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ATW News â For latest news go to ATWOnline.com | Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair’s airline operation will ultimately be just a small segment of a broader Amazon of travel-type business, according to CEO Michael O’Leary. FULL ARTICLE |
| British Airways (BA) is preparing for the longest strike yet in its dispute with some of its cabin crew as members of BA’s London-based “mixed fleet” group of flight attendants are planning to stop work from July 1-16. FULL ARTICLE |
| Russia’s S7 Airlines expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A320neo is the coming weeks, making S7 the first A320neo family operator in Russia, CEO Anton Eremin told ATW recently on the sidelines of the IATA AGM in Cancun. FULL ARTICLE |
| Mexico’s federal consumer attorney’s office Profeco has fined five airlines for charging fees on customers’ first checked bags on flights from Mexico City to the US and Canada. FULL ARTICLE |
| American Airlines will begin migration of its website, customer mobile app and airport check-in kiosks to IBM’s cloud network in early July. FULL ARTICLE |
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| Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) still expects to turn in a pre-tax profit for its 2016-2017 financial year despite a sharp increase in losses in the fiscal year’s first half. FULL ARTICLE |
| Russian airlines carried 46.9% more international passengers year-over-year (YOY) in May, reaching 3.7 million passengers for the month. FULL ARTICLE |
ATW Plus (Premium Content) | Airport owner and operator DAA International has tabled a concept where almost all airport terminal functions could be relocated off site, allowing 4-5 million passengers’ worth of capacity to be added within 18-24 months. FULL ARTICLE |
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Air Transport World magazine ATW Editorâs Blog | Amtrak’s pick of former Delta Air Lines chairman and CEO Richard Anderson to be its president and CEO provides exactly the sort of tough leadership that the woefully-inadequate US passenger rail line needs. FULL ARTICLE |
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