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NewsDelta picks A321neo for narrowbody replacement
Delta Air Lines has committed to 200 Airbus A321neos for the next phase of its narrowbody fleet replacement programme.
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Norwegian boosts Los Angeles and New York service
Norwegian will begin new flights to Los Angeles and New York from Amsterdam, Madrid and Milan in May, increasing to 10 the number of new transatlantic routes it plans to launch next year.
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Flawed bid to outclimb icing led to serious ATR upset
UK investigators have determined that an Aurigny Air Services ATR 72-500 suffered a serious in-flight upset after its crew vainly attempted to climb out of a region of icing instead of following the correct checklist procedures.
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All on board survive ATR 42 crash in northern Canada
All 25 passengers and crew of a Canadian-operated ATR 42 have survived after the aircraft crashed outside of Fond du Lac airport in the province of Saskatchewan.
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PICTURE: Suparna Airlines takes Hainan's 787-8
Suparna Airlines has taken delivery of its first widebody, a Boeing 787-8 from fellow HNA group carrier Hainan Airlines.
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American rethinks procedures after confused A330 evacuation
American Airlines has revised its procedures after a communications breakdown led an Airbus A330-300 captain to attempt to halt an evacuation, which had been initiated by cabin crew unable to contact the cockpit.
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JAL in alliance with Japanese private space company
Japan Airlines has committed to invest into Japanese space transport business Ispace, which is attempting to launch two missions to the moon by 2020.
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Hrdlicka to leave Qantas Group
Former Jetstar group chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka will leave the Qantas Group in March 2018 to become the chief executive of dairy processor A2 Milk.
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Niki files for insolvency after Lufthansa pulls bid
Austrian leisure carrier Niki has filed to open insolvency proceedings and grounded flights after Lufthansa was forced to drop its acquisition of the carrier from insolvent parent Air Berlin amid European competition concerns.
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Atlasglobal considers CSeries for fleet renewal
Turkish carrier Atlasglobal has raised the prospect of acquiring the Bombardier CSeries as part of a fleet-renewal programme.
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OpinionOPINION: The airline industry's success stories from 2017
Airlines’ headline figures for 2017 are impressive, reflecting another year of rising traffic and impressive profits.
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JetGo to start Brisbane-Karratha-Singapore flights
Australian regional carrier JetGo Australia has entered an agreement with the City of Karratha that will see it commence twice-weekly Brisbane-Karratha-Singapore services from mid-2018.
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Malaysia Airlines dismisses report of plans to scrap A380 unit
Malaysia Airlines says it is on track to establish its Airbus A380 subsidiary, and that it will deploy the widebodies "opportunistically" during peak periods to high traffic markets.
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US government plans new talks on alleged Gulf subsidies: reports
The US State Department is planning talks with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates over alleged subsidies to their state-owned airlines, say reports.
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Eurowings to debut business class on some long-haul flights
Lufthansa's expanding low-cost operation Eurowings will introduce a business class product on its selected long-haul flights next summer.
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EasyJet outlines 20 new summer UK routes
EasyJet has detailed plans to add 20 new routes to its UK network next summer across seven different airports.
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Vietnam Airlines assesses 777X, A350-1000 for USA service
Vietnam Airlines is determined to launch services to the United States by the end of 2019, with more clarity expected soon about the country's FAA status.
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Crew lapse allowed A319 to enter runaway descent
Investigators have found that an EasyJet Switzerland crew inadvertently allowed an Airbus A319 to descend at excessive speed, before a sudden sidestick input threw several cabin crew to the floor.
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Crew caution advised over latent CPDLC message risk
Cockpit representatives are urging caution from crews when receiving controller-pilot datalink clearances, particularly altitude changes, after incidents in which delayed messages were transmitted to the wrong flight.
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Vietnam market 'over stimulated': Jetstar Pacific
Vietnamese low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific says domestic passenger growth has slowed in 2017, to a rate of 14-15% compared with 30% per annum previously.