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Delta Air Lines and Grupo Aeromexico entered into a commercial alliance under which DL will invest $65 million in Aeromexico in exchange for ordinary shares in the Mexican airline.

Virgin Atlantic Group reported a pre-tax operating profit of £18.5 million ($30 million) for its financial year ended Feb. 28, reversed from a £132 million pre-tax operating loss in the prior fiscal year. Revenue for the group, which includes Virgin Atlantic Airways and tour operator Virgin Holidays, increased 13% year-over-year to £2.7 billion.

Thai Airways International ordered four Airbus A350-900s and five A320s and will also lease eight A350-900s and six A320s.

China Aircraft Leasing Co. signed an LOI with COMAC to purchase 20 CFM Leap-X-powered C919 aircraft, according to a Chinese industry insider.

Thai Airways International ordered four Airbus A350-900s and five A320s and will also lease eight A350-900s and six A320s.

Boeing delivered a 777-300ER to Air China, the first of 19 of the type the carrier has on order. The aircraft will be used on long-haul flights Frankfurt, London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle, and for the gradual replacement 747-400s currently serving North American routes. Royal Jordanian took delivery of its third Airbus A330-200. The aircraft is on an operating lease valid until January 2017.

US FAA proposed $155,000 in civil penalties against American Eagle Airlines for allegedly operating eight flights with incorrect weight and balance data, and for using improper maintenance procedures when repairing a jet engine and then operating the aircraft when it was not in compliance with FAA regulations.

CIT Aerospace, the aircraft leasing unit of CIT Group, finalized its order for 50 A320neo family aircraft first announced in June at the Paris Air Show.

Cathay Pacific Airways and Singapore Airlines both announced significant Boeing 777 commitments Wednesday.

Emirates Airline President Tim Clark remains skeptical about the Airbus A350's operating performance, and is particularly leery about the A350-1000.

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority has lifted the suspension of Tiger Airways Australia and the airline will resume services Friday.

Kenya Airways is considering setting up a low-cost subsidiary that would operate on domestic and regional routes, the carrier confirmed to ATW.

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Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority has lifted the suspension of Tiger Airways Australia and the airline will resume services Friday.

Etihad Airways began operating daily Abu Dhabi-Chicago O'Hare service with a Boeing 777-300ER. It had previously operated three-class Airbus A340-500 and A340-600 aircraft on the route, with 240 and 292 seats, respectively. The new aircraft seats 412. Tiger Airways will launch thrice-weekly Singapore-Davao Airbus A320 service Nov. 1. American Eagle plans to launch daily Chicago-Watertown, NY ERJ 140 service Nov. 17.

MTU Aero Engines acquired a 75% share in Dallas-based Retan Aerospace, an FAA- and EASA-licensed Part 145 repair station specializing in engine on-wing maintenance and repair, as well as airframe A, B and C checks. Turkish Technic signed an APS3200 APU repair services contract with Atlasjet, covering APU repair and spare support, slated to be completed by August.

Transaero Airlines reported a net profit of RUB114 million ($3.98 million) for the first half, up 6% on the year-ago period.

The Emirates Group announced the release of its first comprehensive environmental report, which revealed the airline’s carbon dioxide emissions efficiency was 26% better than the global airline average.

German air traffic controllers, represented by the GdF union, called off their 6-hr. strike planned for Tuesday after the Deutsche Flugsicherung, the country’s air navigation services provider, agreed to mediation at the last minute.

News from Travel Technology Update: Lufthansa will begin levying a credit card surcharge on tickets issued on or after Nov. 2 for flights departing from airports in Germany, Belgium, Finland, the U.K., the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Airbus said Philippines-based Cebu Pacific finalized a firm order for 30 A321neo aircraft, which firms up a previously announced MOU signed in June.

AirAsia, AirAsia X and Malaysian Airline System announced they have entered into what is termed a Comprehensive Collaboration Framework, which includes a major share swap and a collaboration agreement to explore opportunities to cooperate on a broad range of areas.

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Lufthansa will begin levying a credit card surcharge on tickets issued on or after Nov. 2 for flights departing from airports in Germany, Belgium, Finland, the U.K., the Netherlands and Switzerland. The "Optional Payment Charge" will apply to all channels. The charge per ticket will be €5 on domestic routes; €8 on intra-European routes, and €18 on long-haul routes. Negotiated corporate fares will be exempt until March 31.

AirAsia, AirAsia X and Malaysian Airline System have announced they have entered into what is termed a Comprehensive Collaboration Framework, which includes a major share swap and a collaboration agreement to explore opportunities to cooperate on a broad range of areas.