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Aviation Daily, November 17, 2016

Airlines

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Aer Lingus Expands Transatlantic Capacity

Nov 16, 2016
IAG is further leveraging Dublin as a transatlantic gateway, and delivering on commitments made during the take-over process of Aer Lingus.
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Volaris Starts Costa Rica Ticket Sales, Adds U.S. Routes

Nov 16, 2016
Volaris also will be shifting its operations in southern Florida now that it has been able to secure new routes under the updated bilateral aviation agreement between the U.S. and Mexico.
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Alaska Airlines Operates Wood-Based Biofuel Flight

Nov 16, 2016
The biofuel used is chemically indistinguishable from regular commercial jet A fuel, Alaska Airlines said.
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Malaysia Airlines Assesses A330 Replacement

Nov 16, 2016
The carrier confirmed it needs to assess replacement options for some of its Airbus A330s, and is looking at aircraft such as A330neos, A350s or Boeing 787s.

Airframers/Suppliers

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MC-21 Continues Toward First Flight

Nov 16, 2016
The aircraft’s second prototype has been delivered to the TsAGI research institute near Moscow for static tests.

Suppliers

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Spirit AeroSystems Undertakes Water-Recycling Project

Nov 15, 2016
The company has constructed a dedicated 3-mi. pipeline, which will allow Spirit to buy up to 500 million gal. of recycled water per year from the city of Wichita.

Safety

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NTSB Faults Controllers In 2015 Collisions

Nov 15, 2016
The NTSB has determined that air traffic controllers failed to safely separate aircraft involved in two fatal 2015 midair collisions—one near Charleston, South Carolina, in July and another near San Diego in August.

MRO

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Easing Data Flow Goal Of New GE, Teledyne Partnership

Nov 16, 2016
Teledyne Controls and GE Aviation have signed a strategic partnership that should simplify the flow of flight data off aircraft, and expand its value through GE’s cloud-based platform that can extract greater value.

Airline Snapshot

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Airline Snapshot: Spirit Airlines

Nov 17, 2016
View the Airline Snapshot: Spirit Airlines chart in PDF format.