Air Transport

By Bill Carey, Sean Broderick
A reported 108 people were killed May 18 when a Cubana de Aviacion Boeing 737-201 crashed shortly after takeoff from Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport.
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Peter W. Carter, Executive VP & Chief Legal Officer, Delta Air Lines
The foundation of President Trump’s presidential campaign was putting American jobs first and ensuring that our trade deals are fair and beneficial to all. A recent landmark agreement with the UAE, as well as a previous deal with Qatar, addressing unfair airline subsidies is a major step toward achieving that campaign promise.
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By Alan Dron
Oman Air announced a new first-class “mini-suite” on its fleet of Boeing 787s, as it responds to new premium products from other Middle East airlines, such as Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways.
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By Helen Massy-Beresford
Fast-growing Budapest-based LCC Wizz Air is allocating two new Airbus A320s to its London Luton Airport-based fleet, accompanying the launch of two routes to Larnaca, Cyprus and Lviv, Ukraine.
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By Adrian Schofield
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is taking another major step in streamlining its group structure, announcing plans to merge its SilkAir subsidiary into the core parent carrier.
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By Victoria Moores
Danish regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has acquired all the aircraft owned by Aldus Aviation Fund (AAF), comprising 29 Embraer E-Jets.
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By Alan Dron
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has delivered its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
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By Bradley Perrett
Air China’s new service between Chengdu and London, a route that British Airways (BA) dropped in 2017, will be to Gatwick Airport.
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By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
At its second Elevate Summit in Los Angeles last week, Uber described an ambitious end-state vision for its aerial ridesharing initiative. Guy Norris and Graham Warwick were there for the eye-opening presentation and discuss the challenges to realizing Uber’s vision with Mark Moore, the man behind its plans to fill the skies over the world’s most congested cities with electric VTOL air taxis.
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By Jens Flottau
Subsidies in air transport can only be addressed multilaterally, but any movement is unlikely.
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New program ignites slow-moving FAA effort to introduce drones more widely into the U.S. national airspace system.
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By Michael Bruno
Growing pains or systemic flaws? Recent 737 aerostructure delivery slips come amid growing supply-chain stress concerns.
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United Airlines CFO Andrew Levy has resigned, effective immediately, and the Chicago-based airline said it has started a search for a replacement.
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By Helen Massy-Beresford
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has launched high-speed Wi-Fi on its short- and medium-haul routes between Scandinavia and Europe, allowing passengers to start streaming and browse the internet once aircraft are airborne.
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By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air fell to a net loss of KRW10 billion ($9.2 million) in the first quarter, with the decline largely attributed to exchange rate movements and higher costs.
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By Karen Walker
In its third version this week of what was agreed between the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on their Open Skies aviation deal, the White House now says there is an “understanding” that UAE airlines have “no current plans” to add fifth freedom flights, but makes no mention of a routes freeze.
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Ben Goldstein
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has introduced legislation to expand the federal government’s powers to act against drones deemed threatening to the public.
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By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Union (EU) and the U.S. are moving closer to a long-awaited agreement to remove time limits from wet-leasing contracts after the European Council gave the European Commission the green light to negotiate with its U.S. counterpart.
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By Helen Massy-Beresford
PARIS–The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published a safety information bulletin highlighting the issue of dark-colored aircraft not being recognized by advanced visual docking guidance systems (A-VDGS).
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By Sean Broderick
Air Canada, citing market conditions, does not plan to exercise options it holds for Boeing 787s, CFO Michael Rousseau said at a recent industry event.
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By Sean Broderick
WASHINGTON—FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), acting on manufacturer CFM International’s recommendations, have mandated a tighter timeline for initial inspections of higher-time CFM56-7B fan blades.
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By Adrian Schofield
Singapore Airlines (SIA) more than doubled its net profit for its financial year ended March 31, 2018, as robust revenue growth managed to offset continued yield weakness and rising fuel costs.
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By Thierry Dubois
French air traffic controller union SNCTA is calling for an increase in hiring, asserting that past political decisions have led to a discrepancy between traffic growth and a stagnating controller headcount.
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By Mark Nensel
Dominican Republic-based startup Dominican Wings is rebranding as Flycana and will be the first LCC in the Caribbean, according to owner and founder Victor Pacheco.
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By Sean Broderick
After an initial delay, WestJet is poised to launch its first capacity-purchase agreement (CPA) next month, the first of what are expected to be several deals that will expand the carrier's network into smaller communities.
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