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NewsEU shelves Iraqi air safety assessment visit until more progress made
European air safety assessors have shelved a potential on-site inspection of Iraq’s civil aviation regulator, citing insufficient demonstrative progress on improvements. Flag-carrier Iraqi Airways and another airline, Fly Baghdad, each remain blacklisted by the European Commission. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority presented updates on its efforts to enhance legislative and ...
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Airline BusinessWeek 24 2025: Paris beckons, but will record orders follow?
The biennial Paris air show – with its history of record order announcements – is coming in under a week, but an increasingly uncertain global operating environment might dampen the prospect of mega orders this time.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 31 May - 6 June 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline Business‘There is enough for all’: Emirates’ Clark relaxed on Middle East competition
Emirates president Tim Clark is relaxed about expansion among the Dubai carrier’s Middle Eastern peers, insisting that projected demand growth will keep airlines busy as they serve local passengers and facilitate global connections.
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Airline BusinessBlended wing-body developers JetZero and Natilus court carriers with airliner concepts
In a commercial aircraft space dominated by Airbus and Boeing and the time-tested tube-and-wing design, airlines are showing interest in “all-wing” airliner concepts being advanced by Long Beach-based JetZero and San Diego’s Natilus.
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NewsLow-cost airline model ‘works very well’ outside of USA: IATA chief
While some prominent industry voices have written off the low-cost carrier model as fundamentally broken, IATA director general Willie Walsh maintains that discounters are proving the model’s effectiveness – outside of the USA.
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Airline Business‘It’s game on’: Air New Zealand looks to turn corner on fleet woes
As it works through fleet challenges, Air New Zealand has optimism that growth is on the horizon, with new aircraft to be delivered, and network growth in the longer term.
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NewsSouthwest’s first transpacific airline partner revealed as China Airlines
Southwest Airlines plans to launch an interline partnership with Taiwanese carrier China Airlines, confirming speculation that it would seek to collaborate with a transpacific operator with a strong presence on the West Coast of the USA.
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Airline BusinessOperational stability, break-even, JV and Alitalia brand on agenda for new ITA chief
The new chief executive of ITA Airways is working on crucial short- and longer-term projects as he settles into the hotseat of the former Alitalia – a legacy brand that may be given a new lease of life under his stewardship.
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NewsSpirit Airlines could cancel or postpone Airbus orders due to tariffs on EU products
US discounter Spirit Airlines could cancel some Airbus A320neo-family aircraft orders as a result of the ongoing trade war between the European Union and USA.
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Airline BusinessKLM chief on crucial labour agreements, Schiphol and A350 plans
KLM is making progress in its wide-ranging efforts to reduce cost levels and improve productivity, following an emergence from Covid-19 that has been marked by a number of challenges at the SkyTeam carrier, including weaker financial returns.
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Airline BusinessAirlines to fall short of $1 trillion revenue in 2025 but fuel prices keep profits up
Depending on the conference session at the IATA AGM, low fuel prices are either a positive or negative force in the airline industry.
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Airline BusinessWeek 23 2025: IndiGo order, profit outlook and net-zero questions at IATA AGM
The global airline industry – including the Airline Business team – is in Delhi this week for the IATA AGM, in a hotbed for passenger demand growth.
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NewsIATA cuts global airline profit guidance on geopolitical, economic uncertainty
IATA has cut its 2025 earnings guidance for the global airline sector, citing “significant” economic uncertainty, a fall in consumer confidence and “off-the-chart unacceptable” supply chain challenges.
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Airline BusinessIATA believes net-zero still achievable but 2050 timeline in doubt
The narrative around the airline net-zero effort has undoubtedly changed to some extent, amid rising frustration that an achieveable timeline is slipping from the industry’s grasp.
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NewsDelta touts new IndiGo partnership over ‘handful of slots’ exchanged by United and JetBlue
Delta Air Lines chief Ed Bastian asserts that the carrier is unfazed by the recently announced partnership between competitors United Airlines and JetBlue Airways that will focus on New York.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 24-30 May 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessFrom founding pilot to interim CEO: Pauls Calitis on his Air Baltic priorities
Having stepped up to lead Air Baltic on an interim basis following Martin Gauss’s sudden departure, the chief operating officer is clear-minded on where the business is heading
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Airline BusinessQ1 2025 performance report for benchmark Asia-Pacific airlines
Full data from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Asia-Pacific shows a decline in profitability for the first quarter of 2025, despite an improvement in operating revenue and passenger traffic.
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Airline BusinessVolotea chief on chances of ‘Vologean’ and why A320ceo fleet is a blessing
As Volotea nears its 15th anniversary, the European low-cost carrier has a fresh investor in the shape of Aegean Airlines – and mounting evidence that its business strategy is delivering positive financial returns