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

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Lufthansa Cargo Combats Yield Crisis with Further Cost Cuts

Plans to double targeted savings following big losses in first three quarters of 2016
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Taiwan’s TransAsia Ceases Operations

Carrier fails to recover from deteriorating traffic and rising costs
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Airlines Urge African Nations To Release Blocked Funds

Angola, Nigeria, Egypt and Sudan identified as primary offenders
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Japan's Peach Aviation Chooses Airbus for New Narrowbodies

Order for A320neos and A320ceos loosens Boeing stranglehold on Japanese market
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United Pushes Back Boeing 737 Orders and Opts for Max

United Airlines is switching orders for 61 737-700 narrowbodies into the new 737 Max model, but won't say when these deliveries will be made.
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Brazilian Government Clears the Way for Qatar Stake in Latam

Qatar Airways is buying a 10 percent holding in Latam.
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United To Assume Republic’s Order for 24 E175s

Schedules call for delivery of the 76-seat jets next year
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ATR Profits From Latin American Airline Connection

New order for ATR 72s call for first delivery by year-end
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Emirates Sheds Last Airbus A330 and A340

Retirements leave the airline with 85 A380s and 160 Boeing 777s
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Air France-KLM To Launch New Long-Haul Airline

Plan designed to fend off competition from Gulf state powers
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UPS Orders 14 Boeing 747-8s

Contract boosts prospects for extended production run of the iconic jet
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IATA DG Calls For Further Regulatory Reform in India

Speaks out on deficiencies of country’s regulatory structure
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India’s Vistara To Dive into International Market

Tata-SIA joint venture ready to take advantage of new civil aviation policy that allows airlines with 20 airplanes to fly abroad immediately
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Chinese Flights to UK To Propagate Under New Bilateral Pact

Second-tier airlines stand to benefit
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Kenya Airways Pilots Call Off Strike as State Intervenes

Government appoints new board chair
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Airlines Must Prove Long-Term Profitability, CEOs Agree

Wall Street remains wary of ability of carriers to ride out turbulent economic times
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African Countries Contemplate New Multinational Airline

Ethiopian Airlines makes overtures to seven governments
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Boeing, Atlas Air Sign Deal for Nine 767 P2F Conversions

Contract includes four airplanes originally attributed to an unidentified customer
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Europe's Regionals Back on Track Ahead of ERA Assembly

Revitalized members of the European Regions Airline Association prepares for new legislative season wary of bureaucratic frustrations
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Air Transport Growth Is A Key Factor In Rwanda’s Economic Boom

Air Transport Growth Is A Key Factor In Rwanda’s Economic Boom
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Etihad, TUI Group In Talks To Launch New Leisure Carrier

Deal would mark latest consolidation effort by Air Berlin
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RwandAir Stretches Its Wings to Europe, Asia with Airbus A330s

Airline built as instrument of development in the center of Africa
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Philippines Moves to Address Manila Capacity Crunch

Turboprop flights to move to Clark Airport
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Lufthansa to Complete Brussels Airlines Take Over

German company to take remaining 55 percent of SN Airholding through exercise of call option
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Boeing, Southwest Engage in 737 Max Trials

First operator still undecided, according to airframer
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Losses at Africa’s Fastjet Triple as New CEO Moves To Cut A319s

Three wet-leased Embraer E190s to replace pair of Airbuses
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Thales, SES Team on New In-flight Broadband Venture

Associated satellite launch planned for 2020
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Chinese Airlines Partner With Local Government To Expand

Xiamen Airlines and Hunan government to form new regional carrier
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Airbus Collects $6.5 Billion in Deals from Vietnamese Airlines

Contracts signed during state visit by French president Francois Hollande
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