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Aviation Daily, June 4, 2015

VOL. 401 NO. 46 June 04, 2015

Airlines

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Dutch OK With Increase In France’s AF-KLM Shareholding

Jun 03, 2015
The Dutch government has no problem with the recent increase of the French state’s shareholding in Air France-KLM from 15.88% to 17.58%. The expansion of French interest does not lead to a “fundamental shift in balance” at the Franco-Dutch group, Minister of Finance Jeroen Dijsselbloem said. According Dijsselbloem, the French government had notified him of the plans in advance of the purchase of the additional shares.
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Air Canada Seeks More Sixth-Freedom Traffic

Jun 03, 2015
Flights within North America now account for about 45% of Air Canada’s network, a number that has been steady since 2010. But by 2018, those flights will constitute 38% of the network.
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JetBlue Defends Open Skies, Calls For Regular Reviews of Joint Ventures

Jun 03, 2015
JetBlue Airways is hitting back hard against the U.S. carriers seeking to limit the Persian Gulf airlines’ access to the U.S., urging the Transportation Department not to bow to pressure to curtail open skies.
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Fitch Gives Etihad ‘A’ Rating

Jun 03, 2015
The rating comes at a sensitive time for Etihad, which is fending off allegations made by U.S. and European carriers that it is unfairly subsidized by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government.
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China Holds Load Factor Above 80% As Economy Slows

Jun 03, 2015
Meanwhile, Chinese airlines operated 9% more flights last year than in 2013, foreign carriers’ operations in China grew only 6.6%, the CAAC said in a report.
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Austrian Confirms Switch To Embraer 195

Jun 03, 2015
Austrian will take over 17 E195s previously operated by Lufthansa CityLine, a sister company within the Lufthansa Group. The aircraft were delivered to CityLine in 2009-12.

Airports

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Preclearance May Spur EU Airlines To Add Flights To U.S. Heartland, Analyst Says

Jun 03, 2015
Boyd Group is predicting 10-12 U.S airports—including some with fewer than three million annual origin-and-destinations passengers—could win new EU routes in the next five years.

Regulatory/Legislative

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Domestic Cabotage Proposal Fades In Australia

Jun 03, 2015
Andrew Robb, Australia’s trade minister, had been pushing such a policy, which would permit overseas carriers to fly between domestic points north of the Tropic of Capricorn.

Industry Data

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Airline Snapshot: All Nippon Airways

Jun 03, 2015
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