number of scheduled return flights between London

Heathrow and JFK, February’s biggest transatlantic market

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

This week, we ask: Can Bombardier turn things around?

❑ Yes, it’s on the right path

❑ Only with the help of a major new investor

❑ No, it is in too deep a mess

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Last week, we asked: Are US airlines right to lobby to restrict

open skies with Gulf?: You said:

25%

4%

Relax,

overlap in

routes

is not

significant

71%

Yes,

subsidised

Gulf

airlines

have

unfair

advantage

No, stop

whingeing

and

improve

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VOTES:

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IMAGE OF THE WEEK

Exercise Red Flag 15-01 – staged at Nellis AFB near Las Vegas, Nevada – provided an opportunity for the US military and some of its

allies to hone their air warfare skills. Hardware on show included this quartet of F-22 Raptors, drawn from a US Air Force fleet of 185

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