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Airbus will cut A330 production rates ahead of the transition from the current model to the A330neo, the manufacturer said Friday. The manufacturer will reduce monthly output to nine aircraft, from 10, in the fourth quarter of 2015. It raised production to 10 in 2013.

France and the Czech Republic have decided to follow the U.K.’s policy and will begin screenings of passengers who arrive from Ebola-affected countries, but other European Union (EU) member states are not convinced the procedures are necessary or effective and are steering away from temperature checks at their airports.

Delta Air Lines, cashing in on strict capacity discipline that moves aircraft from underperforming routes to ones that have potential, boosted top

Air France and its pilots, putting several months of tense negotiations and two weeks of strikes in September behind them, have reached a tentative

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) head John Pistole will retire Dec. 31, the agency announced Thursday. Pistole, formerly the number two official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has been the TSA administrator since June 2010. Pistole is slated to become the next president of Anderson University, located in his hometown of Anderson, Ind. Pistole earned his bachelor’s degree from the university in 1978.

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LONDON—Heathrow Airport Holdings will sell off Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports to a consortium of Ferrovial and Macquarie, in a deal worth

In a surprise move that underscores turmoil in parts of Air France-KLM Group, Camiel Eurlings stepped down as president and CEO of the Dutch airline

MADRID—Bolt-on metal repairs to primary composite structures could become a thing of the past, as work to improve the acceptance and standardization

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The U.S., working to track down passengers on one flight that included a person who tested positive for Ebola, will pressure counterparts in several

The Airbus A350-900 will be allowed to fly up to 370 min. away from the nearest diversion airport from entry into service. The European Aviation

Luxair has ordered Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) Split Scimitar Winglet upgrades for its blended winglet-equipped Boeing 737-800s. The upgrades will

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/10/avd_10_16_2014_dataw.pdf Data Watch: Mishandled Baggage Reports - U.S Airlines June 2014 Reports Per 1,000 Passengers Rank Airline Total Baggage Reports Enplaned Passengers Current Year Last Year 1 Virgin America (VX) 576 569,798 1.01 0.95 2 Frontier (F9) 1,889 1,056,610 1.79 2.19 3 JetBlue (B6) 1,551 826,268 1.88 2.21 4 Delta (DL) 4,504 2,352,407 1.91 2.14

NEW DELHI—India’s low-cost carrier (LCC) IndiGo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to buy 250 Airbus A320neos at a list price of $25.7

Airlines and airports in Europe are applying different policies on how to handle the Ebola epidemic, but calls are rising for a harmonized approach

Failure to follow standard operating procedures was at the root of a go-around incident that put seven crew members and 235 passengers on a Thomas

MADRID — The head of maintenance, repair and overhaul provider Magnetic MRO is confident that small, independent facilities will continue to have a

Canadian training specialist CAE has signed a deal with Japan Airlines (JAL) to train its pilots in Tokyo, giving the company presence in a new and

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Air Berlin and Alitalia, two carriers from different alliances but soon to be linked via a common shareholder, will introduce codesharing on hundreds

Silver Airways plans to increase its intra-Florida flying by more than 40% beginning Nov. 6, with plans to soon operate more than 560 weekly flights

London Heathrow reported a 2.9% year-over-year increase in connecting passengers in September. Passenger volumes to Mexico jumped 17.6%, while traffic

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/10/avd_10_15_2014_dataw.pdf Data Watch: Mishandled Baggage Reports - U.S Airlines May 2014 Reports Per 1,000 Passengers Rank Airline Total Baggage Reports Enplaned Passengers Current Year Last Year 1 Virgin America (VX) 586 561,815 1.04 1.15 2 Frontier (F9) 1,646 996,961 1.65 1.96 3 JetBlue (B6) 4,218 2,358,982 1.79 1.73 4 Delta (DL) 18,476 9,558,567 1.93 2.08

BEIJING—The Comac ARJ21 regional jet is entering volume production, with the manufacturer committing itself to building a batch of 10 aircraft--a move