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Virgin Australia has completed the transaction that will see Affinity Equity Partners acquire 35% of the airline’s Velocity frequent-flyer program

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Repeated strikes by Lufthansa’s pilots are creating ruptures in Lufthansa’s work force, with ground staff accusing flight crews of disregarding common

Improving global and national economics and the demand for more fuel-efficient aircraft are some of the factors contributing to an eight-year backlog

Hawaiian Airlines’ latest financial results show that the carrier’s recent pause in international expansion is continuing to pay off with

With less than a year to the congressional deadline for safe integration of unmanned aircraft into national airspace, FAA efforts are gathering pace

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Delta Air Lines is striking back against claims that it is misusing its slots at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and argues in a filing that the U.S

Virgin Australia has not ruled out new fleet types for Tigerair and likely will fly subsidiary Tigerair Australia on international routes to better

NEW DELHI—The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) earlier this month barred three aircraft from flying after “substantive” lapses were found

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Moody’s Investors Service believes the European transport-infrastructure industry will remain stable over the next 12-18 months on growth in traffic

Qantas will upgrade cabins for all of its Airbus A330s, initiating a major refurbishment program for the 28 aircraft to be completed by the end of

The European Commission (EC) is seeking input into whether SkyTeam members Air France-KLM, Alitalia and Delta Air Lines enjoy an unfair dominance on

American Airlines and US Airways have unified under a single air waybill, effectively completing the combination of the cargo divisions of the merging

MONTREAL—The civil aviation industry wastes billions of dollars per year due to inefficient lease transfers, according to the Aviation Working Group

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has created a venture capital fund to attract and support companies that develop applications and

Association of European Airlines (AEA) CEO Athar Husain Khan has pushed back against suggestions that European airlines are protectionist, redirecting

Manila’s congested Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will be sold to private operators by the end of 2016 in an effort to shake off its poor

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A regional aircraft manufacturer will be the launch customer for a new family of maintenance applications and Wi-Fi-equipped hardware components which Honeywell will begin deploying next year. The project includes the installation of Data Lan Management Units (DLMU-W) in a family of regional aircraft, along with subscriptions to the first in a series of Honeywell “My-Maintainer” iPad applications. My-Maintainer will be offered by Honeywell through its Global Data Center.

Cathay Pacific Airways will pay $130,000 within 30 days to the U.S. government to settle claims it failed to properly advertise some fares to U.S. customers, marking the carrier’s first-ever civil penalty to the Transportation Department (DOT).

NAGOYA, Japan—The first Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ flight-test aircraft, unveiled Oct. 18, will undergo about six months of ground evaluations before taking to the air in the second quarter of 2015. The second flight-test aircraft is coming together much faster than the first, final assembly of which began a year ago, said a Mitsubishi Aircraft executive. Airframe-contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), the manufacturing contractor to developer Mitsubishi Aircraft, built a static strength-test airframe before the first flight-test unit.