All articles by Jon Hemmerdinger – Page 116
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: WestJet sees hopeful revenue signs as overhaul advances
WestJet's executives are describing 2018 as a year of rebuilding – a period during which the company's financial results suffered amid a wholesale transformation that was aimed at eventually making WestJet stronger.
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Analysis
Boeing 747 keeps rolling, 50 years after first flight
People said it would never fly. Too expensive, too ambitious, too big.
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News
Spirit's Asco acquisition on track to close by mid-year: CEO
Spirit AeroSystems has restarted the regulatory process required to complete a $650 million acquisition of SRIF, parent of Belgium-based aircraft component maker Asco.
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Air Canada closes C$100m Jazz investment
Air Canada has invested C$97.3 million ($74.1 million) in regional carrier Jazz Aviation's parent company, having closed a previously announced agreement under which Jazz will also acquire nine additional Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets.
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GE Aviation's 2018 profit jumps 20% as Leap production lifts
Profits of General Electric's aviation unit shot up 20% year-over-year in 2018 to $6.5 billion amid increasing deliveries of aircraft engines.
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CFM's Leap deliveries doubled in 2018 amid supply chain recovery
CFM International more than doubled the number of Leap engines it delivered in 2018, handing over 1,118 of the engines and coming closer to recovering from a supply chain slowdown.
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Boeing buys time with 2020 NMA launch timeline
Aerospace observers view Boeing's latest new-aircraft decision timeline as another delay to an already lengthy process and reflective of the project's complexity.
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SkyWest orders nine E175s for service with Delta
US regional airline company SkyWest Inc has placed a firm order for nine Embraer 175 regional jets, which SkyWest Airlines will operate under contract for Delta Air Lines.
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Boeing CEO: No NMA firm launch decision this year
Boeing will not take a firm decision to launch its proposed New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) this year, but it aims to secure authority to offer from the board before the end of 2019.
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Boeing's 2018 profit hits $10.5bn as production soars
A record number of aircraft deliveries and a rapidly expanding aircraft services business lifted Boeing's net profit up 24% year-on-year in 2018 to $10.5 billion.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Hawaiian's profits dip amid ongoing competitive strain
Aircraft delivery delays, increased competition, severe weather and a volcanic eruption helped to push down Hawaiian Holdings' financial results in 2018.
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News
Mitsubishi countersuit alleges Bombardier sought to stifle MRJ
Updated with Bombardier's response.
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WestJet modifying Q400s to prevent depressurisations
WestJet is making modifications to its Bombardier Q400 turboprop fleet to prevent an issue that has caused at least three recent in-flight Q400 depressurisations.
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'No screaming good' deals on WestJet's first 787 flights: CFO
Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet is taking a somewhat novel tack in how it prices seats on soon-to-launch Boeing 787-9 flights.
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Alaska's Horizon swings to profit amid regional jet shift
Alaska Air Group says it has straightened out problems at regional subsidiary Horizon Air, which in recent years suffered labour strife, operational snarls and an acute pilot shortage.
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FAA staffing problems snarl air traffic at major US airports
Air traffic control staffing issue are causing delays at major eastern US airports, resulting in delays and a halt on some departing flights, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Alaska's 2018 profits slip amid predictions of 2019 recovery
Alaska Air Group has moved beyond the worst of its recent financial troubles, having turned a corner toward financial improvement, the carrier's executives insist.
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UTC's profits rise as P&W's GTF deliveries surge
A near doubling of Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan deliveries and strong demand for aircraft systems helped push United Technologies' 2018 profit up 16% year-over-year to $5.3 billion.
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NewsPICTURES: Boeing unveils 777X cabin design
Boeing has released images of its 777X's cabin and disclosed design changes it says will make the aircraft's cabin more comfortable than that of the current-generation 777.
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Boeing's electric air taxi prototype takes flight
Boeing has successfully completed the first flight of an in-development autonomous air vehicle, a step forward in Boeing's race to develop an aircraft capable of providing commercially viable intra-urban air transportation.