Malaysia Airlines' outgoing CE Christoph Müller said that the company is on course to break even by 2018. The aviation firm is stepping up efforts to turn a profit after facing tragedies and record losses. Malaysia Airlines seems to be economically back on track. The company's departing CE says the airline could return to the black by 2018. This would mark a tremendous improvement in the company's fortunes, given that two disasters in 2014 hurt the airline's reputation and sales. Müller said one reason the airline was in dire conditions when he took over as CE was because of the airline's poor personnel management and bloated workforce. That is why, Müller noted, he laid off 6,000 workers and streamlined the firm's operations. <br/>
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Recent debris finds on the island of Nosy Boraha off the east coast of Madagascar have been sent to investigators at the Australian Air Transport Safety Bureau for analysis to determine if they could be additional wreckage from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The new debris—which includes a coat hook on a seat back—was discovered on Nosy Boraha Island. If confirmed, it would add to existing MH370 debris finds in Mauritius and Reunion Island, all on the western seaboard of the Indian Ocean. Search activities have concentrated on the southern Indian Ocean off Australia, but the ATSB recently said it would not extend the existing search area and would cease the search operation “in the absence of credible new information” once the currently designated 120,000 sq k area was mapped by Aug 2016. <br/>
Latam Airlines said a slump in Brazilian traffic means it’s likely to cancel or delay some of the 53 wide-body jet orders placed by constituent units before a 2012 merger. Latam is reviewing some of the 27 Airbus A350s going to TAM and 26 Boeing 787 Dreamliners for Lan. The lease of a further 6 787s from AerCap Holdings could also be at risk. “Tam bought the A350 10 years ago and we bought the 787 7 years ago,” Latam CE Enrique Cueto said, adding that Latam had expected Brazil’s economy to grow about 4% a year, when it’s actually shrinking by that degree. With approximately 150 aircraft currently deployed in Brazil, Latam needs to shrink the fleet there about 10% this year to match capacity to demand, with a 2% cut due in 2017, he said. <br/>
British Airways are embroiled in a row with boarding schools over the axing of its ‘flying nannies’ service, meaning parents will have to travel thousands of miles to see off their children. Earlier this year the airline stopped its Skyflyer Solo service because it’s no longer ‘commercially viable’ but top boarding schools in England also fear it will put some parents off from sending children to study here. In a letter to BA, the Boarding Schools Association wrote: "The new policy creates a significant barrier for parents who for decades have been relying on you as our ‘national’ airline to bring youngsters into the UK. However in its reply to the BSA, Ian Howick, BA’s Heathrow director, said the airline did not plan to change its new policy, due to falling demand. <br/>