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| Tony Osborne  The surface-to-air missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Boeing 777, belonged to the Russian armed forces, the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) said May 24.
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| Ben Goldstein Premium Content  FAA acting administrator Dan Elwell called for the agency to embrace innovation and emerging technology by forming partnerships with industry and entrepreneurial organizations during a speech at the International Aviation Club (IAC) of Washington DC.
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| Kurt Hofmann Premium Content  New Austrian carrier LaudaMotion plans to launch an extensive European network—called City Shuttle—from Vienna beginning with the winter schedule 2018/19.
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| Victoria Moores  The UK government has confirmed easyJet’s status as a UK airline, even if it is European Union (EU)-owned, according to comments made by easyJet CFO Andrew Findlay.
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| Sean Broderick Premium Content  Alaska Airlines has no plans to shed its Dallas Love Field (DAL) gates in the wake of giving up slots in New York and Washington DC, which served as the destination of seven of Alaska’s flights from the Dallas airport, a top executive said.
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| Adrian Schofield Premium Content  The AirAsia Group almost doubled its first-quarter net profit to MYR1.1 billion ($276.3 million), boosted mainly by the sale of assets, but also fueled by higher passenger volume.
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| Mark Nensel  Delta Air Lines plans to resume nonstop flights between the US and Mumbai in 2019, the Atlanta-based carrier said May 24, citing the recent Open Skies agreements between the US and governments of UAE and Qatar as “the framework … to move forward with service to India, a market long impacted by government-subsidized Middle East airlines.”
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Interview | ATW editor-in-chief Karen Walker was the guest on Business Travel Coalition Radio talking with BTC chairman Kevin Mitchell on the outcomes and future implications of the campaign by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to restrict the expansion of the major Gulf carriers.
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