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| Michael Bruno and Graham Warwick Premium Content  Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Bombardier have struck a deal on the sale of the Canadian manufacturer’s Canadair Regional Jet program for $550 million and assumption of some debt.
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| Karen Walker Premium Content A new US-United Arab Emirates (UAE) joint government statement is being seen as a full endorsement of the two countries’ Open Skies agreement rights, including Fifth Freedom services.
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| Karen Walker The expression “putting lipstick on a pig” comes to mind reading the US Partnership for Open & Fair Skies’ press release on the US-UAE joint government policy statement on their Open Skies agreement. Except it’s more gloss than lipstick.
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| Sean Broderick  The proposed purchase of WestJet by private-equity firm Onex Capital has received Minister of Transport Marc Garneau’s blessing, clearing a major regulatory hurdle necessary for the deal to close.
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| Ben Goldstein The head of the TSA told US House lawmakers that the diversion of agency personnel to the US-Mexico border “will have no effect on aviation security whatsoever,” adding, “We have baseline aviation security that we do not go below.”
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| Kurt Hofmann  UK LCC easyJet is taking steps to prepare for another summer of anticipated flight disruptions in Europe.
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| Adrian Schofield Premium Content  Air Tahiti says the short takeoff and landing (STOL) version of the ATR 42-600 will allow it to introduce turboprop service to more islands, and ATR predicts other airlines in the Pacific region will also find the aircraft attractive.
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| Alan Dron  Estonia’s national airline, Nordica, will give up operating commercial flights in its own name for the foreseeable future, blaming overcapacity at its home hub at Tallinn Airport.
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