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Boeing logged 85 commercial aircraft orders in October
Boeing tallied a gross firm order total of 85 commercial aircraft in October, valued at approximately $22.9 billion at list prices. Boeing’s October orders* were led by an Oct. 5 Qatar Airways booking for 30 787-9s and 10 77-300ERs, for a combined value of $11.3 billion. Midway through the month an unidentified customer firmed an order for 12 787-9s, valued at $3.1 million. October closed out with additional firm orders from UPS on Oct. 27, for 14 747-8F freighters (valued at $5.3 billion) and an Oct. 31 order from an unidentified customer for five 787-9s, valued at $1.3 billion.
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Latest flight milestone keeps Bombardier on recovery path
By getting the Global 7000 into the air for the first time on 4 November, Bombardier adds to a seven-month string of achievements that have put the manufacturer on a long road to recovery, even as previous delays paint a cloudy market outlook for the company’s longest-range business jet. The 2h27min flight from Toronto’s Downsview airport kicks off a roughly two-year flight test campaign for the Global 7000, Bombardier’s first new product to enter flight test since the CSeries family in 2013.
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AVIC considers commercial version of Y-20
AVIC is researching the possibility of a civilian cargo variant of its Xian Y-20 strategic transport. Designated the Y20F-100, the company displayed a large model of the proposed type at its stand in Zhuhai this week. In addition, it had a cargo hold mockup that visitors could view with 3D goggles.
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Air Seychelles expands Europe operation, adds second A330
Air Seychelles will begin 2X-weekly Mahé (Seychelles)-Dusseldorf (Germany) and 2X-weekly Mahé-Durban (South Africa) services from March 30, 2017. The carrier will also upgrade its Mahé-Paris Charles de Gaulle service from three to four flights per week, effective March 28. The carrier will introduce a second Airbus A330, which is scheduled to be delivered in the last week of March 2017.
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American’s O’Hare Fire Caused By Engine Failure - NTSB
The American Airlines Boeing 767 which aborted takeoff and caught fire at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport last month was caused by an uncontained engine failure, the NTSB said in an update. The National Transportation Safety Board said the uncontained failure of the right engine, a General Electric CF6-80, took place during its take-off roll.
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American Airlines' new Boeing 787-9s make international flights a dream
American Airlines will use its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners on service from Texas to Brazil and Spain, with plans to add flights to France and South Korea in 2017. The new Dreamliner has 30 lie-flat seats in business class and 27 main cabin extra seats, which offers extra legroom for coach seating.
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Atlas Air Worldwide posts $8 million 3Q net loss
Air cargo operator Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings posted a $7.9 million net loss for the 2016 third quarter, narrowed from a $12.8 million loss in 3Q 2015. Atlas Air Worldwide, headquartered in Purchase, New York, is parent company to Atlas Air, Southern Air Holdings and Titan Aviation Holdings, and majority owner of Polar Air Cargo.
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BA higher-density seating plan includes 10-abreast 777s
British Airways is to increase the seating density on its London Gatwick-based Boeing 777s, as well as its Airbus short-haul fleet, in order to cut unit costs on its aircraft. The airline is to introduce 10-abreast seating on 25 777s, increasing the economy-class cabin from 216 to 252 seats.
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US Gives Tentative Approval To Delta-Aeromexico JV
The US Department of Transportation has given tentative approval for an alliance between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico. The approval, if granted, would include antitrust immunity for a joint venture between the US and Mexico. The carriers would then be able to coordinate network planning, pricing, and sales.
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Hawaiian Airlines tests in-air connected EFB
Hawaiian Airlines partnered with Cobham Satcom and Inmarsat to test in-air connected Electronic Flight Bags.
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IAG fleet rejig holds onto 747s but speeds A340 phase-out
IAG will have four additional Boeing 747-400s in service, but four fewer Airbus A340s, during 2020 than it had projected last year. The company has detailed an updated fleet plan during a presentation to investors.
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JetBlue adds second Cuba destination
JetBlue now has two direct routes to Cuba, adding nonstop regular service from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Camaguey this week. JetBlue launched its Cuba service Aug. 31 with routes to Santa Clara. The airline celebrated the new flight service Thursday with a Cuban-themed ribbon-cutting at the gate for its passengers and employees before its departure.
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Mihin Lanka closes its doors
Sri Lankan low-cost carrier (LCC) Mihin Lanka has ceased operations, with its flights being taken over by national carrier SriLankan Airlines. Closure of the persistently loss-making LCC had been predicted for several months in local media.
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Norwegian Air Reports 16 Pct Passenger Growth For October
Norwegian Air reported a 16 percent increase in passenger numbers for October to 2.77 million. In October Norwegian added 23 percent more capacity (in available seat km), and saw a traffic gain of 24 percent in revenue seat km.
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Silver launches Fort Lauderdale-Santiago, Cuba flights
Silver Airways began regularly scheduled commercial air service between its Fort Lauderdale, Florida, home base and Santiago, Cuba, Nov. 4, marking the launch of the airline’s fifth Cuba destination.
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Southwest's focus on culture pays off in hiring decisions
Southwest processed more than 370,000 applications in 2015, which resulted in the hiring of 6,000 new employees.. Southwest's Vice President of People Julie Weber says the company strives to identify recruits who align with the company's values and want to engage in the company's mission of staying on long-term.
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Airports

Dubai lays groundwork for next phase of airport growth
Plans for Dubai’s airports to have a throughput of close to 150 million passengers annually by 2025 have been backed with what the emirate’s government describes as an initial $3 billion of funding. Dubai International Airport (DXB) handled 78 million passengers in 2015 and is expected to surpass both Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson and Beijing Capital later this decade to become the world’s busiest airport.
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Hawaiian Airlines announces return to Oahu's Kapalua Airport
Hawaiian Airlines announced Thursday that it will resume service to Kapalua Airport in West Maui. The airline will offer four daily flights between Kapalua and Honolulu International Airport and two daily flights between Kapalua and Kahului Airport in Maui. Tickets are on sale now for flights starting Jan. 18.
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Military

Czech air force expresses L-39NG interest
The head of the Czech air force is keen for the service to become the launch customer for Aero Vodochody’s modernized L-39NG trainer. Speaking during a visit to the manufacturer’s Odolena Voda site, Maj Gen Jaromír Šebesta said the L-39NG could be integrated into its fleet of older Albatros aircraft operated from Pardubice air base.
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Honeywell fields satcom system on specialized US Army Black Hawks
Honeywell has fielded its Aspire 200 Satellite Communications System on at least 20 UH-60 Black Hawks in a specialized US Army aviation unit, Tom Hart, vice-president of defense aftermarket Americas, said. Aspire is already flying commercially, including on AgustaWestland's AW139 twin-engine helicopter. But the system is still in its early phases for military use, outside of the specialized Black Hawks which needed extra surveillance capability, Hart says.
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Aviation Quote

Challenger was lost because NASA came to believe its own propaganda. The agency's deeply impacted cultural hubris had it that technology—engineering—would always triumph over random disaster if certain rules were followed. The engineers-turned-technocrats could not bring themselves to accept the psychology of machines with abandoning the core principle of their own faith: equations, geometry, and repetition—physical law, precision design, and testing—must defy chaos. No matter that astronauts and cosmonauts had perished in precisely designed and carefully tested machines. Solid engineering could always provide a safety margin, because the engineers believed, there was complete safety in numbers.

- William E. Burrows, This New Ocean, 1998.

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