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Aviation Daily, August 2, 2018

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Airlines

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JAL Forms Corporate Entity For New Subsidiary Carrier

Aug 01, 2018
Japan Airlines (JAL) has formally established a new company that will operate long-haul LCC flights with widebody aircraft.
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ANA Stresses Profit Drop Was Less Than Expected

Aug 01, 2018
All Nippon Airways (ANA) said its results for the most recent quarter outperformed its expectations, even though its profit was significantly lower than in the previous year.
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Virgin Australia Boosts Product On New Zealand Routes

Aug 01, 2018
Virgin Australia is taking steps to ramp up its product offering on Australia-New Zealand routes, in preparation for increased competition when its partnership with Air Zealand ends.
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New Austrian Airlines CEO Takes Over

Aug 01, 2018
Former Lufthansa Cargo CCO and executive board member Alexis von Hoensbroech took over as CEO of Austrian Airlines on Aug. 1.
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WestJet Eyes Accelerating Swoop’s Growth

Aug 01, 2018
WestJet executives are not ruling out an accelerated ramp-up of its Swoop ULCC as a way to inject lower-cost lift into its system as it works to offset higher fuel costs and expenses tied to several key initiatives.
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Aeromexico Embraer E190 Crash Probe Underway

Aug 01, 2018
An investigation has begun into what caused the crash of an Aeromexico Embraer E190 in Durango Tuesday evening, while the airline confirmed all 107 people onboard survived.
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Air France-KLM Takes First-Half Hit From Strikes, Fuel

Aug 01, 2018
Air France-KLM said strikes at Air France and rising fuel prices hit profit and increased its costs and forecast a hike in its full-year fuel bill as it presented its first-half financial results still without a permanent CEO.
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Qatar Airways To Put Airbus A350-1000 On New York Route

Aug 01, 2018
Qatar Airways said an Airbus A350-1000 would operate on its Doha-New York JFK route from October 28, marking the aircraft’s first commercial route to the U.S.

Regulatory/Legislative

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ALPA: Survey Respondents Oppose Single-Pilot Operations

Jul 31, 2018
Ramping up its opposition to proposed research into single-pilot cargo aircraft, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) union released results of an on-line survey July 31 showing that most respondents oppose removing pilots from airline flight decks.

Airline Snapshot

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Airline Snapshot: United Airlines

Aug 03, 2018
View the Airline Snapshot: United Airlines chart in PDF format.