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Southwest Airline may take $100mn hit from hurricanes, earthquakes

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Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co. said third-quarter sales will take a $100 million blow from this year’s devastating hurricanes and earthquakes. About 5,000 flights had been canceled through Wednesday because of the natural disasters, the carrier said in a statement. Southwest also pared its outlook for revenue from each seat flown a mile, saying the benchmark gauge would be little changed ...

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There’s life in C Series despite US ruling, says Bombardier

Canadian transport firm bombardier to cut 7,500 jobs worldwide

Bloomberg Bombardier Inc. remains confident that it will win orders for its C Series jetliner this year, even after losing a ruling in a trade battle with Boeing Co. that essentially shuts off the US market. “We’re working opportunities in many, many continents,” Colin Bole, senior vice president for sales at the Montreal-based company’s commercial aircraft unit, said. “I’m still ...

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JetBlue wants you to be happy with less space

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Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp. has been talking about the first full revamp of its workhorse jetliner for a long time. This fall, almost 18 years since the popular low-cost carrier arrived at airports, it’s finally going to happen, and while there are plenty of bells and whistles to get you oohing and ahhing, there’s a little surprise that may leave ...

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