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| Bill Carey  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on March 1 that it has recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from an Atlas Air Boeing 767-300 freighter six days after it crashed in Trinity Bay, Texas, killing three people on board.
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| Kerry Reals Premium Content  A Dublin court has ruled in Ryanair’s favor over its refusal to pay compensation to Irish passengers whose flights were delayed or canceled as a result of internal strike action by airline staff.
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| Kerry Reals Premium Content  French and Dutch politicians have agreed to strengthen their cooperation on the future strategy of Air France-KLM, with the aim of announcing a series of joint recommendations before the end of June.
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| Sean Broderick Premium Content  Southwest Airlines has asked a US federal court to stop its mechanics writing up minor maintenance issues the airline believes is part of an illegal job action designed to wreak havoc on its operations.
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| Ben Goldstein  The US Department of Transportation (DOT) on Feb. 28 handed down fines of $1 million to American Airlines and $750,000 to Delta Air Lines for subjecting passengers to extended tarmac delays at airports across the US over the last several years.
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| Victoria Moores  Qatar Airways plans to place an aircraft order at the Paris Air Show and, separately, is looking to further develop its aircraft leasing business.
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| Ben Goldstein  A new study from the Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) documented $128 billion in unmet infrastructure needs and a debt burden totaling $91.6 billion from past projects at US and Canadian airports, reflecting what ACI-NA described in a statement as the “terminally challenged” state of North American airport infrastructure.
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| Kurt Hofmann  SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, posted €1.3 billion ($1.49 billion) revenue for 2018, the highest in its history.
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