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Alaska Air Group’s regional carrier Horizon Air has selected the Embraer 175 to complement its all-turboprop fleet.
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Southwest Airlines is expanding its international schedule with new daily flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia, Costa Rica.
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American Airlines is not ready to match JetBlue Airways’ Mint cabin expansion feature in markets other than New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, CEO Doug Parker said April 12 at the CAPA Americas Aviation Summit.
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Europe’s largest LCC in terms of passengers has led the way in unbundling fares for years and implemented an uncompromising ancillary revenue policy, but Ryanair now is introducing a new rebundled fare to attract more high-yield leisure travelers.
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Nav Canada, Canada’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), is planning to cut its user fees by an average of 7.6% for fiscal year 2017, effective Sept. 1.
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By Bradley Perrett
New HNA carrier Guilin Airlines is basically ready for operations, the Civil Aviation Administration of China says.
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By Bradley Perrett
Privately owned Chinese carrier LJ Air expects to begin flying in June, following the expected arrival this month of its first aircraft, an Airbus A321.
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By Bradley Perrett
China’s Northeastern Airlines, not yet in operation, has agreed on unspecified cooperation with HNA Group carrier Capital Airlines.
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Venezuela is “slowly disconnecting itself from the rest of the world” and showing no sign of reversing course, IATA’s top executive for the Americas said this week at the CAPA Americas Aviation Summit.
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By Guy Norris
Despite being months away from entering service, the first production version of the 737 MAX is scheduled to emerge from Boeing’s Renton facility this month as part of a plan designed to ensure a trouble-free manufacturing and assembly build-up.
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By Adrian Schofield
By the end of this week, airlines in Malaysia expect to learn if the country’s regulators have heeded their concerns about proposed hikes to aviation service fees.
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By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa is close to taking full control of its Belgian affiliate Brussels Airlines, according to industry sources.
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More governments should consider relaxing rules on foreign investors who seek to buy shares in their airlines, Delta Air Lines’ chief legal officer said this week
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As a precursor to what could be an antitrust-immunized joint venture, Air China is tightening its ties with United Airlines through what the two carriers are calling a strengthened “strategic partnership.”
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A gear-up touch-down by severely fatigued pilots of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 during flight testing at Keflavik, Iceland, reveals numerous flaws in air and ground procedures.
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By Tony Osborne
Dublin is in an enviable position for airport expansion, having approvals in hand for an additional runway. But clauses tied to overnight usage could hamper overall operational growth.
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By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia was forced onto the defensive last year, but since then its management and founders have strengthened the carrier’s financial standing and boosted market confidence.
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By Bradley Perrett
Hongtu Airlines is on the verge of commencing service from its intended base in Kunming in southwest China, with a plan to operate 20 aircraft within three years and 100 aircraft by 2026.
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By Jens Flottau
French leisure carrier Air Austral has dropped an order for two Airbus A380s, but the aircraft manufacturer gained a firm commitment for the aircraft from an undisclosed customer.
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The Icelandic Transportation Safety Board (ITSB) is calling on Russian and European aircraft certification authorities to make changes to the emergency escape slide system of the Sukhoi Superjet 100, which was certified by Russia in 2011 and validated by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in 2012.
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Airlines have been disciplined about adding passenger capacity, but IATA data for February reveal “tentative signs of a pickup” as capacity growth outstripped demand for the first time since mid-2015.
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AAR Corp. will continue investing in digital technologies to improve its global supply chain, including the launch later this year of a new app aimed at improving customer access
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By Maxim Pyadushkin
Privately owned S7 Airlines has a chance to become Russia’s first operator of the Airbus A320neo now that the previous sole Russian customer, Transaero, has gone out of business.
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California-based private jet operator JetSuite is experimenting with scheduled service, adding 10 used Embraer ERJ 135s for its proposed short-haul routes.
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James Pozzi
Thailand aims to attract more international MRO companies through a range of government-led incentives, such as tax holidays, import duty exemptions and residency benefits.
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