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Engines

GE9X Flight Testing Evaluates Possible Future

The second phase of GE9X flight testing evaluated new engine parts that GE might use to improve the GE9X in the future.
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Engines

GAO Upholds GE ITEP Contract Award Following Protest

As GE Aviation readies development of its T901 ITEP turboshaft engine, competitor ATEC is lobbying Congress to award dual EMD contracts.
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Aircraft

C3 Aerospace Soon To Begin Its First A320 Freighter Conversion

C Cubed plans to induct its first A320 for freighter conversion in about a month, according to IBA Group.
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Aircraft

Freighter Conversion Market Totaled Nearly $1B in 2018: IBA

More than 80 mainline passenger jets underwent conversion to freighters last year, almost all of them Boeings.
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Airlines

Common Interiors To Enhance Lufthansa Group Fleet Flexibility

Each Lufthansa Group carrier will have common business and premium economy cabin fittings, allowing flexible distribution of aircraft.
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Aircraft

SkyWest Invests in Commuter Carrier to Assure Pilot Supply

SkyWest becomes one of Southern Airways’ top five investors to safeguard a hiring flow of experienced air transport pilots.
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Aircraft

Southwest, American Detail Financial Effects of Max Grounding

The 737 Max grounding will continue to effect the finances of American and Southwest until authorities lift the revenue-flight ban.
Accidents

FAA Adds 737 Max Recertification Summit for Regulators

The FAA’s 737 Max recertification safety-analysis summit on May 23 is separate from the JATR review beginning on April 29.
Airlines

American, Southwest Await Max Return to Service

MCAS issue aside, coked fuel nozzles in CFM LEAP engines have also been revealed to affect the 737 Max and will require inspections.
Airlines

JetBlue’s Transatlantic A321LR Fleet To Be Delivered in 2021

JetBlue is confident it will obtain ETOPS certification by the time its A321LRs are delivered.
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Aircraft

United Adroit in Limiting Max-related Flight Cancellations

United has been able to cancel far fewer flights because of the 737 MAX grounding than have rivals American and Southwest.
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Aircraft

Boeing Allowed Test and Ferry Flights of 737 Max

Upon application to the FAA, Boeing will be able to operate production flight-test and ferry flights of new 737 Max jets during the grounding.
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Airlines

LCCs Set To Catalyze Argentine Growth

Traffic in Argentina’s domestic air travel market will triple within eight years, according to ICF aviation consultant Carlos Ozores.
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Airlines

Spirit Airlines Planning for Midyear Order Decision

Manufacturers have sent the first responses to an RFP Spirit issued in late 2018.
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Airlines

U.S. Airlines Slam Government Shutdown

JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, and American Airlines say the shutdown is hurting the U.S. air travel industry and is beginning to affect their revenues.
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Airlines

Japanese Airports and Airlines Prominent in On-Time Rankings

Osaka’s Itami Airport led large airports globally for on-time departures and Japan Airlines ranked first among large carriers for on-time arrivals.
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Airlines

High-powered Investors Hold Key to Enerjet’s LCC Future

Hands-on involvement by its Canadian institutional investors and Indigo Partners will strengthen the renamed Enerjet as a ULCC, says CEO Tim Morgan.
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Airlines

Oneworld to Induct Royal Air Maroc as Full Member

Alliance partners welcome RAM as a member-elect while Qatar Airways issues remain unresolved.
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Airlines

2020 Launch Expected for United-Avianca-Copa Deal

Obtaining regulatory approvals for three Star members’ Latin America-U.S. joint business agreement will take at least 18 months, says Copa Holdings CEO.
Aircraft

Copa To Sell Six Embraer 190s and Replace Wingo Fleet

Larger aircraft will replace smaller at both Copa Airlines and Copa Holdings’ low-cost carrier Wingo.
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Airlines

Higher Fuel Prices Wipe Out U.S. Airlines' Revenue Gains

Cost increases outpaced revenues, depressing the nine A4A passenger carriers’ combined nine-month operating profit by $4.1 billion.
Airlines

American Airlines Confident in UK Nod to IAG Joint Venture

AA describes its joint transatlantic business agreement with IAG’s carriers as by far its best for consumers
Aircraft

United Studies A321LR for Transatlantic Service

Airline looks at operating long-range airbus narrowbodies configured with 178 seats for Boeing 757 replacement
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Study: Small Drones Create Significant Midair Risks

Embry-Riddle researchers found 21.5 percent of 192 drone flights in Daytona Beach Class C airspace exceeded FAA-mandated maximum altitudes.
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Maintenance and Modifications

BizJet International Exits Completions Biz, Expands Engine MRO Work

As parent Lufthansa Technik concentrates all its completions work in Hamburg, BizJet International is embarking on large-scale expansion of its engine MRO
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Maintenance and Modifications

P&WC Provides Fly-Away LRU Kits for PW307/308 Platinum Helpdesk Customers

P&WC is providing fly-away kits of 15-17 LRUs for Dassault Falcon 7X, 8X and 200EX customers which use its PW300-series FAST boxes.
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Fuel

P&WC Commercializing Bizav Oil-analysis Service

P&WC’s oil-analysis prognostic maintenance service for business aircraft is now in use with 800 operators, for more than 8,000 engines.
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Maintenance and Modifications

ACI Jet Turns Attention to MRO Business

Anticipated growth of 25 to 30 percent calls for a number of new hires.
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UTAS Landing Systems Highlights Its Technological Progress on Business Aircraft

In the bizav sector, UTAS Landing Systems makes progress with landing-gear parts commonality and REACH environmental regulatory compliance.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

AAR Composites Works To Strengthen Bizav Flat-panel Product Line

AAR Composites has adopted a three-pronged approach to improving its flat-panel product line for bizav applications.
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