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ATW News â For latest news go to ATWOnline.com The UK Department for Transport (DfT) and UK CAA are tightening their unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) rules, just as research was released on the potential collision damage to commercial aircraft. FULL ARTICLE |
Singapore Airlines has dropped its short-haul low-cost carrier (LCC) brand Tigerair, merging the airline into mid- to long-haul LCC Scoot. FULL ARTICLE |
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), working with US intelligence experts, built a large personal electronic device (PED) laden with explosives and tested it “on a real airplane, on the ground [and] pressurized,” US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary John Kelly said last week at a security forum event in Aspen, Colorado. FULL ARTICLE |
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New York-based JetBlue Airways reported second-quarter net income of $211 million, up 16.7% over a net profit of $181 million in the 2016 June quarter and a solid turnaround from a 58.8% year-over-year (YOY) net income decline in the 2017 first quarter. FULL ARTICLE |
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ATW Plus (Premium Content) Supersonic-airliner startup Boom Technology believes sufficient research has been conducted for FAA to set a reasonable sonic boom standard that would allow civil supersonic flight over US land within a few years. FULL ARTICLE |
Fiji Airways has signed an agreement confirming that it will help the government of Samoa relaunch its national airline. FULL ARTICLE |
ATW Magazine A mandate taking effect in June 2018 will push airlines to upgrade baggage handling systems. FULL ARTICLE |
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