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WASHINGTON—A U.S. Congressional report on the Boeing 737 MAX reveals that while Boeing learned during the model’s development that pilots might not

Bombardier on Sept. 16 said it finalized terms of the sale of its train business to Alstom for $8.4 billion (€7.15 billion), including a $350 million price cut from the memorandum of understanding unveiled in February.

AEROMEXICO requested Bankruptcy Court approval to modify lease contracts of 72 aircraft to PBH rates vs monthly rates.

In a normal year, September marks the month when U.S. carriers enter their off-peak period. But 2020 has been anything but normal.

Shareholders at Russian carrier Aeroflot have approved plans to issue up to 1.7 billion new shares to help the company weather the COVID-19 crisis.

SOUTHWEST says pax demand/booking trends are modestly improving, but remain primarily leisure-oriented and inconsistent by region. It plans to reduce

Icelandair Group is now anticipating a $363 million EBIT loss for 2020 and a further $43 million loss in 2021, before climbing back to profitability in 2022 and building to a $175 million positive EBIT by 2024.

Ask the Editors: The A220-500 would be great strategic asset for Airbus in its competition with Boeing and the 737 MAX.

József Váradi was one of the founders of Wizz Air in 2003. He previously worked at Procter & Gamble for 10 years and then Malév Hungarian Airlines. He

LUFTHANSA says it is talking with Airbus about accelerating A350-900 deliveries; it has 27 on order.

Jin Chuan to Chairman of Bohai Leasing, China.

JAPAN AIRLINES has retired its second 777-200ER (32893); aircraft was placed into storage at Victorville, CA.

Kazakhstan-based Air Astana is continuing to reopen its Central Asian network, with flights from its Almaty (ALA) hub to Bishkek (FRU), Kyrgyzstan, starting from Sept. 20.

Italian CAA ENAC has called a meeting with Irish LCC Ryanair to discuss reports that the airline may not be fully complying with national COVID-19 mitigation measures.

Air New Zealand plans to make further significant cuts to its international flight attendant workforce as it switches more passenger flights to cargo-only.

South Korean start-up LCC Aero K plans to begin operations In October following significant delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Air Malta issued a local and international call on Sept. 14 for applications to fill its CEO vacancy.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has accomplished what it described as the world’s first successful landing of a UAV at a major airport while integrating the vehicle into commercial traffic.

Lufthansa LCC subsidiary Eurowings—taking advantage of Ryanair’s base closure at Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) in Germany—plans to take over up to 95% of the routes that have been operated by the Irish LCC.

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Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr told employees to expect deeper cuts to staff levels and the group’s fleet as the recovery of air travel will take much longer than originally anticipated.