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Aviation Daily, September 2, 2015

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Airlines

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VivaLatinamerican To Launch New Airline Every Year

Sep 01, 2015
VivaLatinamerica, the holding company that operates Mexico’s VivaAerobus and Colombia’s VivaColombia, is on track to launch a third airline in 2016, with plans to launch a new Viva-branded airline every year after that.
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U.S. Airlines Will Hike Airfare in 2016, Virgin America CEO Says

Sep 01, 2015
Virgin America CEO David Cush has predicted U.S. airlines will significantly increase fares soon, and urged the U.S. government to protect the “competitive structure” of the industry.
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Three Questions With Southwest’s Network Planning Chief

Sep 01, 2015
Aviation Daily talked to Andrew Watterson, Southwest Airlines senior vice president-network and revenue management, about the carrier’s international expansion and what the airline has learned about non-U.S. markets one year later.
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Delta, JetBlue Face Off Over Open Skies

Sep 02, 2015
The coalition led by the three U.S. legacy carriers and organized labor is asking the U.S. government to request that the three Persian Gulf Airlines freeze capacity to the U.S.
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Regional Airline Seeks To Drop Routes, Citing Pilot Shortage

Sep 02, 2015
LOS ANGELES—A small regional airline is blaming a pilot shortage as it seeks to cancel two Essential Air Service (EAS) routes mid-contract.

Intelligence

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Air China, Air New Zealand Partnership Approved

Sep 02, 2015
Air China and Air New Zealand have gained approval from New Zealand regulators for a partnership on routes between their countries. <span style=…

Airframers/Suppliers

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Embraer Mulls Production Increase In Light Of Surging E-Jet Sales

Sep 01, 2015
Though it declined to provide a specific number, the Brazilian manufacturer hints that E-Jet sales could top 150 aircraft this year, on the heels of 149 units sold in 2014. It has already sold 131 E-Jets in 2015, including both current-generation E-Jets and -E2 variants.
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EU Clears GKN’s Acquisition of Fokker Technologies

Sep 01, 2015
The European Commission (EC) has cleared the acquisition of Netherlands-based Fokker Technologies Group by U.K. aerospace engineering company GKN.

Safety

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GAO Tells FAA Risk Assessment Key To NextGen Interoperability

Sep 01, 2015
The FAA is structurally flawed in its efforts to ensure that the FAA’s modernized air traffic management (ATM) systems and procedures—also known as NextGen—will be compatible with similar programs at least nine other countries are deploying, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Industry Data

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Leisure and Business Fares: Week of August 24

Sep 02, 2015
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