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Friday 17 May 2024

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Copa Airlines To Grow Capacity Despite Additional Delivery Delays

Lori Ranson

Copa Airlines believes it can manage additional delays of Boeing aircraft in 2024 and still maintain its planned capacity growth of 10%. Read more.

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Southwest Airlines Shares Stance On Acquisitions

Christine Boynton

Nodding to past acquisitions, Southwest Airlines says “never say never” to considering another, though the company has no immediate plans to do so.

London City Promotes COO FitzGerald To CEO Amid Operating Hours Ruling Wait

Aaron Karp

London City Airport (LCY) has named Alison FitzGerald its new CEO, effective immediately.

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EasyJet To Boost North Africa Capacity, Sees Strong Summer Demand

David Casey

EasyJet intends to grow winter capacity to North Africa by 35% to reduce seasonal losses.

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EasyJet Marks 20 Years In Berlin, But Ryanair Is Now Brandenburg's Biggest Airline

EasyJet is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its first Berlin flight, which flew to Schoenefeld from Liverpool on 28-Apr-2004. In 2018 easyJet added Berlin Tegel to its airport network when Air Berlin exited, and it soon became the biggest operator by seats in the German capital city.

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Daily Memo: Don’t Expect A Large Airship In The Foreseeable Future

Thierry Dubois

Promoters of the return of airships have been touting the concept for a quarter century, though the contrast between ambitions and achievements is stark.

Material Mix-Up Will Prompt Boeing 787 Inspections

Sean Broderick

The FAA plans to mandate inspections of certain structural fittings on some Boeing 787s after learning from Boeing the parts are made from the wrong material.