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ATW News â For latest news go to ATWOnline.com Germany’s Lufthansa Group and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Aviation Group have finalized a codeshare deal and wet-lease agreement for 38 airberlin Airbus A319/A320 aircraft operating for Eurowings and Austrian Airlines. FULL ARTICLE |
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Airbus will delay delivery of the first A330neo by over six weeks, postponing to March 2018 delivery of the aircraft to launch customer TAP Portugal. FULL ARTICLE |
Embraer is in discussions with the Brazilian government about the possibility of challenging the Québec provincial government’s $1 billion investment in Bombardier’s CSeries program through the World Trade Organization (WTO), according to Embraer CEO Paulo Cesar Silva. FULL ARTICLE |
The Scottish parliament plans to halve the rate of Air Passenger Duty (APD)—a departure tax imposed by the UK parliament in London—by the end of the current parliamentary session, with the longer-term aim of abolishing it completely. FULL ARTICLE |
Lufthansa and the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilot union have agreed to arbitration by the end of January 2017, in an effort to resolve a pay dispute that has resulted in repeated strikes. FULL ARTICLE |
ATW Editorâs Blog Karen Walker Lufthansa and Etihad, in the past, have fought over airberlin codeshare rights specifically and more broadly over Gulf carrier growth and subsidy allegations. Today, the two became business partners. FULL ARTICLE |
Other News ATW Plus (Premium Content) The design of Amazon’s delivery unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV), or drone, has evolved since CEO Jeff Bezos revealed the company’s Prime Air concept in December 2013. FULL ARTICLE |
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