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January 08, 2018

Vietjet Celebrates Delivery of First Geared Turbofan-Powered Airbus A321neo

Aircraft Arrived This Week In Ho Chi Minh City

Pratt & Whitney and Vietjet recently celebrated the airline's first A321neo aircraft delivery at Airbus in Hamburg, Germany.  The aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan (GTF) engines, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City shortly after Vietjet celebrated six years of passenger flights and ten years since the airline was founded.

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CALC Purchases 15 Additional Airbus A320neo Aircraft

Brings Airbus Fleet To 143 Airplanes

Hong Kong leasing company CALC has ordered 15 additional Airbus A320neo aircraft, with the similar terms and conditions under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement signed with Airbus S.A.S. (“Airbus”) on December 28, 2017.

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Aviation Partners Boeing Announces Mike Stowell As Chief Executive Officer

Follows Bill Ashworth In A Planned Succession

Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) announced today the appointment of Mike Stowell, APB's Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, as its new President and Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.

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Embraer Signs Pool Program Contract With Widerøe For E-Jets E2

First Contract Of Its Kind Signed For The E2 Variants

Embraer and Widerøe, the largest regional airline in Scandinavia and launch customer for the E190-E2, have reached an agreement on a Flight Hour Pool Program for the airline’s soon to be inducted E2 fleet. This is the first contract of its kind signed for the E-Jets E2, Embraer´s second generation of the E-Jets family of commercial aircraft.

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Airbus To Open First U.S. Western Training Center

Acquires Flight Training Facility In Aurora, Colorado

In a move to further expand its global training capacity, Airbus has acquired the Strategic Simulation Solutions flight training center in Aurora, Colorado, a Denver suburb. Currently, the training center primarily supports Frontier Airlines and has significant room for growth.  Airbus plans to at least double capacity at the facility in the next few years.

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Southwest Airlines Reaches Settlement In Fare Antitrust Case

Accused With Three Other Carriers Conspiring To Raise Fares By Controlling Seat Capacity

Southwest Airlines will pay $15 million to settle an antitrust case while continuing to deny it has done anything wrong.

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Regional Airline Association Expresses Concerns About H.R. 4149

Would Make It More Difficult For Veterans To Become Pilots

The Regional Airline Association has sent a letter to Congressmen Phil Roe (R-TN) and Tim Walz (D-MN), the chair and ranking minority member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, expressing concerns about for H.R. 4149, which would make it more difficult for veterans to use G.I. benefits for pilot training.

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JetBlue Crewmembers To Receive $1,000 Following Tax Reform

All 21,000 Employees To See Bonus

The JetBlue Senior Leadership Team plans to distribute $1,000 to each of its 21,000 crewmembers, excluding CEO and executive vice presidents, following recent tax reform legislation.

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