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| Bill Carey and Kerry Reals With more than 500 fatalities, 2018 was a setback for commercial aviation safety following the record safe performance of 2017.
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| Jens Flottau  Qatar Airways has bought a 5% stake in China Southern Airlines in a move that further broadens the portfolio of minority investments in airlines abroad.
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| Bill Carey  The partial shutdown of the US government has caused FAA to close its air traffic controller academy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma—delaying controller training during a staffing shortage.
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| Kerry Reals  Two European low-cost carriers face mixed fortunes when it comes to labor relations in 2019.
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| Karen Walker  Lawyers for the family of the co-pilot killed in the crash of the Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 have filed a lawsuit against Boeing alleging the aircraft was “unreasonably dangerous” and that the manufacturer failed to provide proper instruction on how to handle the new narrowbody’s anti-stall system.
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| Alan Dron  Long-haul LCC Norwegian has rebutted suggestions from a Scandinavian bank analyst that the carrier faces financial problems at the turn of the year because of the size of its debts.
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| Alan Dron US-based Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and its co-shareholders have passed control of London Gatwick Airport to French company Vinci Airports.
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| Karen Walker Air Transport World/Premium Content  The world’s airlines are expected to post a collective net profit of $32.3 billion in 2018 and to follow that with a $35.5 billion net profit in 2019, which will be the industry’s 10th consecutive year of profitability. But maintaining that positive trend will be no breeze.
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| Nigel Mayes Air Transport World/Premium Content  From shifting global airline alliances to a still-evolving LCC sector and the impact of Brexit, here are nine things to keep an eye on in the airline world through 2019.
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