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COMAC announced at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai Tuesday that four Chinese airlines and two leasing companies have placed orders and commitments for up to 100 C919s...

US FAA finalized a rule designed to protect most of today's commercial aircraft and those designed in the future from structural damage as they age. The new rule, Aging Airplane Program: Widespread Fatigue Damage, was announced Friday...

Nouvelair launched weekly Airbus A320 Tunis-Moscow Domodedovo service. Swiss WorldCargo will begin to market the belly capacity of Edelweiss Air service to Mauritius, Kilimanjaro, Goa, Pristina, Skopje and Puerto Playa during the winter season. US Airways will operate daily Charlotte service...

Mexicana Airlines, which ceased operations in August under severe financial distress, said the Mexican firm Capital PC has agreed to invest more than $150 million to allow the carrier to restart operations next month...

Boeing said it has completed the power-on sequence for the first 747-8 Intercontinental. "This is a critical step in the assembly process for the new 747-8 Intercontinental," 747 Deputy Program Manager Elizabeth Lund said. Boeing last month completed the final body join of the first 747-8I (ATW...

Virgin America achieved profitability for the first time in the third quarter, posting net income of $7.5 million, reversed from a $5.9 million net loss in the year-ago period...

(Corrected Version) Qantas will change out at least three Rolls-Royce Trent 900s on two Airbus A380s owing to inspections resulting from the uncontained failure on a QF A380 last Thursday (ATW Daily News, Nov. 5). ATW incorrectly reported that Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines would also change...

Morpho Detection Inc. announced Nov. 2 that the UK Dept. for Transport approved the Itemiser DX trace detection system for use in transportation security applications. Separately, Morpho announced it was contracted to install four CTX 9400 DSi explosives detection systems by Airport Authority...

AirAsia X launched daily Kuala Lumpur–Seoul Incheon service Nov. 1 using an A330. Olympic Air launched new five-times-weekly Thessaloniki–London Gatwick service Oct. 31 with an A319 with 120 economy-class seats and 12 business-class seats...

WestJet reported third-quarter net income of C$54 million ($53.4 million), up 72% over a C$31.4 million profit in the year-ago period, marking its 22nd straight reporting period in the black...

Alitalia posted a €39 million ($54.4 million) net profit for the third quarter, significantly widened from the €1 million profit in the year-ago period. EBIT rose year-on-year from €15 million to €56 million and revenue increased 15% to €971 million...

Southwest Airlines said Thursday that its "international connect" service in partnership with Mexico's Volaris will launch Dec. 1 with bookings opening on Nov. 12. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AtwDailyNews/~3/BBiiMN0Ckj8/southwestvolaris-partnership-kick-dec-1-swa-sets-5-wi-fi-fee-1028

A desire to contribute to the continent’s sustainability mixes with a thirst to be No. 1. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AtwDailyNews/~3/agA0CLuo1dA/kenya-airways-uplifting-mission-1028

British Airways and Iberia called an extraordinary shareholders meeting for Nov. 29 and Nov. 28 or Nov. 29 on first or second call, respectively, to vote on their planned merger to create International Consolidated Airlines Group. The boards of both companies have already approved the merger and...

News from Travel Technology Update: Amadeus is aiming to bring true personalization to airline websites and mobile portals with a new product called Dynamic Website Manager, slated for a launch in the first quarter of 2011 with Finnair. Airline websites recognize frequent flyer numbers but...