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Air New Zealand is expected to reveal another new Pacific Rim destination soon.

Hawaiian Airlines plans to set up its own sales force in Japan, which has developed into the carrier’s largest international market.

Norwegian Air Shuttle has again topped up its Boeing 787s orderbook. The LCC, which last year placed orders for 21 additional 787-9s, has signed an agreement with AerCap to lease two more new -9s to support its long-haul expansion.

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In a promotion running through April, Alaska Airlines travelers can cash in 10,000 frequent-flier miles to cover the $85 application fee to join the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)’s Precheck program.

Indonesia-based KalStar Aviation has made several safety upgrades in the wake of a runway overrun in December when pilots of an Embraer E195LR attempted a landing after an unstable approach to Kupang’s El Tari Airport in West Timor.

Airlines for America (A4A) President Nicholas Calio has slammed proposals circulating in Congress that he said “look a lot like pre-1978” regulation of the U.S. airline industry.

Politics should not stand in the way of FAA reform and advancing the pace of NextGen air traffic control, the head of American Airlines said on March 22.

Republic Airways has almost 20 larger Embraer regional jets it has grounded because it lacks pilots to fly them, and if it cannot reach agreements with “numerous parties” before April 25 regarding those aircraft, it may have to terminate all of the leases, CEO Bryan Bedford told employees.

Retired Boeing CEO points to failures of the U.S. education system as why some Americans are siding with nativist and protectionist politics.

American Airlines and its dispatchers represented by the Transport Workers Union have reached a tentative contract agreement, the airline said.

The two explosions within Brussels Airport (BRU) on the morning of March 22 and the blast in a subway station near EU buildings were the work of terrorists, Belgian officials said.

Major U.S. airlines involved in antitrust-immunized joint ventures with foreign airlines should have “nothing to hide” from periodic U.S. government reviews of those JVs, JetBlue Airways CEO Robin Hayes says.

Explosions at Brussels airport on Tuesday morning are prompting questions as to whether airport security measures should be reviewed in Europe.

U.S. NTSB and Boeing investigators were slated to join a Russian and United Arab Emirates team at the Rostov-on-Don Airport to search for what caused FlyDubai Flight 981, a Boeing 737-800, to impact the ground after a second attempt at landing on Runway 22 in the early morning hours of March 19 in low clouds and high winds.

Flight attendants at Spirit Airlines and the carrier have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year labor contract, the airline said.

The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has formally granted Air Serbia a foreign air carrier permit, allowing the flag airline to operate to the U.S. with its own aircraft.

United Airlines will pay roughly half its flight attendants a total of $3 million in lost wages and benefits and transfer three Boeing 787s from one of its two subsidiaries to the other to settle a grievance filed by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA).

U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) General Counsel Kathryn Thomson is stepping down in May, Aviation Daily has learned.

Australia’s Federal Court has upheld the claim by regulators that two major foreign airlines engaged in cargo price-fixing, overturning a previous ruling in the airlines’ favor.

State-controlled China Eastern Airlines is hoping for more strategic investment to follow the 3.55% stake that Delta Air Lines acquired last year, while also trying to attract more government capital.

Strikes called by a union representing government workers threaten to cause major disruptions at Australian airports over the next few weeks, particularly on the busy Thursday travel day before the Easter holiday weekend.

A Flydubai Boeing 737-800 crashed on Saturday morning in Rostov-on-Don, Russia after a second approach in severe rain and gusting winds.

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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.) Mar. 21-22—National Air Traffic Controllers Association, Annual Communicating for Safety Conference, Bally’s Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, http://cfs.natca.org/