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ROUTES: Brazil’s woes overshadow stronger regional growth
Though Brazil’s economic woes tend to overshadow much of South American, not all the region’s countries are in such extreme economic doldrums.
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ROUTES: Southwest unveils August network expansion
Southwest plans to launch service to seven new destinations starting in August, the carrier announced on the first day of Routes Americas.
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ROUTES: Executives call for less fees and regulations in Latin America
Growth of Latin American airlines continues to be hindered by burdensome taxes, inefficient customs procedures and poor infrastructure, executives say on the first day of Routes Americas.
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ROUTES: San Juan anticipates more JetBlue flights
Aerostar Airports expects JetBlue Airways to add new service to Bogota and Curacao from San Juan Luis Muñoz International airport in the near future, says chief executive Agustin Arellano.
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ROUTES: VivaLatinAmerica shelves Costa Rica start-up
VivaLatinAmerica has shelved plans to launch a Central American airline this year in favour of a new and more attractive opportunity that has emerged elsewhere in the region, says chief executive Joe Mohan.
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SINGAPORE: PAL eyes long-haul expansion with A350s
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is targeting to expand its footprint in Europe and the US, with its latest commitment for 12 Airbus A350-900s.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Undisclosed customer signs for 14 A330neos
Airbus has revealed that an undisclosed customer has ordered 14 of the re-engined A330neo.
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SINGAPORE: Tail-struck A321neo grounded for a 'few weeks'
Airbus expects that an incident which damaged the first A321neo test aircraft will delay the certification campaign by a few weeks.
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SINGAPORE: A321neo flight-tests on hold after incident
Airbus has suffered a setback early into its A321neo certification campaign following an incident during flight-testing in Perpignan.
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SINGAPORE: Lion Air orders five CAE simulators
CAE and low-cost Indonesian carrier Lion Air have signed an agreement at the show for the provision of five full flight simulators for the latter’s mixed aircraft fleet.
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SINGAPORE: Citilink to upsize 10 A320s to A321s
Indonesian carrier Citilink has plans to convert at least 10 of its Airbus A320s on order to the larger A321.
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ROUTES: US, Cuba to end scheduled travel ban
US and Cuban officials will formally sign an agreement on 16 February to re-open scheduled airline service from the USA to the island nation after a 56-year-long ban.
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IATA highlights safety margin of audited carriers
Carriers which had passed the IATA operational safety audit were involved in five hull-loss accidents last year, but the accident rate for these operators was nevertheless three times better than for those outside of the scheme.
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SINGAPORE: UAC sees room for 150 Superjets in Asia
Russian airframer United Aircraft sees a potential market for at least 150 Sukhoi Superjet 100s in the Asia-Pacific region.
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SINGAPORE: IATA confident APAC airlines can weather turbulence
IATA says airlines in Asia Pacific are finding profitability “quite thin”, but believes that they have what it takes to weather through the current turbulence.
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Inquiry outlines initial moments after explosion hit Daallo A321
Pilots of the Daallo Airlines Airbus A321 which suffered an in-flight explosion after departing Mogadishu initially cited a pressurisation issue but did not declare an emergency.
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Eurowings project caused no internal rifts: Lufthansa chief
Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr has rejected the notion that his strategy of directing growth initiatives away from the mainline and towards budget unit Eurowings had a divisive effect among the group's staff.
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CRJ900 in Copenhagen accident was under engine test
SAS Group has disclosed that the Bombardier CRJ900 involved in a ground accident at Copenhagen was having its engines tested at the time.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New Spirit chief eyes operations and network changes
Spirit Airlines new chief executive Bob Fornaro plans to improve on the successful ultra low-cost carrier’s model, taking aim first at operational improvements and network changes in his first months on the job.
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Germania 737 aborted take-off on closed runway
Spanish investigators are looking into an incident involving a Germania Boeing 737-700 which was cleared to depart from a closed runway at Las Palmas.