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Lufthansa drops plan to buy Air Berlin’s Niki as EU digs in

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG is ready to transfer landing rights from Air Berlin Plc to leisure giants Thomas Cook Group Plc and TUI AG in an effort to fend off antitrust concerns about its bid for most of the insolvent carrier, people familiar with the plan said. Lufthansa is proposing that takeoff and landing slots from Air Berlin’s Niki division ...

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Canada ditches plans to buy Boeing jets

Bloomberg The Trudeau government is escalating a trade fight with Boeing Co., ditching plans to buy 18 Super Hornets while launching a search for new fighter jets under parametres that could hamper future bids from the US plane maker. Canada said it would instead pursue plans to buy 18 used Australian F-18 fighter jets to supplement its aging fleet, and ...

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US’ Spirit Airlines makes jump in on-time rankings

Bloomberg The airline that passengers love to hate is figuring out how to arrive on time. Spirit Airlines Inc. rose to third place in the Department of Transportation’s monthly tally of US airlines’ on-time performance in October, with 87.2 percent of its flights arriving within 14 minutes of their scheduled time. That placed it ahead of larger Alaska Air Group ...

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