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IAG 'levels playing field' with new low-cost, long-haul airline
International Airlines Group (IAG) launched its long-anticipated low-cost, long-haul carrier March 17, naming it Level.
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Transport Canada adopts new UAV rules
Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau announces new UAV measures at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
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Asiana receives first A350 simulator
South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines, which is getting ready to take delivery of its first of 22 Airbus A350-900s in April, has received its first A350 flight simulator.
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New Cyprus Airways secures AOC
Startup carrier Cyprus Airways has secured its air operator’s certificate (AOC) and plans to launch operations “very soon.”
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Berlin airports cancel hundreds of flights as ground workers continue strike
Berlin’s Tegel and Schönefeld airports canceled hundreds of scheduled flights from March 13-15 because of an ongoing ground staff strike over wages.
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Frontier, Silver drop Cuba service
US carriers Silver Airways and Frontier Airlines said they will end service to Cuba, citing excess capacity and other challenges in the newly reopened US-Cuba market.
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French ATC strike causes more than 1,500 flight cancellations
The latest French air traffic control (ATC) strike caused a record-breaking 1,500 flight cancellations, according to estimates by commercial aviation group Airlines for Europe (A4E).
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CDB Aviation orders 30 737 MAX aircraft
CDB Aviation Lease Finance, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has ordered 30 Boeing 737 MAXs. Pictured: Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Kevin McAllister, CDB Aviation Lease Finance president & CEO Peter Chang, Global Sales & Marketing VP-commercial airplanes Ihssane Mounir and Northeast Asia Sales VP Rick Anderson.
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Emirates begins Athens-Newark service
Emirates Airline operated the first rotation of its controversial fifth-freedom Dubai-Athens-New York-Newark service March 13, following a weekend of protests by US airlines’ staff.