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ATW News â For latest news go to ATWOnline.com | Alan Dron Italian leisure carrier Meridiana has relaunched as Air Italy, less than two weeks after the new name was announced. |
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| Alan Dron Iceland’s flag carrier Icelandair has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX, as it embarks on a fleet expansion program. |
| Aaron Karp Premium Content Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly, who has long resisted calls from some Wall Street analysts to charge fees for checked bags, voiced his most adamant rejection yet of baggage fees, completely ruling them out. |
| Aaron Karp Premium Content Wingo, the Colombia-based ultra-LCC affiliate of Panama’s Copa Airlines that launched in late 2016, has “surpassed all expectations,” although it has not yet become profitable, Copa CEO Pedro Heilbron said. |
| Aaron Karp Premium Content Panama-based Copa Airlines is “very, very interested” in learning more about Boeing’s proposed new mid-market aircraft (NMA), which looks to be ideal for the carrier’s operations, Copa CEO Pedro Heilbron said. |
| Mark Nensel Premium Content French technology provider Thales North American CEO Alan Pellegrini said stakeholders should be “highly concerned, but not necessarily scared” about cyberattack threats in an era of rapidly expanding aircraft connectivity. |
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