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| Bill Carey  Principals of the Aireon joint venture on April 2 formally announced the launch of the company’s satellite-based air traffic control (ATC) surveillance system, a capability that for the first time provides a means of continuously tracking aircraft over oceans and remote regions of the world.
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| Sean Broderick Premium Content  Boeing’s proposed changes to its 737 MAX family flight-control software will undergo “additional work” and may not be in regulators’ hands for a final review for another six weeks.
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| Ben Goldstein Federal lawmakers in the US are examining training standards of FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASI) who may have participated in the development of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8, adding to the overlapping list of federal and congressional probes into the jetliner’s development and certification.
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| Chen Chuanren  Singapore Airlines (SIA) has grounded two of its nine Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner because of premature blade deterioration found on the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engines.
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| Helen Massy-Beresford  Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air expects its profit for the financial year will come in at the high end of its estimate, thanks to robust demand.
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| Chen Chuanren  China Southern Airlines saw its 2018 annual profit shrink to CNY2.98 billion ($433 million), down 51% year-over-year (YOY), because of increased operating expenses and external economic factors.
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| Kurt Hofmann Premium Content  Faroese national carrier Atlantic Airways is working to become an all-Airbus A320neo operator and is targeting flights to New York by year-end.
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