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UPS has signed a contract with Airbus for the retrofit upgrade of all of the cargo airline’s 52 A300-600 freighters.

Irkut Corp. said taxiing and speed rolls are being done at the airfield at the company’s assembly facility in Irkutsk, Russia.

Delta Air Lines expects its operating margin to be 15%, down from the 16% it averaged in both 2015 and 2016, CEO Ed Bastian recently told analysts.

The British Airline Pilots’ Association, which represents UK flight crew, has warned that banning laptops in the cabin creates “catastrophic fire” potential.

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The carrier will try out self-serve baggage check-ins in the U.S. Upper Midwest this summer.

AirAsia has agreed with Chinese partners to set up a local franchisee airline that the Malaysian group said is the final piece in its business puzzle.

While the immediate outlook for the airline industry remains promising, influential industry observers say that warning signs are evident.

European officials have invited their U.S. counterparts to Europe for talks on aviation security in a bid to make their voices heard, as European airports and airlines on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean brace for an expected extension of the ban on electronics in aircraft cabins.

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Comac is looking at supersonic speed and unconventional configurations among the technologies for aircraft to follow the widebody airliner it will develop with UAC.

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Analysts warn that Bombardier's execution on the Global 7000 and resolving supplier issues are key for its continued recovery.

The recent trend of consolidation will likely continue, said Barry Flannery, CFO of lessor SMBC Aviation Capital, during a panel discussion at the ISTAT Asia conference in Hong Kong.

Airlines and airports remain uncertain about whether the U.S. will extend its electronics ban to flights originating in some European airports.

Spirit Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association have agreed to extend the court-issued temporary restraining order the airline requested and received earlier this week.

Scandinavian leisure carrier Primera Air has placed an order for eight Boeing 737-9s. The carrier as taken purchase rights on four more, and will lease another eight from U.S. lessor Air Lease Corp.

The Gulf carrier warned the year ahead would be challenging.

The proposed revision of the EASA’s Basic Regulation.was published in December 2015.

As maintenance checks get broken into shorter phased checks—and tasks such as engine or landing gear changes shift from base to line maintenance—line needs become more complex, airline MRO officials agreed.

The completion center for 737 MAX aircraft that Boeing and Comac are setting up in China will go into operation in 2018, the U.S. company said.

Nok has eight 737 MAX aircraft on order, with four to be delivered in 2018 and four in 2019.