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News
Delta and Aeromexico accept govt conditions for joint venture
Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico have accepted the conditions set out by US and Mexican regulators for antitrust immunity of their planned joint venture.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Delta to prioritise revenue improvements in 2017
Delta Air Lines reiterated its long-standing financial targets to Wall Street during a recent investor day, outlining how it plans to work towards them in 2017 even as it faces various headwinds.
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EASA to order seal checks on Trent 1000s
Operators of Boeing 787s with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines will be ordered to carry out repetitive inspections of rotor seals following a recent aborted take-off.
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Delta chief ‘encouraged’ by new Trump administration
Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian is “encouraged” by the US president-elect Donald Trump’s platform to enforce international trade agreements.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Qantas steps into ultra-long-haul game
Qantas is set to become the latest carrier to jump onto the ultra-long-haul bandwagon, with plans to launch the first ever nonstop scheduled services between Australia and the UK in March 2018.
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DOT unswayed by Delta-Aeromexico in JV decision
The US Department of Transportation has made final its conditional approval of anti-trust immunity for Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico, requiring slightly fewer slot divestitures from the airlines but mostly upholding its earlier proposed conditions.
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FlightStats Announces 8th Annual “Best of the Best” Awards Finalists
December 14, 2016, Portland, OR – FlightStats, Inc, part of FlightGlobal, the leader in global flight information services, has released the finalists for the 8th Annual Airline On-time Performance Service Awards.
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Alaska closes acquisition of Virgin America
Alaska Air Group, the Seattle-based airline company that has recently returned some of the industry's strongest financial results, has closed its acquisition of former competitor Virgin America, a move that comes one week after regulators approved the deal and continues a multi-year process of consolidation of US airlines.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: European carriers under pressure despite profits
While for European carriers 2016 has presented more than its fair share of external shocks, paradoxically it is set to be the most profitable year in their history.
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SAS ponders overseas bases as part of structural changes
SAS is to evaluate establishing airline operations outside of Scandinavia, as it considers a range of structural measures to tackle competitive disadvantages versus lower-cost rivals.
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Opinion
OPINION: Airlines still waiting despite seismic 2016
While 2016 will be remembered as a year of seismic shifts on the political landscape, the impact of these on the airline sector are still to fully filter through.
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News
CRJ crash: Display behaviour absent from operator manuals
Swedish investigators have found that operating manuals used by West Atlantic did not describe crucial aspects of the behaviour of primary cockpit displays in the event of an in-flight upset.
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CRJ crash probe highlights ineffective crew communication
Swedish investigators believe a Bombardier CRJ200 freighter entered a fatal descent after its crew reacted to a sudden, but inaccurate, indication of a change in attitude.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How US air cargo players embraced e-commerce
It seems possible 2016 could mark a major turning point by North American air cargo companies as they begin to embrace the booming business of e-commerce.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Ethiopian cements position as African rivals falter
A dominant theme in African commercial aviation this year has been the widening gap between Ethiopian Airlines’ fortunes and the misfortunes of its rivals in the region.
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Sustained safety effort pulled Kazakhstan off EU blacklist
Kazakhstan’s removal from European Commission blacklisting has followed a sustained effort to modernise and revamp its air safety oversight.
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UK investigators reveal further serious drone encounters
UK investigators have revealed another two serious drone encounters with commercial aircraft took place in the same week as three previously-disclosed incidents.
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United to premier 777-300ER on Hong Kong flights
United Airlines will debut its new Boeing 777-300ERs on flights to Hong Kong in March, a month after the type enters service at its Newark and San Francisco hubs.
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EASA submits foundation for new pilot mental-fitness rules
Europe’s air transport safety authority has put forward a formal proposal to support mental fitness of pilots in the wake of last year’s Germanwings Airbus A320 crash.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Airlines' profits surge runs out of steam
Airline financials have thrived off the back of lower fuel costs and modest, if mixed, economic growth, but IATA's updated industry forecast underlines what third-quarter carrier commentary had already pointed to: profits are levelling off and starting to descend.