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| Graham Warwick  Startup Boom Supersonic has closed a $100 million Series B investment round to finance continued work on its Mach 2.2 commercial airliner—now called the Overture.
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| Alan Dron London’s two largest airports say they have acquired, or plan to acquire, anti-drone technology in the wake of the pre-Christmas disruption at London Gatwick.
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|  Herbert D. “Herb” Kelleher, who founded Southwest Airlines and began a global low-cost airline revolution, died Jan. 3 at age 87.
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| Bill Carey Iridium Communications has set Jan. 8 for the eighth and final launch of its second-generation Iridium Next satellites, a milestone intended to deliver new global tracking and safety-certified communications services for the aviation industry.
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| Adrian Schofield  India’s Jet Airways continues to seek fresh capital to secure its future after the carrier defaulted on a debt payment.
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| Polina Montag-Girmes Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency has signed a 49-year concession agreement with Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO), giving the airport management company the right to invest in the state-owned airfield infrastructure.
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| Kurt Hofmann  LaudaMotion plans to increase its Airbus A320 fleet from nine to 21 aircraft in 2019.
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ATW Editorâs Blog
| Karen Walker The magic of Herb Kelleher, who died Jan. 3 aged 87, was that there was no magic. It’s simply the story of an extraordinarily smart lawyer spotting a market opportunity, working relentlessly hard to turn it from a cocktail-napkin idea into a highly successful business, and adhering to genuinely-held principles of being a decent, kind human being.
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| Jens Flottau North American carriers are expected to deliver the strongest financial performance in 2019 with a $16.6 billion net profit, up from $14.7 billion in 2018.
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