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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.

Small but ambitious Chinese carrier Loong Air could begin widebody aircraft operations as soon as this year, Chairman Liu Qihong said.

Hong Kong Express is aiming to upgauge its fleet through new deliveries of Airbus narrowbody aircraft, although its plans have been disrupted by production problems.

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WestJet is looking to launch its ultra-LCC (ULCC) with 10 aircraft at first, and aims to serve routes that do not overlap with its main network.

Flight tests of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are expected to resume shortly after being suspended for several days. This followed the discovery of cracks in part of a low-pressure turbine section destined for one of the CFM Leap-1B engines that power the new aircraft.

The ICAO this September will hold the first of what officials hope to be a yearly event to address challenges and spur unimpeded but safe growth in the sector across borders.

The airline does have options for 50 Boeing aircraft that could be exercised as 737 MAX aircraft or widebody aircraft.

Mixed opinions exist about airline and maintenance, repair and overhaul growth and capabilities, executives said at Aviation Week Network’s MRO BEER conference.

The Chinese tourism company is preparing to set up an airline in imitation of rival Spring Travel and Germany’s TUI Group.

International Airlines Group is considering Paris and Rome as potential bases for its new long-haul LCC Level, which plans to launch flights from Barcelona on June 1.

Proposed new tax rules for aircraft lessors should help Hong Kong’s drive to develop into a base for the leasing sector, said C.Y. Leung, the Chinese special administrative region’s chief executive.

The main cause of an accident that seriously damaged a Saab 2000 turboprop on Jan. 28, 2014, at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport was dual-pilot input during the landing phase, according to the French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety.

The airline will move to a single reservation system for the first time since its merger with AirTran Airways in 2011.