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Delta Air Lines Takes First Heavyweight A330-300

Eleven airlines have ordered the higher-takeoff-weight variant

An Anniversary For a (largely) Forgotten Event

It's 45 years since ALM Flight 980 ditched in the Caribbean.

FAA Set To Expand Data Comm System

After a two-year test period, the text-based cockpit communication system will serve more than 50 U.S. airports by the end of next year.

Qatar To Send Five Airliners to Paris Show

Display to include Airbus A350, Boeing 787

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FAA Forms Advisory Committee on Pilot Mental Health Issues

The agency said its aviation rulemaking committee is a response to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and Germanwings Flight 9525.

Ireland Accepts IAG Bid for Aer Lingus

Ryanair yet to weigh in

ACMG Sees Freighter Demand Accelerating

Twenty-year forecast predicts need for 125 additional freighters a year

Pilot Shortage Hitting Home at Racca Member Airlines

Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association members are perturbed about the shortage of qualified pilots.

Regulations and Government

Honeywell Readies for New Integrated Radio’s First Application

Initial contract covers 200 Southwest Airlines 737 Max narrowbodies

FAA Adds to "Lessons Learned" Safety Website

The FAA has updated its "Lessons Learned" safety library with six new modules detailing additional historically significant accidents.

South African Airways Charts Road to Recovery

Decision pending on privatization versus recapitalization

Eurocontrol Readies for Free Route Airspace

Maastricht air traffic control center makes progress in efficiency but faces slow progress in wider European ATM cooperation

Citation CJ4 Pressed into Airline Service

Scheduled and charter airline operator Hahn Air Lines is using CJ4s for its Dusseldorf-Luxembourg route.

Pilot Shortage Turns to Crisis among Small Cargo Carriers

Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association members search for solutions

ATC Reform Snowballs On Capitol Hill

Details are scarce, but momentum grows for separating ATC from the FAA.

European Commission Struggles To Promote EGNOS Acceptance

Europe’s navigation satellite agency offering monetary incentives to airports and airlines

U.S. Airline CEOs Vow to Continue Gulf Subsidies Campaign

The CEOs of American, United and Delta airlines said they want the U.S. government to conduct a formal consultation with UAE and Qatar.

UAC Starts China Leasing Group To Boost Superjet Sales

A Russian-Chinese joint venture leasing group aims to take on Superjet's Chinese rival, the ARJ-21, in its domestic market.

Qatar Airways CEO: 'No Cause' To Revisit Open Skies Pact

Fighting back against subsidy charnges, Al Baker claims major U.S. airlines are tightly controlling their preferred markets to keep prices high.

Bombardier, Pratt Ink Data Deal for CSeries

The airframer and engine maker are collaborating on a data-management service for the CSeries health-management system.

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