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Russia’s passenger traffic up 19.3% from January-October
Russian airlines carried 89.9 million passengers in January-October 2017, up 19.3% year-over-year (YOY).
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IAG rules out using Monarch slots for Level operations
London Gatwick airport slots purchased by IAG from the administrators of Monarch Airlines will not be used for Level flights and will instead be used to expand British Airways operations at the gateway, group chief executive Willie Walsh has disclosed.
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Boeing delivers 50th 737 Max
Boeing has delivered the 50th 737 Max 8 so far this year after handing over the first of the re-engined single-aisle family to Malindo in May, Flight Fleets Analyzer shows.
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Airlines

American, pilots union reach agreement to avert holiday flight cancellations
American Airlines and the Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents 14,500 American pilots, both say the holiday pilot-staffing problem has been resolved and no flights will be canceled in December because of the issue.
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Aeroflot, Japan Airlines ink cooperation agreement
The national carriers of Russia and Japan have signed a strategic cooperation agreement that they say will bring significant customer benefits and increase travel options between the two nations.
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NTSB hearing set on American 767 ‘substantially damaged’ by 2016 engine fire
The American Airlines Boeing 767-300 that experienced an uncontained engine failure during a takeoff roll Oct. 28, 2016 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport was “substantially damaged,” according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
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LOT Polish Airlines takes delivery of first MAX
LOT Polish Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 and expects to have six aircraft of the type by 2020—all on long-term lease from US lessor Air Lease Corp. (ALC).
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Hawaiian announces 2018 network expansion
Hawaiian Airlines will expand its network in spring 2018, launching new routes using Airbus A321neos while adding flights to destinations already on the route map.
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Hawaiian moves A321neo service launch forward to December
Hawaiian Airlines has advanced its Airbus A321neo entry-into-service date to 19 December, when it plans to first deploy the aircraft type on three inter-islands routes, Hawaiian confirms.
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PICTURES: Aerolineas formally takes delivery of first 737 Max
Aerolineas Argentinas has formally taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max 8, after the aircraft arrived in Buenos Aires in late November.
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KLM cabin crew to strike on 8 January
KLM has proposed a mediator to help break a long-running deadlock with the FNV Cabine union over the cutting of cabin crew numbers on some long-haul flights, which has prompted plans for fresh strike action.
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EVA 777-300ER wing damaged by pole strike
An EVA Air Boeing 777-300ER sustained damage to its right wing after hitting a lamp pole at Toronto's Pearson International airport.
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Air Astana Sees Rebound Tied to Kazakhstan’s Recovery
As Kazakhstan’s economy starts to bounce back after two years of currency devaluation, GDP declines and suppressed oil prices, Almaty-based Air Astana has resumed expanding its scope of operations in Russia, the Central Asian countries, South Asia and China.
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Alitalia won't let bankruptcy stop it from rolling out chic new uniforms
Bankrupt Italian Alitalia carrier isn’t letting insolvency stand in the way of looking good. The perennially troubled airline announced last week that it has commissioned prominent Italian designer Alberta Ferretti to help it craft new employee uniforms.
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Fast-growing Spirit Airlines announces 11 new non-stop routes
Spirit Airlines announced plans for 11 new non-stop routes that will launch this spring.
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Airports

SMO To Close For Runway Shortening
The Santa Monica Airport, which the city has long tried to shut down while the aviation community has rallied to keep it open, will close for 10 days this month so the single 4,973-foot runway can be shortened.
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Defunct airports take flight with creative new uses
As cities grow and the role of aviation in society expands, so too does the need for larger and larger airports. And airports in different places. So what can be done with old, unwanted commercial airports?
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Military

View From A KC-135 Boom: Refueling F-16s Over Afghanistan
Aviation Week’s Pentagon Editor, Lara Seligman, got a behind-the-scenes look at the U.S. air war in Afghanistan from the back of a KC-135 Stratotanker.
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Russia To Revive Tu-160 Bomber Production
A prototype of an upgraded version of the Tupolev Tu-160 strategic swing-wing bomber was rolled out at the KAPO plant of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in Kazan in mid-November. The first Tu-160M2 is expected to start flight testing by the manufacturer in February 2018, and will later move to the MoD’s State Flight Test Center (GLITS) in Akhtubinsk for further trials.
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Aviation Quote

To the aircraft I aim, not the man.

- Francesco Baracca, Italy's leading ace of WWI, in Italian "è all'apparecchio che io miro non all'uomo," the prancing horse emblem he sported on his aircraft was used by Enzo Ferrari on his cars. Corpo Aeronautico Militare, 34 victories WWI.

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1. What does he mean when a sailplane (glider) pilot returns from a flight and reports having had a sled ride?

2. Runway numbers sometimes have a single-letter suffix. Runways 16R, 16L, and 16C, for example, represent right, left and center runways. What is the meaning of Runway 16T, for example?

3. Why is it important when making an emergency, off-airport landing on unimproved ground in a North American P–51 Mustang to land with the landing gear retracted?

4. When referring to the missions of some Consolidated B–24 Liberators during World War II, what were “Carpetbaggers” and “Joe holes”?

5. By what four names was the Curtis P–40 known?

6. What was a “Denver go-valve?”