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Doha-based Qatar Airways has become the first airline to sign up for Aireon and FlightAware’s new GlobalBeacon-branded flight-tracking service.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Air China aims to avoiding direct confrontation with China Eastern Airlines, as Air China builds up at China Eastern’s home city of Shanghai.
Air Transport

Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 556 leadership, which represents Southwest Airlines flight attendants, is sending a tentative agreement to union members for a ratification vote, the union said.
Air Transport

As China and Canada engage in diplomatic talks, airline service between the countries is expanding.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Sichuan Airlines is considering opening its first two Western European routes as part of a strategy in which the carrier spreads worldwide before beefing up long-haul frequencies.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Air Berlin’s dominant shareholder Etihad Airways is looking for more ways to dispose of unwanted parts of its German affiliate, industry sources say.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The airport of Qingdao, China, is aiming at doubling its intercontinental routes in 2017, after opening its first four this year.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Turkish Airlines Chairman Ilker Ayci expects a relatively quick traffic recovery, after several recent terrorist attacks in Turkey and the July failed military coup.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
Sabena Technics on Sept. 26 opened a component repair shop in Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace Park.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
British LCC Monarch Airlines has been forced to respond after online speculation about the airline’s future.
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
The regional aircraft market is stabilizing, following seven years of erratic swings in production, with long-term growth projected, according to a new study by Forecast International.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Air Berlin’s dominant shareholder Etihad Airways is looking for more ways to dispose of unwanted parts of its German affiliate, industry sources say.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
A Lufthansa subsidiary has begun inspecting wind-turbine blades using drones, as part of a strategic partnership with the Nordex Group, which manufactures turbines for the inshore wind-energy market.
Air Transport

View the Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint) As Of September 22, 2016 chart in PDF format. Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* As of September 22, 2016, compared with previous week and previous year

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By Michael Bruno
New U.S. Treasury Department licenses for aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing to sell commercial aircraft to Iran could mean as much as a 3% boost to future industry demand through the next decade, according to Wall Street analysts.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Scoot is due to get four additional Boeing 787-8s in 2017, Lee said. Unlike its existing 787s, the new aircraft will have crew-rest areas and other features needed for true long-haul flights.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
HNA Group is sending its leading carrier, Hainan Airlines, into the long-haul market of Kunming, a southwestern Chinese city where China Eastern Airlines has long been the dominant operator.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Chinese carriers Ruili Airlines and Donghai Airlines are sticking with plans to acquire Boeing 787s, well informed industry sources said, contradicting an Aviation Daily report that 737s would be bought.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Rolls-Royce has appointed a new chief financial officer, as it continues a shakeup designed to cut costs after profit warnings and on concerns from investors.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Boeing began test flights of the first 737 MAX powered by the production-standard CFM Leap-1B on Sept. 22, marking a key milestone on the road towards the final phase of certification.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has made the transformation of airline finance divisions one of its major objectives, after gaining broad industry support for the initiative.
Air Transport

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By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa has made a new offer to its pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit, with hopes that it will settle a longstanding dispute over labor contract provisions.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Boeing and the U.S. government will push ahead in seeking compensation from Europe, now that a World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance panel has found state sponsors of Toulouse-based Airbus Group did not properly remove illegal subsidies for building large civil aircraft, officials and executives said Sept. 22.
Air Transport