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Lufthansa achieves record full-year profit
Lufthansa posted a 70% improvement in adjusted full-year EBIT to reach €2.97 billion ($3.68 billion) for 2017 after revenues were lifted by its acquisition of Air Berlin as well as gains from new pilot labour deals..
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Vanilla Air to suspend Tokyo-Osaka service
Vanilla Air will suspend its twice-daily Tokyo Narita-Osaka Kansai service on 16 June.
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Emirates cabin crew member injured in fall from 777
Ugandan authorities have confirmed that a flight attendant has been injured after falling from a parked Emirates aircraft at Entebbe.
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Tokyo Narita cleared to extend hours, build new runway
Tokyo Narita International airport has been given the green light to extend its operating hours as well as to build a third runway.
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R44, 737 separation event nearly 'severe': ATSB
The Australian Air Transport Bureau has issued its final report on a lost of separation assurance involving a Robinson R44 helicopter and a Boeing 737-800 at Canberra Airport on 2 June 2017.
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Boeing publishes plan for 'non-normal' 777X wing-tip ops
A folding wing-tip on a commercial airliner is never supposed to fail.
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PIA receives wide-ranging bids for 777 cabin refurbishment
Pakistan International Airlines has received a wide range of bids for the cabin refurbishment of five Boeing 777s.
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GE9X enters flight test phase
GE Aviation’s GE9X turbofan flew for the first time on 13 March, launching a months-long engine certification campaign for the largest turbofan engine in history.
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United pilots union opposes more large jets at regional partners
Pilots at United Airlines are striking back at the carrier's push to add more large regional jets at its partners, arguing that growth targets can be met within existing limits.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Financiers remain upbeat despite concern about cycle
"If it's good, it's going to get bad," said Pam Hendry, an industry adviser, moderating a finance panel discussion at an aviation conference in San Diego earlier this month.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: WestJet CEO switch reflects company in flux
The abrupt and unexpected departure last week of WestJet chief executive Gregg Saretsky reflects increasingly contentious relations with newly-unionised pilots and other challenges posed by a broad business transformation, say financial analysts.
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NewsPICTURES: Saab's GlobalEye makes flight debut
Saab's GlobalEye swing-role surveillance aircraft completed a 1h 46min debut flight from Linköping in Sweden on 14 March, less than three weeks after its formal unveiling.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM AEROFLOT: Hollywood-themed promotions give Bonus a boost
Many airlines offer loyalty programmes to their passengers. However, most of them are about bonus miles redeemable for cheaper flights or rewards from partners, such as hotel groups. Aeroflot claims to have taken its Bonus programme to a new level, thanks to a tie-in with two Walt Disney Hollywood blockbusters.
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PICTURES: SkyWest receives first 70-seat E175-SC
No one would blame you for thinking SkyWest Airlines' newest regional jet is a run-of-the-mill Embraer 175.
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INTERVIEW: Patty Wagstaff, member of US Aerobatic team and founder of Aerobatic School
Patty Wagstaff, six-time member of the US Aerobatic team and founder of Patty Wagstaff Aerobatic School in St Augustine, Florida
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Pacific Aerospace launches Super-Pac XL single-engined turboprop
New Zealand’s Pacific Aerospace has launched a new variant of its P-750 XSTOL single-engined turboprop, featuring more power, range, and a faster rate of climb.
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Qatar ups order for NH90 helicopters as it firms 2014 deal
Qatar has finally firmed a long-held tentative deal for NH Industries (NHI) NH90 helicopters, to be split between the naval and troop transport variants.
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UKEF supports Korean CSeries delivery
UK Export Finance and Export Development Canada have backed the financing of two Bombardier CSeries deliveries to Korean Air.
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BOC Aviation's operating profit up 16% to $551m
BOC Aviation's 2017 operating profit rose 16.3% to $551 million, on the back of a record 74 aircraft deliveries.
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ANALYSIS: How business aviation boosts Europe's economy
Critics may decry it as a perk for a wealthy elite, but business aviation is a bulwark of Europe's economy, supporting 374,000 jobs and contributing €32 billion ($40 billion), or just under 0.2% of the total value of goods and services produced in the region each year. That is according ...