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Commercial
Australasian Hubs Primed For Growth, Airbus Says Airbus expects strong traffic growth in the South Pacific market will continue over the next 20 years, increasing the number of Australasian hubs ranked in the largest global categories. Click Here
ATR 72-500 certified by Transport Canada The ATR 72-500 turboprop has gained certification from Transport Canada. Click Here
China’s STO Express to launch Budapest freighter flights Chinese logistics company STO Express is to launch scheduled B747 freighter flights to Budapest, following the signing of a cooperation agreement with the airport and Turkish and European third party logistics specialist, Ekol. Click Here
Drone Strike Hazards Confirmed in New Manned-Unmanned Study. When an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) struck a Beechcraft King Air 100’s wing last month in Canada, it showed that hypothetical “what-ifs” about the dangers of drones flying around manned aircraft aren’t actually hypothetical. Click Here
Airlines
American, pilots union disagree on number of uncovered holiday flights American Airlines indicated it is well on its way to resolving the pilot-staffing situation related to holiday season flights, saying it is down to just “a few hundred” unassigned flights and expects the number of uncovered flights to keep decreasing. Click Here
Air France announces seven more routes for Joon New Air France airline Joon is to open seven routes in spring 2018, including its first longer routes to Cairo (Egypt), Cape Town (South Africa) and Tehran (Iran). Click Here
Volga-Dnepr planning German-based airline, according to reports. Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group is planning to launch an all-cargo carrier based in Leipzig, Germany, according to media reports. Click Here
Airports
Schiphol airlines set date for slot talks. Airlines will discuss a proposed local rule to break the impasse over aircraft slots at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on December 14, according to the airport’s latest newsletter. Click Here
Aviation Quote
The air around London and other large cities will be darkened by the flight of aeroplanes. . . . They are not mere dreamers who hold that the time is at hand when air power will be an even more important thing than sea power.
