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Airbus has received joint EASA and FAA type certification for the PW1100G-JM powered Airbus A321neo, clearing the way for first delivery in the coming weeks.

The Egyptian civil aviation ministry said “traces of explosive materials” were found in the bodies of some of the passengers on the crashed EgyptAir Flight 804.

JetBlue Airways is eying potential transatlantic route opportunities from Boston, based on comments made by executives during a Dec. 13 investor day in New York.

The design of Amazon’s delivery unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or drone, has evolved since CEO Jeff Bezos revealed the company’s Prime Air concept in December 2013.

A Treasury Department official signed a document explaining that re-exportation of commercial aircraft to Iran would be authorized on “temporary sojourn” of 72 hr. or less by a non-U.S. person, assuming certain restrictions.

Delta Air Lines is viewing 2017 as a “transition year” in which it will focus intently on returning to positive unit-revenue growth, CEO Ed Bastian said.

The U.S. DOT has officially granted antitrust immunity for the proposed joint venture between Aeromexico and Delta Air Lines.

Lufthansa Group acquired the remaining shares of Brussels Airlines, exercising a pull option that had been in place since 2008.

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Part failures were the root cause of two Boeing 787 engine incidents for Jetstar Airways and Scoot Airlines in August and September 2016, respectively.

Southwest Airlines did not foresee flying to Cuba at the beginning of 2016, but jumped on the opportunity to apply for flights as soon as it could earlier this year.

Lufthansa has threatened to consider legal action against a new incentive model that Frankfurt airport operator Fraport has introduced to attract Ryanair as a new operator.

U.S. regional carrier SkyWest expects to record a pretax impairment charge of $440–490 million in the fourth quarter to remove its 50-seat Bombardier CRJ200s from service.

Cabin crew on British Airways’ mixed fleet have voted in favor of a strike over what their union, Unite, describes as “poverty pay and broken promises.”

Aeromar has received the first of eight ATR 42-600 series turboprops it ordered to renew its fleet, the Mexico City-based airline said Dec. 13.

Seattle-based Alaska Air Group has closed its $4 billion acquisition of San Francisco-based Virgin America, creating the fifth largest airline in the U.S.

Taiwanese carrier Far Eastern Air Transport plans to take over TransAsia Airways, a much larger rival that ceased flying in November.

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Cost controls helped the FAA meet a 13-year cost savings target to within 3% after contracting out its 58 flight-service stations.

The aerospace and defense supply chain stands at another inflection point for companies, especially at lower tiers.

The expansion rate of LCCs in the Asia-Pacific region has slowed in the past few years, as the consequences of a crowded market become more apparent.

The ICAO is developing a series of regulatory changes aimed at reducing duplicative oversight and the plethora of certifications required by approved maintenance organizations.

Through its Silicon Valley outpost A3, Airbus plans to develop and flight-test a cabin architecture that allows aircraft interiors to be rapidly and flexibly configured using modules.

Facing a continuing slowdown in widebody-aircraft orders, Boeing has decided to reduce the 777 production rate from seven to five aircraft per month in August 2017.

Swedish air accident investigators believe that a malfunction in an Inertial Reference Unit may have sent a Bombardier regional jet into a fatal dive from which the crew was unable to recover.