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AnalysisANALYSIS: Has American-US Airways lived up to its promises?
American Airlines and US Airways announced their merger with much fanfare at Dallas/Fort Worth International airport on Valentines Day 2013.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A network US Airways built through mergers
US Airways was an airline with ambition, growing through five separate mergers to become the fourth largest US carrier when its flight lands this Saturday.
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NewsEmbraer reaffirms E2 plan despite CSeries report
Embraer says it remains committed to developing the E-Jet E2 family, despite a Canadian newspaper report suggesting Bombardier intends to offer a partnership on CSeries.
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NewsPICTURES: American name replacing US Airways as final day nears
US Airways all-but will slip into airline history when American Airlines combines the two carriers’ reservations systems on 17 October.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines in bloom despite mixed market messages
Global airlines should consider themselves extremely lucky right now, as their feelings of general good health and optimism, do not span all industries, particularly those in the emerging markets.
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Comlux America poised to open widebody completion hangar
Comlux America, the US completions and service centre arm of the Comlux Group, is planning to induct the first green widebody airliner into its Indianapolis facility in early November, as the construction of a new hangar extension to accommodate twin-aisle aircraft nears completion.
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NewsAmerican makes final preparations for reservations integration
American Airlines is making its final preparations for the migration of US Airways to its Sabre reservations system on 17 October.
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Boeing to expand aftermarket services network
Boeing is setting up decentralised engineering teams in international locations to meet growing demand for aftermarket services.
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NewsWindecker Eagle due for China market resurrection
A Chinese entrepreneur is to restart manufacture of the Windecker Eagle nearly 40 years after its US developer Windecker Industries shut down, having only produced eight and delivered one of the piston-singles.
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NewsPiper dispatches first Warriors to FlightSafety International
Piper Aircraft has delivered the first five Warrior piston-singles to FlightSafety International from an order for 20 of the four-seat aircraft placed by the training provider’s Vero Beach academy in July. The Warriors are built to order and will replace the company's ageing fleet of Piper Cadets. The 15 ...
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Virgin America signs $39m financing for an A320
Virgin America has signed a senior secured $39.3 million private placement for an Airbus A320 due in February 2016.
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American sees better unit costs and fuel expenses in Q3
American Airlines has updated its third quarter guidance, forecasting slightly better unit cost and fuel expenses than before.
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NewsNew United chief Munoz ready to ‘act’
United Airlines new chief Oscar Munoz will act soon to address some of the issues that he is hearing about from employees and customers, says the carrier’s chief revenue officer Jim Compton.
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NewsPICTURES: Frontier welcomes first A321
Denver-based Frontier Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A Chinese white knight for CSeries?
Having been snubbed by Airbus, Bombardier all but certainly sees an urgent need to accelerate talks with other potential investors, including Comac, about its CSeries programme.
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Southwest to harmonise maintenance systems
Southwest Airlines plans to fold its maintenance systems into one to improve operational reliability.
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NewsImagineAir plots expansion with new Platinum Membership initiative
US air taxi company ImagineAir is planning to double its Cirrus SR22 fleet over the next 12 months through the introduction of an ownership programme targeted at regular users of its on-demand service.
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Global Jet Capital snaps up GE's corporate aircraft portfolio
Fledgling business aircraft financing company Global Jet Capital is beefing up its portfolio of high-end jets with the acquisition of GE Capital Corporate Aircraft’s lease and loan business in the Americas.
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NewsThree-month certification slip for Bell 505
Bell Helicopter has confirmed a three-month delay to the certification of its developmental 505 Jet Ranger X, with the milestone moving from late 2015 to end of the first quarter of 2016.
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NewsUS project looks to develop meteorological-monitoring UAV
A research effort is looking to develop an unmanned air vehicle-based capability that will allow scientists and meteorologists to track the movement of weather as it develops.