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Rolls-Royce has recorded a £4.6 billion ($5.7 billion) loss for 2016, mainly due to the pound’s decline in value after the UK’s June vote to leave the EU.

Two groups on either side of the U.S. open skies debate are pushing the Trump administration to take a stand on the matter.

Korean Air is preparing for a busy year of aircraft deliveries, with plans to begin receiving Boeing 787-9s and Bombardier CS300s.

An international group of air navigation service providers, airlines and others will take part in a simulated volcanic eruption exercise in late April to test coordination protocols, as well as tactical rerouting for airline operators using Pacific Ocean airways.

Further evidence of how economic conditions are hitting even regions accustomed to vigorous growth came in the annual results of United Arab Emirates-based LCC Air Arabia.

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To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Feb. 8-9—MRO Middle East, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE, www.aviationweek.com/events

Contrary to businesses’ reflexive antipathy toward regulation, some regulations may be helpful to the aviation industry.

WestJet will go head-to-head with Air Canada in Quebec when it rolls out capacity increases in the eastern Canadian province this year.

Delta Air Lines is moving forward with plans to increase its ownership stake in Aeromexico, following regulatory approval of a transborder joint venture between the airlines late in 2016.

Hawaiian Airlines has reached a tentative contract deal with its pilots’ union, almost two years after talks began.

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The new look for Air Canada’s aircraft follows work the carrier has done to improve its business over the past several years, Passenger Airlines President Benjamin Smith said.

Smaller U.S. communities generate $121 billion in economic activity supporting 1.1 million jobs.

Air France has added one bank at its Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport hub to make operations at its largest base more efficient.

A U.S. federal appellate court has upheld the suspension of President Donald Trump’s ban on nationals from seven countries from entering the U.S., roundly rejecting the Trump administration’s rationale for reinstituting the ban.

Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks is to develop an embedded electronically scanned antenna for Ka-band inflight connectivity under a joint project with Airbus.

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Airline developer Indigo Partners plans to launch a new ultra-LCC in Chile this year.

Lockheed Martin has rolled out the first LM-100J Super Hercules commercial freighter version of the C-130J military airlifter.

U.S. President Donald Trump has promised U.S. airline executives he will roll back regulations on the industry, ease carriers’ tax burdens and upgrade an “obsolete” air traffic control system.

Canada’s WestJet continues to mull adding more widebody aircraft, but it appears the industry will have to wait at least a few more months to see how it will execute that strategy.

British Airways (BA) is restarting flights from regional airports in Birmingham and Bristol, England, after a 10-year absence.