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News about commercial airlines, including regulations, aircraft orders, safety, acquisitions, and mergers.

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Southwest Removes Max from Schedules through November 2

All three U.S. Max operators now have deferred Max flying into at least November.
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Ryanair Cuts Growth Forecast on Delayed Delivery of Max

Europe’s largest low-cost carrier will close bases and has lowered passenger growth outlook by 3 percent.
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Pakistan Fully Reopens Airspace to Overflights

Airlines work to restore all routes between Europe and Asia affected by Pakistani airspace closure.
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American Airlines Scraps More Flights Due to Max Grounding

The grounding of AA’s Max jets forces it to cancel 115 flights a day.
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Airport Operator Atlantia, Delta Picked to Help Reboot Alitalia

Devising the final shareholder arrangement and business plan for Alitalia will likely take another couple of months.
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Bids for Avianca Brasil Contingent on Slot Awards

Latam, Gol are paying $70 million each for the bulk of bankrupt airline Avianca Brasil's assets.
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Norwegian Opens New Chapter as CEO and Founder Steps Down

Bjorn Kjos has announced his retirement at age 72, calling his departure “way overdue.”
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Norwegian Opens New Chapter as CEO and Founder Steps Down

Bjorn Kjos has announced his retirement at age 72, calling his departure “way overdue.”
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Norwegian Enters New Chapter as CEO and Founder Steps Down

Bjorn Kjos has announced his retirement at age 72, calling his departure “way overdue.”
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Chinese LCCs Hope for More Favorable Business Conditions

The promise of fewer structural barriers in China ushers in several proposals for new low-cost carriers.
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Summit Seeks Solutions for Drone Disruption

The Drone Disruption Summit in October 2019 will address the costly disruption caused by drone near-misses and airport incursions.
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France Reveals Plans To Introduce an Eco Tax on Flights

The new levy will come into force in 2020 and will range from €1.5 per ticket in economy to €18 in business class.
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Flyadeal Confirms Cancellation of 737 Maxs

The Saudi airline has placed an order for 30 A320neos but declined to comment on the role—if any—the grounding of the Max played.
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British Airways Faces Record £183 Million Fine over Data Breach

The UK data protection authority faults the British flag carrier for "poor" security arrangements.
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EVA Cabin Crew Return to Work

Flight attendants union reaches an agreement with EVA management, ending the longest strike in Taiwanese aviation history.
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Belgium Moves Towards Single Civil-military ATM System

The project to implement a shared air traffic management system for Belgium has reached the final implementation phase.
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EC Approves Flybe Sale to Connect Airways

Flybe will now operate under the Virgin brand.
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Norwegian Points to Max Groundings for Traffic Dip

The continued grounding of the Boeing 737 Max has diluted passenger totals for Norwegian Air Shuttle, as well as undermined on-time performance.
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Garuda Execs Drop Sriwijaya Board Seats amid Antitrust Probe

Indonesia’s antitrust watchdog is investigating charges of a ticketing cartel.
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Avianca Brasil Set for Auction, Again

Coveted slots at Sao Paulo's Congonhas Airport remain up for grabs.
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Emirates Launches World's Shortest A380 Flights

The twice-daily Emirates service from Dubai to Muscat extends just 185 nm in each direction.
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Bamboo Airways Eyes Training Needs Ahead of U.S. Flights

The recently established Vietnamese Airline needs pilots, flight attendants, and ground crew to support transpacific expansion.
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KLM to Deploy Its First Boeing 787-10 to East Africa

The Dutch airline plans to have 15 of the type in its fleet following an order swap with Air France.
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Jazeera Airways Eyes Big Opportunities in Mideast and Beyond

With another three airplanes joining the fleet this year, Jazeera projects a 25 percent increase in passenger traffic in 2019.
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Tarom Renews Turboprop Fleet with Nine ATR 72-600s

The Romanian flag carrier will lease the new ATR turboprops from Nordic Aviation Capital.
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EVA Air Cabin Crew Strike Enters Seventh Day

Hundreds of flights cancelled by Taiwan airline as flight attendant strike cripples operations.
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American Sets Retirement Date for MD-80s

The last 26 of the McDonnell Douglas widebodies will leave the AA fleet on September 4.
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More than 400 Max Pilots Sue Boeing in Class Action

737 Max pilots flying for a major international airline join Pilot X in suing Boeing.
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Airlines Reroute Flights as Persian Gulf Tensions Escalate

Ticket prices could rise by an average of $300 due to costs associated with rerouting flights.
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Lufthansa Reveals Major Shake-up of Eurowings

The low-cost carrier will solely focus on short-haul ops, reduce growth, and bring down costs to trim losses.
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