WOW and Indigo end investment talks

Alan Dron

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Icelandic ultra-LCC WOW Air has restarted talks with Icelandair Group after long-running negotiations with private equity fund Indigo Partners to take a stake in the rapidly expanding LCC collapsed.

Garuda seeks to cancel MAX order, may switch type

Adrian Schofield

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Garuda Indonesia has informed Boeing it wants to cancel its order for 49 737 MAX aircraft, and is considering seeking a deal for Boeing widebody aircraft instead.

Russia’s Red Wings cancels A220 order

Maxim Pyadushkin

Red Wings Airlines has canceled its order for six Airbus A220-300s, Russia’s only order for the type, for economic reasons.

Spanish LCC Volotea to complete fleet transition by 2022

Victoria Moores

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Spanish LCC Volotea is considering expanding to 40-60 aircraft by 2022, when it will have completed its transition from Boeing 717s to an all-Airbus A319 fleet.

White House budget request revives EAS debate

Ben Goldstein

The White House in its FY2020 budget request indicated plans to reform the Essential Air Service (EAS) program, opening up a schism between the Trump administration and rural airport operators who depend on the pre-deregulation-era program to make sure carriers continue flying to their communities.

Wizz Air CEO: No need for the complexity of airline partnerships

Kurt Hofmann

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Wizz Air CEO József Váradi said the Central and Eastern European LCC has no interest in airline partnerships as it has reached a scale to be competitive in the market.

Boeing invests in new-generation supersonic airliner concept

Graham Warwick

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Can a supersonic airliner be environmentally acceptable?

Air Arabia to use A321neoLRs on new Southeast Asia routes
New AFCAC chief looks to make African liberalization easier
Singapore Airlines to increase inflight sustainability efforts
Air China to expand Beijing-Paris service in 2020

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