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Southwest Airlines pilots voted, 84% to 16%, to approve the tentative contract approved by management and union leadership in August.
Air Transport

The uncertainty due to recent terrorist attacks across Europe, as well as the UK’s vote to exit the EU, are not thwarting Ryanair’s overall growth plans.
Air Transport

Alan Dron
Gold Air is Ghana's newest carrier, and plans to serve the U.S. as well as West African capitals.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Customers have signed letters of intent for 17 AG600 amphibian aircraft, the manufacturer, Avic general-aviation unit Caiga, said.
Zhuhai

By Bradley Perrett
Avic plans to offer a civil freighter version of the Y-20, apparently with a high-bypass engine that has been under development for the military transport.
Zhuhai

By Bradley Perrett
China Eastern Airlines will be the first operator of the Comac C919 under an agreement that the carrier and manufacturer signed at Airshow China.
Zhuhai

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The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) is proposing to approve antitrust immunity for the joint venture (JV) between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico—but with conditions including the divestiture of slots in Mexico City and at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Air Transport

The NTSB said fatigue cracking is a likely suspect in the rupture of a GE CF6-80C2 turbofan engine high-pressure turbine second-stage disc that occurred when an American Airlines Boeing 767-300ER was taking off from Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Oct. 28.
Air Transport

The concerns are not prompting the aircraft manufacturer to change its outlook for Europe.
Air Transport

AB has been increasing its focus on intra-Asia routes as part of a broad restructuring effort.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Tougher market conditions in making and selling commercial aircraft, as well as increased focus on business execution, will remain the order of the day well into 2017, according to consulting giant Accenture.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The group, which owns British Airways (BA), Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus, has identified tougher-than-expected conditions in many of its key markets, leading to overcapacity and lower-than-predicted average yields.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
The Singapore Airlines (SIA) group plans to complete the integration of its two LCC subsidiaries by placing them under a single brand and operating license.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
The UK Parliament has begun a formal investigation into the problems surrounding the start of operations of a new airport on the overseas territory of St. Helena.
Air Transport

Investigators of fatal runway accident say shift supervisor, snowplow driver were drinking.
Air Transport

Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co. (Gameco) has become Satair Group’s first Chinese customer for its Airbus Managed Inventory (AMI) service, an automated inventory management solution.
Air Transport

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By Mark Nensel
Virgin America reported a $51.8 million net profit for the third quarter, down 27.9% from a $71.9 million net profit in the year-ago period.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Air France-KLM is launching a new initiative to fight back against growing competition from Persian Gulf carriers and will create a new airline for medium- and long-haul routes.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
The latest financial results from Singapore Airlines show it is not immune to the revenue pressure that is afflicting many other Asian full-service carriers.
Air Transport

Teams of investigators working under the auspices of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) have refined several analyses and conducted additional research in an effort to reconstruct the final minutes of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) and to refine the search area in the southern Indian Ocean.
Air Transport