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

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Rolls-Royce To Replace Turbine Blades Early on All Trent 1000s

Fatigue cracking leads to flight cancellations at Japan’s ANA
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Latam Takes Its First A320neo

Geared turbofan-powered narrowbody to arrive in Brazil on August 31
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IATA Presses Egypt To Release Blocked Airline Revenues

IATA says that Egyptian foreign currency exchange restrictions have resulted in $275 million of airline revenues being trapped in the country.
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Cost-cutting Drives Record Profits at Qantas

The Transformation Qantas initiative to reduce costs has resulted in an impressive turnaround in the fortunes of the Australian carrier.
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Chinese Airlines Scrambling To Hire Foreign Pilots

Carriers desperate to address worsening shortage of cockpit crew
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Saudi Arabian Airlines Takes First A330-300 Regional

Flag carrier to lease 20 of the lower-weight widebodies from IAFC
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A4A: Airlines Edge Closer to Average Corporate Profitability

The 10 major carriers analyzed by Airlines for America collectively reported pre-tax profit of $12 billion during the first half of 2016.
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Planning for New Beijing Airport Excludes Air China

China Southern and China Eastern to start move in 2019
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Second Airline Equipment Failure Points to IT Issue

Weeks after Southwest Airlines cancelled 2,300 flights over a router failure, Delta Air Lines reported a system-wide failure affecting flights.
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IATA: Terrorism, Economic Uncertainty Weigh on Traffic

Upward trend in travel demand moderating since January
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How SuperJet Helps Airlines Like CityJet to Expand Networks Profitably

How SuperJet Helps Airlines Like CityJet to Expand Networks Profitably
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Air France Asks For Time to Talk as Cabin Crew Strike Ends

Seven-day walkout cost airline €90 million
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Cabin Crew Strike at Air France Reaches Sixth Day

Twenty percent of domestic and medium-haul services from Paris canceled
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Qatar Airways Buys Dip As It Raises Stake in IAG

Purchase marks Gulf carrier's third major foreign ownership move in less than a month
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Profits Can't Mask Trading Concerns at European Airlines

At face value, profits are holding up well at leading European carriers, but multiple concerns, including terrorism, have blighted the outlook.
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Malaysia Airlines To Take Up to 50 Boeing 737 Max Narrobodies

Deliveries to start in third quarter of 2019
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Pilots' Federation Calls for 'Just Culture,' Fatigue Management

Carriers should implement data-driven fatigue risk management systems, says the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations
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Boeing Increases 20-Year Forecast for New Pilots, Technicians

The need for new airline pilots and technicians will grow by double digits in both categories, the manufacturer said.
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Nav Canada Announces Rate Reductions for ATC Services

The Canadian air navigation service provider last revised its rate structure in 2007, the year after it was established.
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Lufthansa, Honeywell, Airbus Partner on Runway Safety System

The parties will develop a new system combining the Airbus Runway Overrun Protection System and Honeywell's SmartLanding technology.
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Thailand's Nok Air Eyes China Expansion, Renewed Profitability

The low-fare carrier anticipates returning to profitability by the fourth quarter and deriving more revenue from China and the region.
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Norwegian Converts Earlier Order to Acquire 30 A321LRs

The latest member of the Airbus A320neo family promises range of 4,000 nm, connecting Scandinavia to the U.S., Europe and parts of Asia.
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U.S. DOT Denies Norwegian Air UK Foreign Carrier Exemption

The department continues to evaluate foreign air-carrier permits sought by the UK and Irish subsidiaries of Norwegian Air Shuttle.
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India Adopts Long-Awaited National Aviation Policy

Highlights include regional connectivity scheme, liberalization of foreign investment
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Air Canada Confirms C Series Order

Contract including options valued at $6.3 billion
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Air Astana Looks Beyond Kazakhstan for Growth In Tough Times

Air Astana is facing a dilemma as to whether it can still afford the Boeing 787s it plans to add to its fleet.
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Bombardier Announces Firm Order for 10 CRJ900s

The Canadian manufacturer reports 428 firm orders for the 90-seat CRJ900 regional airliner.
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Boeing-Iran Order Announcement Seen as Imminent

U.S. manufacturer acknowledges existence of talks
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Philippines and Kuwait Deadlocked Over Fifth Freedom Rights

Philippines Airlines has protested what it sees as anti-competitive blocks on its fifth freedom rights to fly to Kuwait and Dubai.
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Cautious Optimism Prevails at IATA AGM

Despite big profits, Tyler sees ‘upside’ for airlines