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ATW Daily News

June 24, 2016

ATW News

Eurowings Europe launches operations

Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings Europe has launched its first flight from Vienna to Alicante June 23.

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IATA warns UK air passengers could decline 3%-5% by 2020

Following the UK’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union (EU), IATA said preliminary estimates suggest UK air passengers could decline 3%-5% by 2020, following an expected economic downturn and predicted falling British pound sterling (GBP) exchange rates.

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Deadline looms for Meridiana-Qatar Airways deal

A June 26 deadline is rapidly approaching to conclude negotiations that would allow Qatar Airways to take a major stake in Italian carrier Meridiana.

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United, flight attendants reach agreement on terms of labor contract

United Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) have reached agreement on the terms of a labor contract that would bring all 25,000 United flight attendants under a single contract.

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Egypt reportedly sends MS804 damaged recorders to Paris

Egyptian investigators are reportedly sending the damaged flight data and cockpit voice recorders of the crashed Egyptair Airbus A320 to French air accident investigation agency BEA, after failing to extract information from them, according to multiple media sources.

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Other News

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UK aerospace industry reeling after vote to leave European Union

The UK’s aerospace industry has been left reeling after voters elected to ditch membership in the European Union (EU).                                                                       

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Qatar Airways confirms interest in Royal Air Maroc partnership

Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Bakar has confirmed his interest in a strategic joint business partnership in Africa’s Royal Air Maroc (RAM), which was unveiled in May 2015.

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Editorial

Embrace China’s Growth

Karen Walker

China’s commercial aviation growth and transformation over the past 10 years has been astonishing.

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Analysis

Chinese Puzzle

Aaron Karp

China has a critical role in ICAO negotiations over an aviation CO2 emissions MBM system, but where will it stand?

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Blogs

ATW Editor’s Blog: IATA leadership transition: From TT to AdJ; al Baker please behave
ATW’s AirKarp Blog: Steven Udvar-Hazy takes a step back
ATW’s Need I Say Moores Blog: Europe Divided
ATW Time Capsule: Speaking of elections …

Polls

This week's poll question

Is the UK vote to exit the EU bad for aviation?

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Photo Galleries

NEW! ATW Photo Gallery-Air Serbia historic New York service takes off
ATW Photo Gallery-Ethiopian Airlines’ First A350 XWB-How It’s Made
ATW Photo Gallery-In the News-June 2016
ATW Time Capsule-Photo Gallery-Inside Story
ATW Photo Gallery-Passenger Experience/Cabin Interiors
ATW Time Capsule-Photo Gallery
ATW Photo Gallery-New Aircraft Liveries-Before & After

Data

US Airlines Tarmac Delays Two Hours or Longer: April 2016
Top 30 Airlines by RPKs Year-to-Date: May 2016
Top 30 Airlines by Passenger Load Factor Year-to-Date: May 2016
World Airline Traffic May 2016 Roundup

Events

Aviation Week Network’s Commercial Aerospace Manufacturing Briefing (CAMB)
Co-located with the Farnborough International Airshow
July 13, Farnborough, UK-  Learn More
Aero-Engines Europe

September 14-15, Lisbon, Portugal- Learn More
SpeedNews 17th Annual Aviation Industry Suppliers Conference in Toulouse (AISCT-17)

September 19-21, Toulouse, France-  Learn More
Aviation Week Network’s MRO Asia-Pacific
September 27-29, Singapore- Learn More
Aviation Week Network’s MRO Europe
October 18-20, Amsterdam, Netherlands- Learn More