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Airbus to increase monthly A320 production to 60 in mid-2019
Airbus will further increase the production rate of single aisle family aircraft to 60 a month—up from just over 42 a month—in mid-2019 to match ongoing high demand. Airbus said the decision follows thorough studies on production ramp-up readiness in the supply chain and in Airbus sites to allow the ramp-up.
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One man is keeping Ex-Im closed
As you read and hear stories about the US Export-Import Bank’s continued lack of authorization, let there be no mistake about what’s now happening: A single man is keeping the bank closed. By margins of 313-118 in the US House of Representatives and 64-29 in the US Senate, members of Congress have voted to reauthorize Ex-Im, which has been unable to extend export loans since its authority lapsed June 30. President Barack 0bama is waiting and willing to sign a reauthorization bill.
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Boeing Likely To Match Airbus Production Increase
Boeing is likely to broadly match Airbus in ramping up production of the 737 to 60 a month, but the timing of the move remains uncertain. Airbus said on Friday it would lift monthly output of the A320 to 60 in mid-2019, a 20 percent increase over its prior target of 50, and a move seen pressuring Boeing to match with the 737.
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Airlines

Delta Engine Emergency Jet Lands Safely
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 returned safely to Portland, Oregon with possible engine trouble on Friday.The crew of Delta flight 1831 from Portland to Salt Lake City chose to return to Portland after receiving an indication of a possible problem with one of the aircraft's engines, a Delta statement said.
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Emirates refutes Delta’s Dubai claim; studies Atlanta route
Emirates Airline says it is “closely studying” whether to launch Dubai-Atlanta service after Delta Air Lines pulls out from the route next year, a decision it announced earlier this week and which the US carrier claims was prompted by over-capacity by the Gulf carriers. Atlanta-based Delta operates the only passenger service between its home hub and Dubai, but announced Oct. 28 that it will cease the route from Feb. 11, 2016.
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Finnair Group nearly doubles 3Q net profit
The Finnair Group has reported a third-quarter net profit of €39 million ($44 million), more than doubled from a net profit of €16.6 million in the year-ago period. Third-quarter revenue was €637.1 million, up 2.3% year-over-year, and operating profit was €64.2 million, nearly tripled from €26.7 million in the year-ago period, due to strong summer trading, deep cost cuts and lower fuel prices.
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Flydubai launches services from Dubai World Central
Dubai-based low-cost-carrier (LCC) flydubai has launched flights from Al Maktoum International-Dubai World Central Airport (DWC), the second international airport of Dubai. The new operations from DWC should help flydubai’s planned growth as it takes delivery of more than 100 new Boeing 737s over the next eight years, the carrier said in an statement, without naming the routes. However, according to the DWC website, flydubai is operating from DWC to destinations such as Kathmandu, Doha, Kuwait or Beirut.
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IAG net profit up 39% in 3Q
International Airlines Group—parent company of British Airways (BA), Iberia, Spanish low-cost carrier (LCC) Vueling and Aer Lingus—reported a third-quarter net profit of €883 million ($992.8 million), up 39.3% compared to a net profit of €634 million for the same period last year. The figures do not include exceptional charges of €38 million related to IAG’s acquisition of Aer Lingus.
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Kogalymavia'a A321s Grounded As Search Resumes
Russia has grounded Airbus A321 jets flown by the Kogalymavia airline, after one of its fleet crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. The jet, operated by the Russian airline under the brand name Metrojet, was returning from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg when it went down soon after daybreak on Saturday.
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At least one flight recorder recovered from crashed A321
Recovery teams at the site of the MetroJet Airbus A321 crash in northern Sinai have retrieved at least one flight recorder from the wreckage. The Egyptian cabinet states that a recorder “has been retrieved” from the tail section of the twinjet. It has not clarified whether the cockpit-voice or flight-data recorder has been found.
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Russian Airliner Crashes In Egypt, All 224 Dead
A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers crashed into a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday, killing all onboard. A militant group affiliated to Islamic State in Egypt, Sinai Province, said in a statement it had brought down the plane "in response to Russian airstrikes that killed hundreds of Muslims on Syrian land", but Russia's Transport Minister told Interfax news agency the claim "can't be considered accurate".
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Ryanair opens base at Berlin Schoenefeld
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has opened a base at Berlin-Schoenefeld Airport where it will operate five 189-seat Boeing 737-800s on 17 new routes during the winter season. Ryanair chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs said the carrier expects up to 3.5 million passengers on the routes from Schoenefeld.
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United Halts Airport Outsourcing Until 2017
United Airlines said it will not outsource more jobs in baggage handling or customer service at least until 2017, aiming to reduce uncertainty for workers after announcing about 1,150 job cuts in February. The decision resulted from employee feedback on how to improve the airline, solicited in September when Oscar Munoz became chief executive, according to a note from Jon Roitman, United's senior vice president for airport operations.
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Airports

London Heathrow Airport presses ahead with runway plans
Managers at London’s Heathrow airport are lining up potential contractors to build its long-awaited third runway, even as the UK government continues to mull whether the west London hub should be the site of additional runway capacity in the southeast of the country. The Davies Commission looking into the requirement for runway capacity in the South East reported in July that it favored over London Gatwick or elsewhere as the site of a new runway. The government is deliberating on the findings and has said it aims to announce a formal decision on the location by the end of the year.
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Military

Boeing debriefed on USAF’s Northrop bomber selection
US Air Force officials are today debriefed Boeing on its selection of Northrop Grumman for the $80 billion Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program ahead of a possible bid protest that could come as soon as next week. Northrop’s classified bomber offering was chosen over one from a Boeing-lead team, and a spokesman for the company says the team will “digest” the information over several business days before deciding whether to file a formal protest with the US Government Accountability Office.
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What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stagecoaches?

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