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American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, JetBlue, Spirit and a host of other carriers are taking part.

The event designed for the North American marketplace is attracting leading US airlines.

The negative media coverage of the airline industry is exacerbating the deepening pilot shortage, an expert has warned.

Airline consolidation is hurting profitability across the aviation and tourism sectors, one of North America’s leading industry figures has said.

Senior decision makers will gather in Memphis next week for the inaugural TakeOff event.

Aviation industry experts have been confirmed to speak at the inaugural TakeOff event, taking place in Memphis, October 29-30, 2018.

This week we profile TakeOff 2018 attendee JetBlue, the US low-cost carrier headquartered in New York.

This week we profile TakeOff 2018 attendee and US giant United Airlines.

This week we profile TakeOff 2018 attendee Allegiant Air, the US low-cost airline that operates scheduled and charter flights.

US start-up California Pacific Airlines, the brainchild of 97-year-old entrepreneur Ted Vallas, is set to take to the skies during the fourth quarter after several years of false dawns.

The US Federal Aviation Administration is to award $770.8m in airport infrastructure grants to more than 500 airports.

United and WestJet are among the airlines already registered for the event, designed specifically the North American marketplace.

Featuring the latest news and orders announced at the 2018 Farnborough Airshow, including big wins for Boeing and Airbus, as well as details of serial airline entrepreneur David Neeleman's latest venture.

Two clients of ASM North America, the leading air route development consultancy, have landed a combined $1.5m from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help develop their own solutions to local air service needs.

This week: Ryanair cleared for Laudamotion deal; JetBlue signs Airbus order; rising fuel costs hit Delta; passenger demand rises in May; executive changes at WestJet; and Boeing's Q2 orders and deliveries.

Infrastructure grants of $677m have been awarded to airports across the US to help improve safety and efficiency.

TakeOff is the dedicated platform for learning about and leveraging opportunities for future network maintenance, development and expansion for the North American marketplace.