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| Helen Massy-Beresford Premium Content  Air France-KLM confirmed its transformation plans for the Air France fleet July 30 by signing an MOU for at least 60 Airbus A220s while also announcing it will retire the airline’s 10 A380s by 2022.
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| Adrian Schofield  All Nippon Airways (ANA) Holdings saw its first-quarter net profit decline 29% to ¥11.4 billion ($104.9 million), compared to ¥16.1 in the year-ago period, partly as a result of higher costs as the airline prepares for a growth phase in 2020.
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| Sean Broderick Premium Content  Air Canada shook off the absence of its Boeing 737 MAXs to post record second-quarter revenue and boost capacity.
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| Kurt Hofmann Premium Content  Lufthansa Group delivered a 2019 first-half net loss of €116 million ($132 million), reversed from a €713 million net profit a year ago.
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| Kurt Hofmann The much-delayed Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)—which is still on track to open in October 2020—has begun final technical tests, a prerequisite for opening.
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| Chen Chuanren  Philippine Airlines (PAL) has appointed Gilbert Santa Maria as its new president and COO.
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| Karen Walker Air Transport World  While general global concerns about carbon emissions have been rising since 2017, a movement sparked by a Swedish teenage blogger has gained swift traction this year. Flygskam, or “flight shame,” encourages people to stop flying or to take fewer airline flights and to boast about their alternative transport choices, such as rail.
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Analysis | Alan Dron Air Transport World  Many European airlines—particularly smaller ones—are so concerned about being hit by hefty compensation claims if a flight breaches the three-hour delay mark that there is a risk of crews or mechanics taking shortcuts.
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