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

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Dubai Exhibitors Anticipate Resumption of Brisk Sales Activity

Egyptair, Emirates among expected buyers
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Qatar Airways Holds Out against Boycott

Airline aims to restore pre-blockade traffic volumes by end of year
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As China and Korea Mend Ties, Korean Air Sees Brighter Days

Delivery of airline's first Bombardier C Series expected by year-end
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Qatar Takes Near 10-percent Stake in Cathay Pacific

Second equity purchase for Persian Gulf airline since American Airlines rebuff
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Etihad To End Dallas Service Once AA Code Share Expires

Gulf carrier calls move one of several adjustments planned for U.S. network next year
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Russian Traffic Rises, but Airlines Endure Instability

Speakers at Wings of the Future conference in Moscow express cautious optimism
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Drop in China-Taiwan Traffic Pressures China Airlines

Taiwan's flag carrier turns focus to Southeast Asia, Europe
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Asian Airlines Call On U.S. To Apply ICAO Standards to Security

New security measures for international flights into the U.S. begin Thursday
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Asia-Pacific Air Transport Leaders Warn of Congestion Crisis

Delegates at AAPA Assembly in Taipei call for more international cooperation in air traffic management
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GTF Engine Pains Subside in IndiGo A320neos

Pratt identifies fix for combustor lining degradation
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Singapore Signs Firm Order for 39 Boeing Widebodies

Flag carrier inks deal for twenty 777-9s and nineteen 787-10s during White House visit by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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Lufthansa Agrees to Buy Parts of Air Berlin

Deal draws protest from Ryanair, which pledged to take its challenge to EC competition authorities
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Air Baltic Returns Bombardier CS300s to Service

Restarts revenue flights following precautionary grounding of fleet
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Airlines Call on EU to Put Stop to ATC Strikes

French air traffic controllers leave posts vacant at nine ATC centers from October 11 to October 13
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Air Berlin To Cease Flights after October 28

€150 million loan from German government insufficient to keep bankrupt airline operating
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Kenya Airways Executives Exit as Expats Jump Aboard

New CEO Sepastian Mikosz launches turnaround plan with help of former Lot Polish Airlines executives
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Genav Leaders: Don't Allow 'Airline-ization' of ATC

Leaders of six general and business aviation organizations rallied in opposition to ATC privatization efforts.
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U.S. Hits Bombardier with New C Series Duties

Near 80 percent antidumping tariff brings total duties to almost 300 percent
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Silkair Takes First Boeing 737 Max 8

Singapore Airlines subsidiary turns focus to new markets while solidifying wider regional network
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Indian Airlines Facing Major Slot Constraints

Growing pains intensify from continuing infrastructure shortcomings
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UK’s Monarch Airlines Ends Operations

Company enters administration under weight of cost and competitive pressures
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Bombardier Seals Q400 Deal with SpiceJet

Agreement covers firm order for 25 of the big turboprops and purchase rights on 25 more
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Qatar Completes Purchase of Equity Stake in Meridiana

Doha-based carrier now owns 49-percent of the ailing Italian airline
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Analysis Spotlights Middle East’s Risky Capacity Assumptions

Region adding 8 percent more seats per year, mostly in widebodies
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Lufthansa Commits to Adding 61 Airplanes to Eurowings Fleet

Supervisory board approves €1 billion investment
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Al Baker Defiant as Qatar Takes First Boeing 747-8

Airline’s cargo business grows by 160-percent following institution of travel bans by four neighboring countries
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Boeing Boosts Market Outlook for Southeast Asia

Latest forecast reflects expected requirement for $650 billion worth of airliners over the next two decades
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Boeing Turns Focus to Turkey’s Vision 2023 with Dreamliner Deal

Turkish Airlines signs MOU for forty 787-9s as Boeing agrees to participate in national aerospace initiative
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Ryanair’s O’Leary Apologizes For Mass Cancellations

Pilot scheduling snafu forces airline to scrap 2,100 flights over six weeks
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JetBlue’s Hayes Rails against Legacy Airline Power Grab

During speech at Aero Club of Washington, the JetBlue CEO sides with Persian Gulf airlines
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