All articles by Jon Hemmerdinger – Page 114
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ANALYSIS: Nolinor 737-200s get second life with cockpit updates
As the worldwide fleet of Boeing 737-200s continues to dwindle, one Canadian operator sees a bright future in the aging twinjet.
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Swoop aims to start US flights in October
Canadian start-up Swoop has filed a request with US regulators to begin flights to the USA on 11 October.
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Hawaiian and JAL apply for antitrust immunity
Hawaiian Airlines and Japan Airlines have filed applications with Japanese and US regulators requesting that their proposed joint venture be immune from antitrust laws.
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Air Transat prepping for A321LRs by rapidly expanding in Europe
Air Transat executives are describing the company's rapid European summer expansion as part of a long-term strategy to remain competitive in transatlantic markets.
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Delta to add Seattle-Osaka flights, axes Seattle-Hong Kong
Delta Air Lines is reshuffling two transpacific routes from Seattle, nixing flights to Hong Kong and adding service to Osaka.
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Jetlines changes course with order for two used A320s
Three weeks after hiring a new chief executive, Canadian ultra-low-cost start up Jetlines has ordered two used Airbus A320s, shelving a plan to start operations using Boeing 737s.
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PICTURES: Hawaiian receives first US-built A320neo-family aircraft
Airbus has delivered the first A320neo-family aircraft from its manufacturing site in Mobile, Alabama, handing over an A321neo to Hawaiian Airlines.
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Senate bill would make US carriers disclose overseas maintenance
A US senator has proposed a bill that would require airlines to disclose the countries in which their aircraft are maintained – a move that comes as mechanics' unions fight to keep jobs stateside.
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US seeks to head off new terrorist threats against air cargo
US security officials have uncovered specific cargo-related terrorist threats against US-bound aircraft, prompting the customs agency to tighten requirements related to air cargo reporting.
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VIDEO: NTSB gives details of 2017 Shorts crash as video surfaces
Newly-released video shows the moment an Air Cargo Carriers Shorts turboprop crashed at Charleston's Yeager airport in West Virginia last year, shedding light on an incident that killed both pilots.
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ANALYSIS: Air China and Air Canada embark on joint venture
Air Canada and Air China have closed a long-anticipated joint venture, signing a deal on 6 June that enables them to coordinate transpacific and domestic flights and to market themselves as one airline.
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ANALYSIS: Mergers may fuel long-awaited E2 and CSeries sales bump
Bombardier for years has insisted airlines in the coming decades will need many thousands of 100- to 150-seat aircraft – a niche filled by the CSeries and arguably dismissed by major manufacturers.
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TSB cites pilots and visibility for WestJet incident at St Martin
Unexpected rain and inadequate flight path monitoring caused a WestJet Boeing 737-800 to drift off course and descend to only 39ft above water during approach to Saint Martin in 2017, says Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB).
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ALPA will represent Swoop pilots as talks move to arbitration
Canadian discounter WestJet and the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) have agreed to settle a contentious labour dispute through federal mediation and arbitration.
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VIDEO: Swoop releases time-lapse video of 737 painting
Soon-to-launch Canadian discounter Swoop has released a time-lapse video of a Boeing 737-800 being painted in the carrier's livery.
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Cuban officials retrieve crashed 737 cockpit recorder
Investigators have retrieved at least one cockpit recorder from the wreckage of the ageing Boeing 737-200 that crashed 18 May near Havana, killing 110 people, according to media reports.
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FAA sets 30-day deadline for checks of high-cycle CFM56 blades
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) requiring more-urgent inspections of highest-cycle blades in CFM International CFM56-7B turbofans.
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PICTURES: WestJet releases pictures of 737 in Swoop livery
WestJet has released photographs of a Boeing 737-800 painted in the new livery of the company's soon-to-launch ultra-low-cost subsidiary Swoop.
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DOT reviewing FAA's oversight of Allegiant and American Airlines
The US Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General has launched an investigation into the Federal Aviation Administration's handling of maintenance-related allegations against American Airlines and Allegiant Air.
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ANALYSIS: WestJet defends transformation from analyst onslaught
Financial analysts bombarded WestJet's top brass on 8 May with questions heavy in skepticism.