US airlines file with DOT for available Tokyo Haneda slots

Ben Goldstein

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US carriers—including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, and United Airlines—have filed applications with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for some of the 12 newly available daytime slot pairs at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND).

Eurocontrol lowers 7-year traffic growth outlook

Thierry Dubois

As it continues to seek ways to avoid another summer of record flight delays, Eurocontrol has published a slightly downgraded forecast for aircraft movements over the next seven years.

Flydubai posts $43.5 million loss in 2018 on increasing fuel costs

Kurt Hofmann

LCC flydubai reported a full-year loss of AED159.8 million ($43.5 million), reversed from a profit of AED37.3 million for 2017.

Flybe takeover deal finalized; continues normal operations

Alan Dron

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The deal to take over UK regional airline Flybe by a Virgin Atlantic-led consortium has completed, the Exeter-based airline said Feb. 22.

Russia allows carriers to use electronic boarding passes

Polina Montag-Girmes

Russian airlines will be permitted to issue electronic boarding passes now that a Ministry of Transport decree has come into force, the authority said Feb. 19.

New electronic aircraft records transfer spec lauded

Sean Broderick

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Architects of a new standard for electronic aircraft records transfers are confident their work will yield the first real-world paperless transactions in 2019—a key milestone in a years-long effort to simplify aircraft-ownership transfers by cutting down on paper and connecting disparate back-end systems.

Air Arabia records 2018 loss on Abraaj-related impairment

Alan Dron

UAE-based LCC Air Arabia has recorded its first annual deficit for many years, slumping to a 2018 net loss of AED307 million ($83.6 million), reversed from a profit of $180 million in 2017.

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