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American regional airline Great Lakes suspended scheduled flight operations last night. The company has not entered bankruptcy and will continue to operate certain segments of the business
Juneyao Airlines, one of the leading private-owned airlines in mainland China and the first "Connecting Partner" of Star Alliance, has started a codeshare partnership with EVA Air on routes across the Taiwan Straits from March 26, 2018.
Swiss International Air Lines and Etihad Airways team up to offer passengers new codeshare connections in an expansion of global route networks.
Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics has been granted an AOC in Spain. This means that the new Spanish airline can formally operate as an airline. The AOC comes following months of preparatory work.
In 2017, West Atlantic committed to taking four Boeing converted Boeing 737-800BCF, with the first aircraft being scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2018.
Boeing and Singapore Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the first Boeing 787-10 airplane, the newest and largest member of the Dreamliner family and a jet that will set a new global standard for fuel efficiency.
Africa
Air Seychelles and Etihad Airways have expanded their codeshare agreement to cover flights to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, effective from 25 March 2018.
LAM Mozambique Airlines and fastjet entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to explore long-term commercial cooperation.
Asia
On April 5, 2018, Air China will launch a new route from Beijing to Panama City via Houston. The new route is expected to greatly facilitate exchanges between both countries as well as neighboring regions while providing passengers with a greater range of options.
Azul plans to expand its network by up to 35 new cities in the coming years in various regions of Brazil, as well as to select international destinations.