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“It will break up the smaller hubs in Europe,” Kjos said at the World Low Cost Airlines Congress in London. “You will see the same damage as on short-haul.”

Textron Aviation is offering voluntary retirements to its employees as a way to cut costs, the company has confirmed.

Norwegian Air Shuttle will start operating long-haul Boeing 787 service from Barcelona-El Prat Airport to four U.S. gateways in 2017.

Airbus Group and crowdsource design specialist Local Motors ave launched the second phase of a collaboration on cargo-delivery unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

Easyjet is pressing the UK government and the European Commission to speed up negotiations about a new aviation agreement that would regulate the European air transport market following the country’s vote to leave the EU (Brexit).

Emirates Airline President Tim Clark says the carrier needs to change the way it operates to get back up to the kind of profit margins it used to enjoy.

Korean Air will dramatically improve its access to the North American market, thanks to the expansion of its codeshare agreement with Delta Air Lines.

Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) says it is on track to exceed its financial goals this year, despite an increase in competitors’ capacity.

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The appointment at Emirates opens up the opportunity for Mueller, 54, to ultimately replace airline President Tim Clark, 66.

The airline now expects to record an operating margin of between 18–19%, down from its previous estimate of 19–21%.

If it wasn’t so hung up on Emirates, Delta wouldn’t have played the “Fly America” card.

Indonesia AirAsia X (IAAX) has signed a deal to wet-lease two of its Airbus A330s, in a move that will coincide with the suspension of the carrier’s Australian routes.

Still a concern, the lavatories are produced at the French firm’s Cypress, California, factory.

Coating specialist PPG is developing an additive that makes the topcoat layer of paint “phobic” to ice and insects.

GKN Aerospace said Sept. 5 it reached long-term agreements with Boeing Commercial Airplanes for titanium- and aluminium-machined parts and subassemblies for 767, 777, and 787 aircraft, as well as new work packages for the 777X.

Analysts shrugged off news that Bombardier will cut planned deliveries of the C Series by more than 50% this year because of delays in engine deliveries from Pratt & Whitney.

Lufthansa on Aug. 31 became the first European airline to participate in the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Pre-Check program.

Air Berlin has named Dimitri Courtelis its CFO, effective Sept. 15.

General Electric on Sept. 6 announced plans to acquire two European suppliers of additive manufacturing (AM) equipment, Arcam AB and SLM Solutions Group AG for $1.4 billion, in a move analysts said better integrates GE’s aviation supply chain.

Participation by countries in a carbon-offsetting scheme being developed to help aviation achieve carbon-neutral growth will be voluntary initially, a proposal expected to go before the ICAO Assembly said.

The IATA is optimistic about the deal on a global market based measure (GMBM) that is being hammered out by the ICAO Council to cap aviation’s CO2 emissions at 2020 levels, in spite of the mandatory implementation slipping by several years.

Post-switchover, the carrier will operate all five of its daily flights to New Zealand with A380s.

Bombardier said it will deliver seven C Series aircraft in 2016 instead of 15 as planned, citing Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan (GTF) engine delivery delays.