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The White House in its fiscal 2020 budget request indicated plans to reform the Essential Air Service (EAS) program, opening up a schism between the Trump administration and rural airport operators who depend on the pre-deregulation-era program to make sure carriers continue flying to their communities.
UK-based long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic is to open its first service to South America in 2020, with flights between London Heathrow and São Paulo, Brazil.
Airbus’ Skywise data sharing and analysis platform could double to 100 airline customers this year, top Airbus executives reportedly told an investor conference Mar. 20.
Icelandic ULCC WOW Air has restarted talks with Icelandair Group after long-running negotiations with private equity fund Indigo Partners to take a stake in the fast-expanding LCC collapsed.
Spanish LCC Volotea is considering expanding to 40-60 aircraft by 2022, when it will have completed its transition from Boeing 717s to an all-Airbus A319 fleet.
Garuda Indonesia has informed Boeing it wants to cancel its orders for 49 737 MAX aircraft, and is considering seeking a deal for Boeing widebody aircraft instead.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) said Mar. 21 that it is stepping up its inflight sustainability initiatives, introducing new efforts to reduce food waste and cut back on plastic products.
Details of Boeing’s plans to upgrade the 737 MAX’s flight control system are increasing the glare on flight-deck human factors breakdowns in the model’s design.
Boeing Commercial Aircraft’s top salesman asserted Mar. 21 that changes to the 737 MAX related to the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 will be approved by U.S. authorities in April, reiterating that safety continues to be the core mission of the embattled manufacturer.
Etihad Airways and Gulf Air plan to step up their recently signed wide-ranging cooperative agreement by instituting a codeshare from the start of the industry’s summer timetable season.
Russia´s Atran Airlines, an air express subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group, has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-800BCF, Mar. 20, making the carrier the first operator of the type in the country.
Airlines for America (A4A) is urging the U.S. Congress to reject proposed fee hikes on air travel that were included as part of the White House’s recently-released fiscal 2020 budget proposal.
Indonesia LCC Lion Air is readying itself for an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report by Bloomberg. The airline is targeting to raise about $1 billion in funds when listed in the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX).
