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Aviation Daily, March 8, 2018

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Safety

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FAA, Repair Station At Odds Over Alleged Violations

Mar 07, 2018
FAA issued a rare emergency revocation of repair station AeroBearings’s certificate for allegedly performing repairs on commercial aircraft engine parts when it did not have maintenance manuals or approved alternative data to do the work.

Airlines

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Norwegian Eyeing Canada Service This Summer

Mar 07, 2018
A procedural ruling by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) reveals that long-haul LCC Norwegian has applied to serve Canada starting this summer.
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Qatar Airways To Post ‘Large Loss,’ Blames Blockade

Mar 07, 2018
Qatar Airways will soon announce a “very large loss” for its financial year, CEO Akbar Al Baker said at the ITB Berlin tourism fair.
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Fuel Company Threatens To Cut HNA’s Supply

Mar 07, 2018
BEIJING—Part of China’s monopoly aviation fuel supplier has threatened to cease supplying mainland Chinese airlines that are subsidiaries of cash-strapped HNA if the group’s airline holding company does not catch up on payments.
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Ryanair’s O’Leary: ‘Downturn Is Imminent’

Mar 07, 2018
BRUSSELS—Airline CEOs attending the Airlines for Europe (A4E) Aviation Summit here believe there is scope for further European consolidation, with Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary predicting that “the next downturn is imminent.”

Air Navigation

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Spain Reduces Airspace Charge For Airlines

Mar 07, 2018
In an address at the World ATM Congress here, Spanish minister of public works Íñigo de la Serna announced that Spain will reduce the route charge airlines pay to use its airspace by 3% this year and 12% in 2019.
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Thales, Airservices Australia Advance ‘OneSky’ ATC Integration

Mar 07, 2018
Australia is closer to achieving its “OneSky” goal of merging its civilian and military air traffic control (ATC) systems after signing A$1.2 billion ($936 million) in contracts with integrator Thales Australia.
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Frequentis, Germany’s DFS Partner On Remote Tower Systems

Mar 07, 2018
MADRID—DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung and technology supplier Frequentis signed a joint venture (JV) agreement at the World ATM Congress here to offer remote tower systems to customers worldwide.

MRO

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777 MRO Demand Expected To Be Robust This Year

Mar 07, 2018
HANOI—Increasing demand for Boeing 777 and 787 work will be an important dynamic in the MRO industry this year, said Rahul Shah, a senior vice president predicts AAR Corp.

Airframers/Suppliers

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Airbus To Cut 3,700 Jobs in A380, A400M Programs

Mar 07, 2018
Airbus plans to cut around 3,700 positions in its A380 and A400M programs as output of the two models is reduced over the coming years.

Airline Snapshot

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Airline Snapshot: JetBlue Airways

Mar 09, 2018
View the Airline Snapshot: JetBlue Airways chart in PDF format.