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

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Boeing Wins $13.8 Billion Singapore Order For 777-9s, 787-10s

Deal calls for deliveries to start in 2020
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Airline Pilots Look to Trump To Revoke Norwegian Air Permit

The Air Line Pilots Association is encouraged by President Trump's 'America first' rhetoric, believing he will support labor in permit dispute.
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U.S. Non-Legacy Airlines Oppose Complaint About Gulf Carriers

CEOs of Hawaiian Airlines, FedEx Express, JetBlue and Atlas Air Urge Transportation and State Department heads to reject efforts to curb Open Skies
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Lifting of U.S. Travel Ban Normalizes Airline Ops, For Now

Passengers from seven countries on Trump’s list begin trickling into U.S.
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Airline Passenger Traffic Grew by 6.3 Percent, IATA Says

The growth in revenue passenger kilometers over 2015 outpaced the 10-year average annual growth rate of 5.5 percent.
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U.S. Airlines Petition Trump Administration on Gulf Carriers

The CEOs of American, Delta and United airlines request a meeting with new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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Airlines Call for More Clarity on Trump Travel Ban

Cite failure of administration to properly coordinate and warn airlines of new policy
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Airlines, Amid Confusion, Largely Quiet On Trump Travel Ban

Contradictory statements from Trump administration officials have caused confusion for airlines.
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Aeroflot Retrenchment Settles Fate of Orders for A350-800s, 787s

Russian flag carrier sharpens focus on current widebody fleet
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James Hogan To Step Down as Etihad CEO

Move comes as part of a “controlled restructuring.”
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Irish Regional Carrier CityJet Acquires SAS Subsidiary Cimber

CityJet also placed a conditional order with Bombardier for up to 10 new CRJ900 regional jets.
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Boeing Books Blockbuster Max Order from Spicejet

Follows up on big order for Airbus from fellow Indian LCC GoAir
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Malaysia Airlines To Order 25 Widebodies In 2017

Malaysian flag carrier is returning to expansion mode following turbulent 2014 and 2015
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Cheap Oil Drives Airline Growth, Despite Falling GDP

ICAO published preliminary air transport market statistics for 2016.
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IATA Demands Changes To Conflict Zone Information Sharing

Repository Implemented too quickly, says IATA security specialist
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Qatar Airways Acquires Stake in Latin American Airline Group

The Persian Gulf carrier acquired a 10 percent share of Santiago, Chile-based Latam Airlines Group for $608 million.
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Hawaiian Airlines Confirms A321neo Delivery Delays

First of its Pratt-powered Airbus narrowbodies now scheduled to enter service in next year’s fourth quarter
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IATA Urges African Governments To Repatriate Blocked Funds

De Juniac reports progress in Nigeria and Egypt
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Flybe Names Former Cityjet Boss As New CEO

Christine Ourmieres-Widener succeeds Saad Hammad
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Alaska Air Group Closes on Virgin America Acquisition

Combined fleet now consists of some 280 aircraft averaging 8.5 years of age
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Bombardier’s CS300 Enters Service with Air Baltic

First service takes 145-seat jet from Riga to Amsterdam hours before Bombardier announces model gained FAA type validation
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Airline Profits Set To Peak In 2016 then Slip in 2017, Says IATA

Total profits for IATA member airlines will be lower than anticipated in 2016 at $35.6 billion, with rising oil prices set to dent figures for 2017.
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China’s Lucky Air To Launch LCC with Help of State Agencies

Chengdu Shenniao Airlines to start Boeing 737-800 operations in first quarter
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African Airlines Mull Options To Combat 'Mega-competitors'

Consensus reached on need for Pan-African alliance
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Alaska Air Group-Virgin America Merger Passes Antitrust Review

Companies expect to close transaction by January 1
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Norwegian Air’s Irish Unit Wins Right to Fly to U.S.

Decision comes a day after EC charged U.S. with breach of Open Skies
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Europe Accuses U.S. of Breaching Open Skies Pact

Case of Norwegian Air International set for arbitration
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United To Pay $2.4 million to Settle Bribery Case

Airline received approval for new hangar project after launching route specifically for Port Authority boss
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Losses Mount at Lufthansa as Pilots Strike Again

Another 1,706 flights canceled on Tuesday and Wednesday
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Russia's Volga-Dnepr Ends Freight JV with Ukraine's Antonov

Volga-Dnepr is a leading operator of Antonov An-124 heavylifters.
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