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News about commercial airlines, including regulations, aircraft orders, safety, acquisitions, and mergers.

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SkyWest Divests ExpressJet to United Airlines Joint Venture

ManaAir is paying $70 million in cash for the regional operator

Aircraft

December 18, 2018

IATA Readies Platform To Share Global Turbulence Information

Turbulence Aware will pool real-time, aircraft-sensed turbulence reports to improve safety and operational efficiency.

Airlines

December 17, 2018

Air Astana To Extend Regional Footprint

Kazakhstan’s national carrier sees China as significant opportunity

Aircraft

December 17, 2018

Ryanair Takes Delivery of its Last Boeing 737NG

Irish low-cost carrier commits to participating in IATA’s IOSA safety certification program.

Aircraft

December 14, 2018

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Wow Air To Cut Fleet Nearly in Half, Lays Off 111 Staff

The Icelandic low-fare carrier starts a restructuring exercise amid talks of a rescue plan with Indigo Partners.

Airlines

December 13, 2018

AirAsia’s Vietnamese Venture Set for August Launch

Vietnam's latest low-fare entrant would fly at least five Airbus A320s.

Airlines

December 12, 2018

IATA Upbeat on Airlines’ Profitability in 2019

The association again trims its 2018 airline profit forecast on higher than anticipated costs.

Airlines

December 12, 2018

IATA Sees Role for the Association in Accident Investigations

The airline industry has registered 517 accident fatalities so far in 2018.

Accidents

December 12, 2018

Avianca Brasil Files for Bankruptcy

Brazil’s fourth largest airline opts to fight lessors’ attempts to repossess aircraft.

Airlines

December 12, 2018

Air Italy Adds U.S. Flights amid New Subsidy Claims

The Italian carrier’s CEO characterizes assertions it has violated Open Skies treaties as "nonsense."

Airlines

December 10, 2018

UK CAA Stresses Continuity After Britain’s Exit from EU

Brexit terms remain unclear following the deferral of a UK parliamentary vote.

Airlines

December 10, 2018

Asean-EU Air Transport Deal Near Completion

A final sticking point over fifth-freedom rights continues to hang over the settlement.

Airlines

December 6, 2018

UK Moves against Ryanair for Pax Compensation Violations

British CAA disagrees with the airline that strikes over the summer constituted “extraordinary circumstances.”

Airlines

December 5, 2018

Oneworld to Induct Royal Air Maroc as Full Member

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

Airlines

December 5, 2018

African Airlines Complain of Safety Misperceptions

CEOs cite no jet hull loses on the continent in two consecutive years as evidence of improvement.

Airlines

December 4, 2018

Pakistan Airlines Struggles To Overcome Structural Obstacles

Pakistan's flag carrier continues to feel hampered by Emirates' unfettered access to Karachi.

Airlines

December 4, 2018

Russia Wants Western-built Aircraft on RA-Registry

A new rule would end the standard practice of Russian operators registering their Airbus and Boeing fleets in Ireland and Bermuda.

Airlines

December 4, 2018

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.

Airlines

December 3, 2018

Indigo Partners Surfaces as Potential Wow Air Investor

The U.S. private equity fund promises a ‘strategic vision’ for the loss-making Icelandic low-cost airline.

Airlines

November 30, 2018

Icelandair and Wow Air Abandon Merger Plans

The parties fail to settle all the conditions of a share purchase agreement.

Airlines

November 29, 2018