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Asia-Pacific
Virgin Australia Uses 737s to Keep Tokyo Slots as Hedge for Future Longhaul Asia Return
Virgin Australia has emerged a much stronger airline from the Covid-19 pandemic than it was at the outset of the crisis. A court-led restructuring of Australia's second largest carrier created…December 15th, 2022
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North America
Delta Projects Profits Will Double in 2023 on Healthy Return of Business Travelers
Delta Air Lines expects profits to nearly double next year as its outlook continues to improve. People want to and are traveling, corporate business is picking up, and cost growth…December 14th, 2022
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North America
United Bets Big on International Travel With Order for 200 Boeing 787s, 737 Maxes
United Airlines Chief Financial Officer Gerry Laderman once said that an airline could buy a plane tailored to a few routes in its network but, if that is the case,…December 13th, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
Chinese Plane Manufacturer Comac Delivers Ambitious New Narrowbody Jet to Compete With Boeing, Airbus
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, or Comac, delivered its first C919 on Dec. 9, following more than a decade of development. The plane, now in the fleet of Shanghai-based China…December 12th, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
AirAsia’s Renewed Southeast Asia Focus to Include Launching a New Airline
The pandemic has wrought big changes on Southeast Asia's largest budget airline, AirAsia. The collection of carriers, primarily owned by Malaysia's Capital A, is preparing to launch a new airline…December 9th, 2022
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Europe
French Bee Bets on U.S. Expansion in Face of New Transatlantic Competition
Leisure airline French Bee is bullish on its business to the U.S., even as JetBlue Airways and Norse Atlantic Airways prepare to ratchet up competition on popular transatlantic routes to…December 8th, 2022
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Latin America
Volaris Set for U.S. Growth After Likely Upgrade of Mexico’s Aviation Authority
The U.S. may be near returning the safety rating of Mexico's aviation regulator, AFAC, to the top category, said executives of Mexico's largest airline Volaris.December 7th, 2022
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North America
Porter Airlines Bets on Economy Travel With New Embraer Jets
Porter Airlines is not so much reinventing itself with the introduction of its first-ever jet aircraft as much as doing more of what it does well: The economy travel experience.December 6th, 2022
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North America
How Delta’s New $7 Billion Pilot Agreement Puts Pressure on Airlines Struggling With Costs
Delta Air Lines and its pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, have reached an agreement-in-principal that ends an acrimonious negotiating process but also adds to the cost pressure…December 5th, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
Singapore Airlines Looks to Thai Airways to Expand Southeast Asia Partner Network
Singapore Airlines plans a partnership with its long-troubled neighbor Thai Airways, in a strategic move that comes just days after it revealed plans to take a 25 percent stake in…December 2nd, 2022