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ATW News â For latest news go to ATWOnline.com Ben Goldstein A petition circulating on Capitol Hill calling on the Trump Administration to take action on Qatar Airways over its support for Air Italy has generated a backlash from a US industry coalition including airports, cargo carriers, US travelers and New York-based JetBlue Airways. |
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Ben Goldstein Premium Content Hawaiian Airlines is objecting to the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) decision to award it just one of 12 available daytime slot pairs to Tokyo Haneda Airport, arguing the route allocation proceeding revealed a “prevailing, longstanding bias against smaller air carriers.” |
Helen Massy-Beresford Premium Content Air Austral has grounded one of its two Boeing 787-8s for at least two months following a June 3 planned check of its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, leaving the La Reunion-based carrier looking for solutions to maintain flight schedules over the peak summer season.
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Chen Chuanren IATA’s “Turbulence Aware” program is seeing respectable progress following the launch of the initiative in December 2018.
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Adrian Schofield Premium Content Indian LCC SpiceJet expects dramatic fleet growth this year as it leases aircraft formerly operated by Jet Airways and eyes the resumption of Boeing 737 MAX deliveries. |
Alan Dron South African carrier Comair has acquired South African leasing and cargo specialist Star Air, as part of its continuing strategy of diversification.
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Ben Goldstein and Sean Broderick US Rep. John Garamendi (D-California), a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, plans to re-introduce legislation this summer that would require carriers to disclose more information about their maintenance activities to the public.
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Michael Bruno and Sean Broderick Air Transport World Nearly halfway into 2019, major aircraft lessors are breathing a sigh of relief. The global Boeing 737 MAX grounding is not dooming their financial results and may even help in the short term. |
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