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Aviation Daily, February 26, 2015

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Airlines

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Southwest Probing Maintenance-Tracking Issue Behind Missed Inspections

Feb 25, 2015
Southwest Airlines is investigating why a required inspection interval in its routine-maintenance program was left out of its maintenance-tracking system, causing it to miss deadlines for checking backup hydraulic systems on 128 Boeing 737s.
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Air New Zealand Maintains Fleet-Upgrade Momentum

Feb 25, 2015
Air New Zealand is set to make further progress in its fleet-modernization efforts this year, buoyed by another strong financial performance.
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Aeromexico To Focus On Increasing Connecting Traffic

Feb 25, 2015
Aeromexico is differentiating itself from the proliferation of low-cost carriers (LCCs) in the Mexican airline market by promoting connectivity over its Mexico City and Monterrey hubs to Central and South America.
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Republic Airways Streamlines Operations

Feb 25, 2015
Republic Airways is moving quickly toward simplifying to one fleet type and one operating certificate, telling Wall Street analysts this week that it decreased the number of aircraft in its fleet by 14 in 2014, even while adding 22 Embraer 175s.
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Air China Plots North American Expansion

Feb 26, 2015
LOS ANGELES—Air China is seeing a slight drop in premium cabin corporate traffic to North America but has made up for it with a “surge” in paid…

Intelligence

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American Plans To Complete Business- Class Retrofit By End Of 2016

Feb 26, 2015
American Airlines has installed new business class seats on only three of its Boeing 777-200s, but has added flat-bed seats to more than 70% of the…

Air Traffic Management

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FAA Seeks New Programs To Reduce ‘Insider Threat’

Feb 25, 2015
The FAA wants to hire more than 20 new employees and spend more than $11 million to implement “facility and personnel security recommendations” to counter internal threats and to implement recommendations stemming from the September 2014 fire at the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAU).

MRO

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Airbus Offers On-Wing Engine-Maintenance Shelter

Feb 25, 2015
Airbus Customer Services is offering an inflatable tent for engine maintenance to provide better working conditions to perform an on-wing job in adverse weather when the conventional hangar is occupied.

Propulsion

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Record CFM Orders Break 4,000 Barrier In 2014

Feb 25, 2015
CFM International has announced record annual sales of 4,244 CFM56 and Leap engines in 2014.

Data Watch

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Data Watch: % Change from Previous Year in Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Airline Group

Feb 26, 2015
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Industry Data

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% Change From Previous Year in Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Airline Group

Feb 26, 2015
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/02/avd_02_26_2015_cht1.pdf % Change From Previous Year in Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time…