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February 13, 2018

Southwest Airlines Employees Earn $543 Million In 2017 Profit Sharing

Company Invests More Than $1 Billion To Reward Southwest Employees

Southwest Airlines will share $543 million through its ProfitSharing Plan with its Employees for 2017. This equals approximately 11.3 percent of each eligible Employee's eligible compensation—the equivalent of more than five weeks' pay.

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Bangkok Airways Signs For Four Additional ATR 72-600s

The Thai Carrier Continues The Modernization Of Its Fleet Of 15 ATR Aircraft

Thailand’s airline Bangkok Airways and ATR have signed a contract for the purchase of four additional ATR 72-600s. The deal is valued at over$100 million and will enable the airline to continue the modernization and harmonization process of its regional fleet around the ATR 72-600s. Bangkok Airways currently operates a fleet of 15 ATR aircraft, nine ATR 72-600s and six ATR 72-500s that are being progressively replaced with the introduction of the new ATR -600s. Deliveries of these four additional aircraft; configured with 70-seats, will take place between October 2018 and March 2019.

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Jazz Aviation Pathways Program's Growth Continues

Addition Of Brampton Flight Center Brings Number Of Participating Organizations To 17

Jazz Aviation welcomes Brampton Flight Center ("BFC") of Caledon, ON to its Jazz Aviation Pathways Program; a program developed in 2007 to create a streamlined career path for the pilot profession in Canada. The addition of BFC brings the number of Jazz APP educational institutions to 13, and the overall number of organizations within the Jazz APP program to 17.

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Berjaya Hotels & Resorts Acquiring ATR 42-500s

Will Serve Malaysia’s Redang Island

 Berjaya Hotels & Resorts will be acquiring two pre-owned ATR 42-500 aircraft that it plans to use to launch air services to the Malaysian island of Redang where the hotel group has two resorts. Berjaya Hotels & Resorts’ decision to buy ATR 42-500s is testimony to the versatility of the ATR 42. ATR is the only aircraft maker in the world that makes 50-seat commercial aircraft.

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GE Aviation, AirAsia Sign Agreement For Digital Solutions Across Airline Fleet

Covers Some 355 Aircraft And 4,000 Pilots

AirAsia and GE Aviation have signed a four-year agreement for GE to provide the electronic Flight Operations Quality Assurance (eFOQA) and the FlightPulse pilot application for AirAsia’s fleet of about 355 A320 and A330 aircraft and 4,000 pilots.

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Airbus: Growing A350 XWB Family Makes Its Mark

Planemaker Has Delivered 142 Of The -900 Variant As Of January, 2018

Just over three years since entering commercial service, Airbus’ A350 XWB is flying high – with its A350-900 baseline version becoming an increasingly-common sight at airports around the globe, and the extended-fuselage A350-1000 variant positioned for a smooth start in its own operational career.

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Air Canada Pilots Association Elects New Chair Of Governing Council

Capt. Matt Hogan Will Assume The Position March 1

The Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA), the nation's largest single pilot group, yesterday elected Captain Matt Hogan as Chair at a Special Meeting of its Master Elected Council (MEC) in Toronto. The one-year term will run from March 1, 2018 until March 31, 2019.

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