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Both the EU and UK have developed measures designed to smooth air transport connections in case the UK leaves the bloc in six weeks (Mar. 29) without a deal.

Central Asian carrier Turkmenistan Airlines has brought in Lufthansa Consulting to advise on improvements after EASA suspended the carrier’s safety authorization.

Finnair foresees its expansion slowing in 2019 but will continue to aim for sustainable profit growth, the company’s CEO said Feb. 15.

LOT Polish Airlines plans to base Embraer E195s at Budapest Airport (BUD) in Hungary—and add routes to Brussels and Bucharest, Romania—as it seeks to build a hub at the airport.

Dublin-based aircraft lessor AerCap posted a $1 billion net profit for fiscal 2018, 5.6% less than $1.1 billion for the prior year.

FAA has assigned Vietnam’s civil aviation authority a Category 1 safety rating, opening the way for the country’s carriers to begin service to the U.S.

India’s Jet Airways is seeking shareholder approval of a restructuring plan that will see a consortium of creditor banks become majority owner of the troubled carrier.

The seven-day strike by pilots for China Airlines (CAL) of Taiwan has ended, with the Taoyuan Pilots Union winning most of its demands for better fatigue management on long-haul flights and improved benefits.

Seeing a large market for Umrah and Hajj pilgrimage flights to Saudi Arabia from Southeast Asia, Malaysia Airlines Group (MAG) has launched its pilgrimage airline, Amal

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Bombardier starts 2019 with growing business aircraft and aerostructures revenues and sufficient backlog in commercial aircraft to buy it time to improve profitability and explore strategic options for its CRJ regional-jet family.

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to ensure that revenue collected by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to fund its operations will no longer be diverted for non-security uses.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted Norwegian Air Sweden (NSE) permission to operate flights to and from the U.S.

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has welcomed a call for a re-evaluation of the regulations that have underpinned the global civil aviation sector since 1944.

EasyJet confirms it is in talks with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato over the possibility of a joint investment in bankrupt Alitalia.

Airbus no longer looks interested in civil supersonic flight, after having briefly been involved in such a project.

Etihad Airways is close to dropping large parts of its orders for Airbus and Boeing widebodies in an effort to reduce growth and stem losses.

Airbus has firmed up its plans to further increase narrowbody production over the next three years.

Chinese drone manufacturer DJI is upgrading the geofencing technology in its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to prevent them from flying close to airports across Europe.