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Brussels Airlines started operating its first route to Canada April 7, in spite of ongoing difficulties and check-in limitations at Brussels Airport, headquarters of the Belgian flag carrier.

Flying Colours Corp. has completed the first of eight CRJ200 conversions for joint-venture partner Sparkle Roll Jet Co.

A new airport serving the remote, British island territory of St. Helena is preparing to welcome its first jet aircraft in preparation for the beginning of air passenger operations at the South Atlantic Ocean outpost in the coming weeks.

United Airlines has dropped plans to buy 24 slots from Delta Air Lines at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Airbus has partnered with engineering firm Siemens to develop hybrid electric propulsion systems that could power small airliners in the 2030s.

Airlines’ pilot scope clauses remain the biggest impediment to the MRJ succeeding in the U.S. regional jet market, U.S. CEO Masao Yamagami of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. told Aviation Daily at the MRO Americas 2016 trade show.

An FAA-chartered advisory committee has submitted recommendations for regulations that would enable small unmanned aircraft to be flown over people.

Barfield, AFI KLM E&M’s North American subsidiary, has signed a contract extension with U.S. budget carrier JetBlue to carry out maintenance services on the airline’s fleet of Airbus A320-family aircraft.

Southwest Airlines expects to retire 118 Boeing 737-300s and 11 -500s by the end of 2018.

Oversold backlog means the bubble will eventually burst, says Pilarski.

Industry veteran Doan has more than 45 years of airline, maintenance and manufacturing experience with various companies.

United Airlines said on April 4 that it has reached seven tentative contract agreements with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) covering nearly 30,000 employees. If ratified, all of the contracts would run through 2021. At United, the IAM represents airport operations employees, contact center agents, storekeepers, maintenance instructors, central load planners, fleet technical instructors and security officers.

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No airline can afford to neglect the inflight product, because the industry has fundamentally changed since 2005, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker says.

The FAA soon will open Newark Liberty International Airport for more flights, a move that could allow more carriers to challenge United Airlines’ dominance.

Nordam is upgrading and moving its aircraft exhaust repair operations based at its former downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, headquarters to its repair division elsewhere in the city.

Shenzhen Baoan International Airport wants to lure major foreign carriers as part of its drive to develop intercontinental connections.

Air New Zealand is continuing to develop its Pacific Rim strategy with a new direct route to Manila from Auckland, competing with a one-stop service launched recently by Philippine Airlines.

New technology like “big data” and analytics will dramatically change the world of aerospace MRO, two well-known competing consultants advised April 5, but clues are emerging for how companies can harness the revolution.

Ryanair drove up its traffic by 28% to 8.5 million passengers in March, despite air traffic control strikes in France and the March 22 terror attacks in Brussels.

American Airlines is focusing on fleet modernization and improving operational reliability.

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IATA’s board has unanimously voted to recommend Air France-KLM CEO Alexandre de Juniac to succeed Director-General Tony Tyler, who is retiring this year.

WiN MS, a French start-up business specializing in fault-detection technology, has announced an order from Delta TechOps at MRO Americas.

The crash of a U.S.-registered Mitsubishi MU-2B likely will renew pressure on the FAA and other regulators to force operators to equip turbine-powered aircraft with crash-resistant recorders.