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Chief Assignment Editor
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 26, 2019

Lufthansa seeks ideas for sustainable innovation in Travel and Mobility

With the launch of the Changemaker Challenge, the Lufthansa Group and its new digital business unit Lufthansa Innovation Hub are...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 24, 2019

Russian aviation regulator: Zhukovsky Airport needs to improve flight safety, bird situation

Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) said on Saturday that it is preparing a series of recommendations to improve flight safety...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 23, 2019

Mumbai airport beefs up security after major security breach by ‘mentally-ill’ man

Indian officials said today that Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Mumbai Police will enhance security both inside and outside...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 23, 2019

Azul Airlines first Brazilian carrier to join TSA Pre-Check

Azul Brazilian Airlines is the first Brazilian carrier to be certified by the Transportation Security Administration as a TSA Pre-Check...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 23, 2019

EgyptAir’s first Airbus A220-300 takes flight

The first Airbus A220-300 for EgyptAir has successfully completed its inaugural test flight from the Mirabel assembly line. The first...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 23, 2019

First Indian commercial flight flies over North Pole

Air India’s nonstop Delhi-San Francisco flight created history on India’s 73rd Independence Day — it became the first Indian commercial...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 22, 2019

FAA: Drones and weapons don’t mix!

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is warning the general public that it is illegal to operate a drone with a...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 22, 2019

Malaysia: New airline passenger ‘departure tax’ goes into effect September 1

Beginning on September 1, 2019, travelers flying out from Malaysia will be required to pay a departure tax, that will...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 22, 2019

Which airlines have the highest proportion of female pilots?

The aviation industry is growing at a rate of 5 to 10 percent each year. But the number of women...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 21, 2019

Pilot killed when helicopter hits power line, crashes into river in Russia

A helicopter crashed into a river after hitting an electric power line in the Vologda Region in northwest Russia, the...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 20, 2019

Korean Air slashes Japan routes and amid flaring tensions

Korean Air has announced its plans to adjust the frequency of some routes, in consideration of decreasing demand of Japanese...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 20, 2019

Russian visitors killed in Greece helicopter crash

Two Russian visitors were killed in a helicopter crash off the Greek island of Poros, Russian Embassy spokesman said today....
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 20, 2019

Ryanair under fire for still selling tickets for strike days

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has been severely criticized for continuing to sell tickets for flights that are scheduled to travel...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 19, 2019

South African Airways names new Director of Sales Development for U.S. Northeast Region

South African Airways (SAA), the national flag carrier of South Africa announces the appointment of Ms. Danielle Manegio as Director,...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 16, 2019

Beijing forces Cathay Pacific Airways’ chief to resign over Hong Kong protests

Rupert Hogg was forced to resign today as Cathay Pacific Airways’ Chief Executive Officer, following Beijing’s pressure on the airline...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 15, 2019

Southwest Airlines adds new nonstop flights to Kona, Hawaii, and Lihue, Kauai from San Jose

Southwest Airlines announced today the addition of new nonstop flights to Kona (KOA), on the Island of Hawaii, and Lihue,...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 15, 2019

Southwest Airlines expands Hawaii service

Southwest Airlines Co. today announced the carrier will add new service to, from, and within Hawaii in mid-January 2020 with...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 15, 2019

Budapest Airport announces Ryanair’s 47th service

Just a week after the announcement that Odesa had joined Budapest Airport’s destination map, the airport can now confirm a...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 13, 2019

Yemeni militants launch drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport

Yemen’s Houthi militants launched drone attacks on Abha airport in southwest Saudi Arabia near the Yemeni border, the Houthis’ al-Masirah...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 13, 2019

Lufthansa Group airlines welcomed 14.6 million passengers in July 2019

In July 2019, the Lufthansa Group airlines welcomed around 14.6 million passengers. This shows an increase of 3.3 percent compared...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 12, 2019

DDoS attack shuts down major ticket sale on Russia’s Pobeda Airlines website

Russian budget Pobeda Airlines said on Monday its website came under a DDoS-attack during a major sale of its flight...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 12, 2019

Stephen M. Dickson sworn in as Administrator of Federal Aviation Administration

Stephen M. Dickson was sworn in today by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao as the 18th Administrator of the...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 12, 2019

Prague Airport introducing digital signage in Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Russian and English

Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, and naturally Czech and English. Digital signage, which was launched for passengers at Prague Airport and...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 9, 2019

Airline passengers panic as protesters besiege Hong Kong airport

Thousands of protesters converged upon Hong Kong airport on Friday without notifying the police in advance, putting pressure on the...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 9, 2019

Delta Air Lines will be largest U.S. carrier serving Tokyo-Haneda in 2020

Under a final decision announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation today, Delta Air Lines will become the largest U.S....
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 25, 2019

Five people killed in bizarre plane and helicopter mid-air collision in Mallorca

Five people, including one child, are dead after a bizarre  involving a helicopter and a small airplane on the Mediterranean...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 24, 2019

Russia’s Aeroflot Group extends all international permits, loses Moscow-Paris route

According to the order of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, almost 30 Aeroflot Group‘s international flight permits have been extended....
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 23, 2019

Russia: Never mind Interjet, Sukhoi Superjet-100 is great plane and will only get better

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ-100), the first civilian aircraft designed in post-Soviet Russia, will...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 23, 2019

Only foreign operator of Russian Sukhoi SuperJet 100 planes wants to get rid of them

Mexico’s Interjet, which is currently the only foreign airline operating Russian Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft, announced that it intends to...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 23, 2019

Two emergency landings in one day, three in 8 days – what’s wrong with Russia’s Ural Air?

For the second time today, Russia’s Ural Airlines’ passenger jet was forced to make emergency landing. It happened at the...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 22, 2019

Mexico’s competition regulator fines Cancún International Airport $3.7 million

Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) announced today that it fined Cancún International Airport 72.5 million pesos (US$3.7 million) for...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 22, 2019

Curaçao Tourism welcomes United Airlines new direct nonstop flight from Newark

The Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao will welcome a weekly United Airlines flight out of Newark, New Jersey beginning on...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 22, 2019

United Airlines announces 12 new and expanded international destinations

United Airlines today unveiled an expanded international schedule from its hubs in Chicago, Denver, New York/Newark and San Francisco. United’s...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 21, 2019

Russia may tighten aircraft engine requirements after recent A321 bird strike

Russia may tighten aircraft engine requirements, due to the recent incident with an Airbus A321 that was forced to belly-land...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 21, 2019

New US-Japan aviation agreement hailed by US airline industry

Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, issued the following statement commending the agreement...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 20, 2019

Miami International Airport: An outstanding year with 688K more passengers so far

Through June, Miami International Airport served 688,000 more passengers than last year, for an increase of three percent and a...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 20, 2019

Munich-bound Lufthansa jet returns to St. Petersburg, Russia for ‘technical reasons’

German Lufthansa Flight LH2565 en route from St. Petersburg, Russia to Munich, Germany returned to St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport for...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 19, 2019

China’s civil aviation industry booming with four new planes in pipeline

As the world’s second-largest civil aviation market, China has increased pace of its civil aircraft industry development amid economic growth...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 17, 2019

Pilots who saved 233 lives in Airbus A321 disaster awarded ‘Hero of Russia’ medals

The pilots, who carried out a successful emergency landing in a cornfield, saving the lives of all the passengers, have...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 16, 2019

United Airlines announces Tokyo, Haneda service from Chicago, Los Angeles, New York/Newark and Washington, D.C.

United Airlines today announced it will begin service between four of its U.S. hubs and Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport, located...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 15, 2019

Vietnam Airlines flies its First Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

Boeing delivered the first of eight 787-10 Dreamliner airplanes to Vietnam Airlines today via lease from Air Lease Corporation. The...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 15, 2019

Delta and Virgin Atlantic boost 2020 summer flying between US and UK

Delta Air Lines is boosting its transatlantic schedule between London-Heathrow and its coastal hubs in Boston and New York-JFK next...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 13, 2019

Russian tourism official: Odds of restoring air links with Georgia this year are nil

Vice president of the Russian Union of Travel Industry said that there are no prerequisites for restoring air links with...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 13, 2019

Embraer is awarded Brazilian certification for the Praetor 500

Embraer announces that the company’s new Praetor 500 midsize business jet was granted its Type Certificate by Brazil’s Civil Aviation...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 13, 2019

Hong Kong’s Airport Authority: Update on current situation in Hong Kong

News by Country or Category...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 12, 2019

Chaos: Baggage system failure shuts down Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport

A 10-hour malfunction with the baggage handling system created luggage pile ups in the departure hall of Terminal 3 at...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 12, 2019

Norwegian Air Boeing 787’s engine disintegrates mid-air over Rome

A Norwegian Air Boeing 787-8’s engine failure over Rome caused hundreds of metal fragments to rain down on vehicles, homes...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 9, 2019

Russia thanks Ukraine for allowing Russian aircraft in its airspace during thunderstorm

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has welcomed Kiev’s decision to allow a Russian aircraft to enter Ukraine’s airspace to avoid a...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 9, 2019

Alkan Air provides update on August 6 aircraft accident

Alkan Air issued the following statement today, providing update on August 6 aircraft accident: The Transportation Safety Board has arrived...
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Chief Assignment Editor·
Aviation Feature
·August 9, 2019

Department of Transportation issues guidance on traveling with emotional support animals

Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, issued the following statement on the Department...
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