North America – Page 444
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News
Frontier and Volaris to launch codeshare
Frontier Airlines and Volaris have signed a codeshare agreement, with sales to begin in the coming months.
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Norwegian to axe Edinburgh-Hartford route
Norwegian has disclosed plans to end its transatlantic service between Edinburgh and Hartford later this year, citing the Scottish government's failure to reduce air taxes.
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Conair boosts Q400 order book with deal for six tankers
Aerial firefighting firm Conair has ordered six new-build Bombardier Q400s that will be used as multirole aerial firefighting aircraft.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Airliner orders rebound amid further output rise
The relentless rise in mainline jet output continued in 2017, with Airbus and Boeing both setting new production records and reaching almost 1,500 deliveries between them. There has also been a significant uptick in orders – which was not forecast a year ago – and the outlook for the near-term ...
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Trevor Knox, director of maintenance, Flying Colours
Trevor Knox is director of maintenance for North American MRO business Flying Colours, which provides completion, refurbishment and overhaul services
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DARPA completes second phase of swarming demo
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has completed the second phase of its collaborative control technology for unmanned air systems demonstration, the next step in an effort to orchestrate swarms of legacy UAS with the hand of a single human operator.
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Delta puts off fleet decision until CSeries tariff ruling
Delta Air Lines is holding off on making any decisions on its narrowbody fleet plan until the US rules on the dumping complaint pending against the Bombardier CSeries.
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Delta expects Korean Air tie-up approval by June
Delta Air Lines expects South Korean regulatory approval of its proposed joint venture with Korean Air in the first half, says chief executive Ed Bastian.
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Delta operating profit declines 12% to $6.11bn in 2017
Delta Air Lines reported a 12% decline in full-year 2017 operating profit to $6.95 billion, as costs grew faster than revenue.
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How airlines continued to thrive in 2017 despite challenges
Airlines continued to expand and kept a grip on their improved profitability off the back of strong air travel demand in 2017, even if the positive mood was punctuated by a series of high-profile challenges and service interruptions that dominated headlines.
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Unmanned cargo lifter deepens Boeing's push on autonomy
Boeing has unveiled a prototype of an unmanned cargo air vehicle (CAV) that can payloads up to 227kg (500lb) to expand the company’s strategic new focus on autonomous transportation as a short-term commercial opportunity.
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Standard Aero closes LAX repair shop, blaming decline in TFE731 shop visits
Blaming a “severe and unexpected” reduction in Honeywell TFE731 shop visits, StandardAero announced on 9 January that it will close a business aviation repair station at Los Angeles International airport by the end of March.
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US denies Raytheon radar protest on JSTARS
The US government upheld the US Air Force’s decision to exclude Raytheon’s Archimedes radar from participating in the competition to replace the Northrop Grumman E-8C JSTARS fleet.
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Piper gains US approval for G1000NXi-equipped pair
Piper Aircraft has secured US validation for the next-generation Garmin G1000NXi integrated flightdeck on both its M500 single-engined turboprop and its M350 pressurised piston-single; deliveries of both aircraft are now under way.
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FlightGlobal’s FlightStats names Delta as world’s most on-time airline
Delta has shown a strong performance in 2017, achieving an 85.9 on-time percentage.
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Allegiant to add two new destinations
Allegiant AIr will add two new destinations to its network: Charleston (South Carolina) and Sarasota (Florida).
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Interview
INTERVIEW: BendixKing president focuses on speed to market
As president of Albuquerque-based Honeywell subsidiary BendixKing, Gregg Cohen is focused on bringing innovative new avionics products to market quickly, particularly where they meet the demand for increased connectivity.
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News
China Southern 777 wing clips Kuwait 777
A China Southern Airlines Boeing 777-300ER's right wing tip struck a Kuwait Airways aircraft on 6 January at New York's John F. Kennedy International airport, causing damage to both jets.
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Crashed ATR hit trees less than 500m from runway
Canadian investigators have disclosed that a West Wind Aviation ATR 42-300 struck trees just 1,400ft (430m) off the end of its departure runway during an ill-fated flight in Saskatchewan.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airline unions seek long-term benefits from US tax cuts
US labour unions are pushing airlines to provide employees with some form of long-term financial benefit from the savings they stand to reap from the recent 14-point cut to the US corporate tax rate.