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Thai AirAsia to develop Chiang Rai as seventh hub
Thai AirAsia will develop Chiang Rai as the carrier's seventh hub, by launching four domestic and international services between 30 January 2019 and 1 February 2019.
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Lion Air charters ship to search for JT610 recorder
Lion Air has chartered a ship from a Dutch company to assist in the search for the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of JT610, a Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed on 29 October.
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Bell 525 helicopters head to Canada for cold-weather testing
Bell will in early 2019 dispatch a pair of 525 Relentless helicopters to Yellowknife in Canada to complete cold weather testing, as the manufacturer pushes to achieve US type certification in 2019.
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CBO floats variety of cost cutting ideas, including fewer F-35s
The Congressional Budget Office floated a number of cost-cutting ideas for the US federal government including reducing the number of additional Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II purchases, retiring the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor or Rockwell B-1B Lancer bomber fleets, and deferring development of the Northrop Grumman B-21 stealth bomber.
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Investor group to acquire Sabena Technics
French maintenance specialist Sabena Technics is to be sold to a consortium comprising Bpifrance, Power Corporation of Canada’s Paris-based private equity arm Sagard, and Anglo-US investment firm TowerBrook.
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Delta to resume Mexico City service from Minneapolis/St Paul
Delta Air Lines will return to service between Minneapolis/St Paul and Mexico City from 8 June 2019, almost eight years after it ended flights on the route.
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Boeing completes Ryanair 737-800 deliveries
Irish carrier Ryanair has taken delivery of its last new Boeing 737-800, a little over 20 years since it first ordered the jet.
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Emirates to use A380 for Glasgow when Dubai runway shuts
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to offset capacity disruption caused by Dubai runway closure by deploying Airbus A380s on its Glasgow route.
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Boeing and Embraer agree on terms for planned tie-up
Boeing and Embraer have agreed the terms of their planned joint venture under which the US manufacturer is set to take control of Embraer’s commercial aircraft activities in 2019.
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Wizz Air UK taking Luton-based fleet to 11 next year
Wizz Air is to expand its UK operation with another pair of Airbus A321s next year, supporting a network expansion from London Luton.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How airline stories developed in 2018
While wider political tensions dominated much of the agenda and continue to cause potential headaches for airlines, it was the return of a familiar problem in the shape of rising fuel prices that did the most to knock airlines from their high-profit altitude during 2018.
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Peach to start integrating Vanilla Air network from May
Peach will start integrating the network of merger target Vanilla Air in May, with the latter’s operations set to end on 26 October 2019.
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Narita lays out plan to nearly double slot capacity
Tokyo Narita International Airport is making long-term plans to increase its slot capacity, as it eyes opportunities enabled by longer-range narrowbody types.
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Perth airport to sue Qantas over unpaid airport fees
Perth airport has launched court action against the Qantas group over around A$11.3 million ($8.1 million) it owes in unpaid aeronautical charges.
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VIDEO: JF-17 breaks cover at Myanmar air force party
The Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 Thunder has appeared at a celebration to mark the 71st anniversary of Myanmar’s air force.
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UK to detail airspace modernisation strategy
UK authorities are set to unveil plans to overhaul the country’s airspace through a modernisation programme intended to take advantage of air traffic management technology.
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PICTURES: Emirates adorns A380 with montage of Real Madrid team
Emirates has unveiled an Airbus A380 adorned with a special livery in recognition of the airline’s sponsorship of Real Madrid football club.
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PICTURES: First WestJet Boeing 787-9 breaks cover
The first of 10 Boeing 787-9s for WestJet has emerged from painting, ahead of deliveries commencing early next year.
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PICTURES: Boeing delivers first China-completed 737 Max
Boeing marked a key milestone in its relationship with China’s aviation industry today, delivering the first aircraft from its 737 completion and delivery centre in Zhoushan.
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USAF aims to save fuel with new data collection effort
The US Air Force is aiming to improve how efficiently it uses its fuel by collecting data on consumption across all of its fleet.