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Air Canada posts C$288 million loss on fuel costs, cargo probe charges
-- Air Canada reported a first-quarter net loss of C$288 million ($287 million), a substantial increase over a C$34 million loss in the year-ago period, blaming high fuel costs and charges associated with ongoing inquiries into potential antitrust violations in its cargo division.

Copa still going strong despite tough first quarter
-- Healthy loads and yields helped Copa Airlines and AeroRepublica parent Copa Holdings mitigate the impact of rising fuel costs in the first quarter, when it suffered a relatively mild 18.7% decline in net income to $39.5 million from $48.6 million in the year-ago period.

Spring Airlines plans to order 30 A320s
-- Shanghai-based Spring Airlines plans to order 30 A320s and expand its fleet to 100 aircraft by 2015, according to Chairman Wang Zhenghua.

Delta, Northwest continue merger push; pilot groups set to meet
-- Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines executives continued to push the merits of their proposed merger this week, assuring both federal and state legislators that no "frontline" workers will be cut, while the two carriers' pilot groups plan to meet next week.

Atlas Air swings to first-quarter loss
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United names Tague COO, McDonald moves to chief administrative officer post
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Bombardier boosts 20-year forecast
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Fuel, GB integration sink easyJet to heavy first-half loss
-- EasyJet more than trebled its net loss for the six months ended March 31 to £43.3 million ($85.4 million) from £12.7 million in the year-ago period owing largely to higher fuel costs and the integration of GB Airways.

SkyWest's first-quarter income falls 16.2%
-- SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines parent SkyWest Inc. reported first-quarter net income of $29.2 million, down 16.2% from $34.8 million in the year-ago period, on a 10% increase in revenue to $868 million.

Airbus ends site divestiture talks with Latecoere
-- Airbus "terminated" talks with Latecoere regarding the sale of two industrial plants in France, a setback in its effort to implement the Power8 restructuring program.