Aviation Daily Roundup: Dec. 3

CRAIC will establish the CR929 engineering center in Moscow, following protracted negotiations between the Russian and Chinese partners in the widebody airliner program.

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Florida-based Silver Airways has become the first U.S. carrier to operate the ATR 72-600 turboprop as the regional carrier continues to transition to an all-ATR fleet.

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In a long-expected move, Lufthansa Group has made senior executive changes reflecting the difficulties it has had in union relations and the turnaround of its Eurowings LCC subsidiary.

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Air France, stepping up efforts to reduce its environmental impact, is planning to offset the emissions from its domestic network from Jan. 1, 2020, the airline said at an environmental round table in Paris Dec. 3.

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Virgin Atlantic chairman Richard Branson is to retain control of the airline through his Virgin Group, scrapping plans to sell 31% of the carrier to Air France/KLM.

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Nigeria has become the 22nd state to ratify ICAO’s unruly passenger regulation, Montreal Protocol 2014 (MP14), fulfilling the requirements for the treaty to become effective Jan. 1, 2020.

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GE Aviation is recommending operators of GE90-115B engines install re-designed stator vane segments to prevent wear and potential cracking that investigators determined was behind a 2017 Japan Airlines (JAL) engine failure, a Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) report on the incident revealed.

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