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| Jens Flottau  Lufthansa is considering a commercial partnership with Alitalia, but has ruled out a financial investment.
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| Jack Wittman  Canada’s WestJet overcame rising fuel prices and other headwinds to post a third-quarter (3Q) net profit of C$45.9 million ($35 million), down 66.3% from the C$135.9 million reported in the year-ago quarter.
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| Ben Goldstein US airports are disappointed Congress opted not to increase funds they receive for infrastructure construction in the FAA reauthorization bill, putting pressure on them to generate funds to shore up facilities amid record passenger demand.
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| Adrian Schofield Premium Content  An Indonesian safety official has confirmed the Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed Oct. 29 had unreliable airspeed readings on its previous flight.
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| Sean Broderick Premium Content Embraer is still working to firm up many of the commitments received at this year’s Farnborough Air Show, but executives are confident that 2019’s production will be at or possibly above this year’s projected total of about 90 deliveries, and the recently reduced backlog will quickly be replenished.
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| Victoria Moores Finnair has completed the sale of 60% of its regional operation—Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra)—to Danish Air Transport (DAT), after securing competition clearance for the deal that was announced in late August.
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Editorial | Peter Carter Ten years ago, on Oct. 29, 2008, Delta Air Lines closed its merger with Northwest Airlines. At the time of the announcement, critics warned of the horrible things that would follow.
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| Karen Walker Air Transport World  The latest cull among Europe’s smaller airlines was in full force this fall, with Latvian LCC Primera Airlines and both the German and Polish units of Lithuanian leisure carrier Small Planet Group failing or scrambling to restructure.
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