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Aviation Daily, February 16, 2015

VOL. 400 NO. 29 February 16, 2015

Airlines

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Aer Lingus Board Reaffirms Support For IAG Takeover

Feb 13, 2015
The deal is “strongly supportive of the Irish government’s two-airline policy,” the board added.
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Study Warns Of ‘Bogus’ Employment Schemes For European Airline Crews

Feb 13, 2015
Members of the ESDC include the European Cockpit Association, European Transport Workers Federation and the Association of European Airlines.
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Copa Faces Economic Headwinds In Central, South America

Feb 13, 2015
The carrier, which historically has had double-digit capacity growth, forecasts adding a net of two aircraft this year.
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Norwegian Posts First Loss In Seven Years

Feb 12, 2015
In spite of Europe’s economic weakness, the airline continued to increase capacity aggressively last year, boosting it 35%.
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Currency Headaches Drive Korean Air Into Red

Feb 13, 2015
The carrier slumped to a KRW272 billion ($247.5 million) net loss for the fourth quarter and a KRW458 deficit for the full year.
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Ito Assumes Chairman Role At ANA Holdings

Feb 13, 2015
Longtime airline leader Shinichiro Ito is moving up to the chairman’s role, and Shinya Katanozaka is replacing him as president and CEO.
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In Effort To Return To Profitability, Skywest Will Streamline Operations

Feb 12, 2015
“What we have done with the fleet to try to shrink it a bit was to make sure that when we [say] what we can do for partners, we can actually deliver on it,” Skywest President Chip Childs told investment analysts.
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Former Surf Air CEO Starts East Coast Version, Beacon

Feb 10, 2015
The start-up will differ from Surf Air, which operates a fleet of Pilatus PC-12 aircraft between the San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas.
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Delta Pays $1.1 Billion In Profit Sharing

Feb 14, 2015
Delta Air Lines will pay its employees $1.1 billion in 2014 profit-sharing, a record for the airline industry, the carrier says. Individual payouts will near two months’ salary for most employees. “It is essential for our employees to have an ownership stake in our business and share in the record-breaking achievements they helped create,” CEO Richard Anderson said. Delta has 80,000 employees worldwide.

Note to Subscribers

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Holiday Note

Feb 14, 2015
In observance of the Presidents Day holiday in the U.S., Aviation Daily will not be publishing on Monday, Feb. 16. The next issue will be dated Wednesday, Feb. 18.

Industry Data

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Network Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees*, August 2010-2014

Feb 14, 2015
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Upcoming Events

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Upcoming Events

Feb 14, 2015
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Feb. 16-18—Flightglobal - Loyalty 2015, Istanbul, Turkey, www.flightglobalevents.com/Loyalty2015

Aviation Conferences and Exhibitions

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Aviation Week's Conferences & Events

Feb 14, 2015
For a complete list of Aviation Week’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events Mar. 5, 2015—Laureate Awards, Washington, D.C. Apr. 14-16, 2015—MRO Americas 2015, Conference and Exhibit Hall, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida May 5-6, 2015—MRO BEER (Baltics, Eastern Europe, Russia), Budapest, Hungary