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The trials will see aircraft landing at a 3.2-deg. glide slope approach angle—as opposed to the standard 3 deg.—between September 2015 and March 2016.

This expansion will be enabled by the arrival of a leased Airbus A330-200 next June, which will be the 23rd of this aircraft type to join the Hawaiian fleet.

The sides have now reached a tentative settlement agreement that calls for Ontario to pay $190 million to Los Angeles over 10 years.

The New York-based airline has been working to equip its 130 A320s with high-speed Internet access, branded as “Fly-Fi,” since launching the service in December 2013.

20 Years Ago Aug. 10, 1995 — SCFM International signed an agreement with Airbus to power the airframer’s A321-200 with its CMF56-5B3/P. Flight tests began April 1996. 10 Years Ago

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To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Aug. 11-13—12th Annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (LABACE), http://10times.com/labace-saopaulo Aug. 22-23—Shoreham Airshow, Brighton City (Shoreham) Airport, West Sussex, www.shorehamairshow.co.uk/

For a complete list of Aviation Week’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.awin.aviationweek.com/events Oct. 13-15—MRO Europe, ExCel London Exhibition and Convention Center, London, U.K. Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, SingEx Exhibition and Convention Center, Singapore. Feb. 3-4, 2016—MRO Middle East, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE. Mar. 3, 2016—Laureate Awards, The National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.

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The State, Commerce and Transportation Departments closed the docket on Aug. 3, but the public is welcome to comment on any existing documents until Aug. 24.

The New York-based LCC declined to give specific numbers on passenger loads and yields for Mint, the 16-seat premium cabin available on flights connecting New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) with Los Angeles and San Francisco.

A major sticking point, they said, is that the union wants a $348 million ratification bonus for pilots, at a three-year cost to the company of more than $1 billion.

The study claims ancillary fees have proliferated since 2009, becoming significant drivers of profit for domestic carriers.

The news comes as United contemplates how to proceed with a fleet that is becoming increasingly more cost-effective as fuel prices remain low.

Under the plan, on March 22 Virgin Australia will withdraw from its routes between Bali, Indonesia, and Australian cities Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth.

With this strategy, Hainan Airlines evidently aims to fill market demand it calculates as being unserved by Shanghai-based China Eastern, which has been slow in expanding its international business.

SYDNEY—VietJet’s recent cooperation agreement with Boeing is aimed at possible widebody-aircraft orders, rather than narrowbodies, airline board

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has reached a tentative agreement with Air Wisconsin on a new contract after nearly five years of negotiations

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Of the 1,247 pilots participating, roughly 55% said yes, while 45% said no, the WestJet Professional Pilots Association announced in an online post.

“Union leadership is reflecting on the tentative agreement,” Southwest spokesman Bob Hughes told Aviation Daily. “We will resume talks when they’re ready.”

The downturn in Brazil does not change plans for an additional hub in the country’s northeast.

CEO David Maimon said the board had “authorized the company to hold talks with Boeing over the acquisition of widebody Dreamliner aircraft for the purchase and lease of 15 planes in the next five years.”

Asia-Pacific airlines are forced to seek closer JV ties with U.S. carriers to gain better access to domestic U.S. routes that have become costly under traditional codeshare deals, Dunkerley said at the CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit in Sydney.