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Chen Chuanren
Seeing a large market for Umrah and Hajj pilgrimage flights to Saudi Arabia from Southeast Asia, Malaysia Airlines Group (MAG) has launched its pilgrimage airline, Amal
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By Michael Bruno
The number of electric-propulsion aircraft projects continues to climb at a staggering rate. 2019 could be a year of many firsts in this dynamic industry. Listen in as we discuss the big changes to come for the aerospace industry.
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By Graham Warwick
Bombardier starts 2019 with growing business aircraft and aerostructures revenues and sufficient backlog in commercial aircraft to buy it time to improve profitability and explore strategic options for its CRJ regional-jet family.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to ensure that revenue collected by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to fund its operations will no longer be diverted for non-security uses.
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By Alan Dron
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted Norwegian Air Sweden (NSE) permission to operate flights to and from the U.S.
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By Alan Dron
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has welcomed a call for a re-evaluation of the regulations that have underpinned the global civil aviation sector since 1944.
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By Kerry Reals
EasyJet confirms it is in talks with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato over the possibility of a joint investment in bankrupt Alitalia.
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By Thierry Dubois
Airbus no longer looks interested in civil supersonic flight, after having briefly been involved in such a project.
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By Jens Flottau
Etihad Airways is close to dropping large parts of its orders for Airbus and Boeing widebodies in an effort to reduce growth and stem losses.
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By Jens Flottau
Airbus has firmed up its plans to further increase narrowbody production over the next three years.
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By Kerry Reals
Chinese drone manufacturer DJI is upgrading the geofencing technology in its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to prevent them from flying close to airports across Europe.
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By Sean Broderick
New Spirit Airlines service between American Airlines’ Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT) fortress hub and four other airports with significant major-airline presence may be eye-opening at first, but the long-term ramifications of the move—a single daily flight on each route—should be negligible, Bernstein analysts conclude.
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By Thierry Dubois
As the production of the CFM LEAP engine is continuing to ramp up, Safran Aircraft Engines is helping suppliers implement faster quality control methods.
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By Graham Warwick
With the Amazon effect driving demand for rapid delivery of e-commerce goods, U.S. startup Elroy Air plans to fly a full-scale prototype of its unmanned cargo aircraft in 2019.
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By Victoria Moores
Accommodation provider Airbnb has appointed former Virgin America CEO Fred Reid as global head of transportation, as part of the company’s push to make travel more tolerable.
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By Jens Flottau
2018 was marked by massive air traffic control delays. It looks like 2019 will not be better.
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By Sean Broderick
Aspiring startup Jetlines—advancing its new strategy of building a route network that seeks to avoid WestJet ULCC subsidiary Swoop—plans to include Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) in its network, the airline and airport announced Feb. 13.
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By Michael Bruno
Boeing and Safran have named their joint venture for auxiliary power units (APUs), calling it Initium Aerospace.
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By Graham Warwick
Concerned that explosives concealed inside an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) could pose a danger to first responders attempting to find a drone’s registration number, the FAA will now require owners to display their registration number on an outside surface.
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By Michael Bruno
An Airbus executive on Feb. 13 at an industry conference in Seattle said he would not discuss the fate of the A380 program a day before his European headquarters is expected to address the giant widebody program.
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By Kerry Reals
Irish lessor Avolon reported a 30% increase in full-year profit for 2018 to $717 million while revenue increased 10% year-over-year to $2.57 billion.
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By Victoria Moores
European private equity firm STAR Capital has agreed to acquire Dublin-basedASL Aviation Holdings, which has a fleet of around 130 aircraft spanning airlines in Africa, Asia and Europe, as well as various support businesses.
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By Maxim Pyadushkin
EASA test pilots have completed the first session of certification flights on Irkut’s MC-21-300 narrowbody, the aircraft manufacturer said Feb. 13.
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By Kerry Reals
The Dutch Government is advocating the introduction of a European Union-wide levy on aviation fuel to address rising carbon dioxide emissions from the commercial air transport sector.
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By Jens Flottau
After years in crisis mode, the decision to stop production of the world’s largest civil aircraft does not come as a surprise.
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