The firm order announced Wednesday, November 20, amounting to $ 8.8 billion, is in fact a conversion of part of the ongoing Boeing 777X order, now covering a total of 126 aircraft. Emirates is still the world's largest operator of Boeing 777s, with 155 aircraft in operation.
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In exactly an hour and three minutes, Airbus announced 170 sales during the second day of the Dubai Airshow 2019. To the 50 A350-900s order of Emirates are added Air Arabia’s 120 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
During the second day of Dubai Airshow 2019, Emirates announces a firm order for fifty Airbus A350-900 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. Emirates also addressed its fleets projects.
The global fleet of operators serving the Arabian Gulf and the United Arab Emirates could rise to 1,730 aircraft in 2038 (against 630 today), with passenger traffic forecast to grow 5.8% per annum over the next 20 years.
Following the recent inauguration of the new terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is well on track towards achieving its growth targets in the aviation sector.
China Southern Airlines and Vietnam Airlines both signed a 12-year EngineWise comprehensive maintenance service agreement with Pratt & Whitney for the engines powering the airlines’ A320neo family aircraft.
Qatar Airways announces an order worth $4 billion for CFM LEAP-1A engines. CFM International’s engines will equip 50 Airbus A321neo aircraft.
Colorful Guizhou Airlines selects CFM LEAP-1A to power its future fleet of Airbus A320neo. The deal also includes five spare engines.
The Chinese airline has selected Pratt & Whitney's EngineWise MRO service platform to monitor the IAE V2500 engines powering its first-generation Airbus A320 aircraft.
Cebu Pacific confirms the sixteen Airbus A330-900s of a Memorandum of Understanding which also includes ten Airbus A321XLR and five A320neo aircraft.
Latécoère, Signify and Huneed Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding that paves the way to a revolutionary industrialization of cabin lighting technology. Meanwhile, Air France first tests LiFi.
Trans States Holdings, which controls Trans States Airlines, Compass Airlines and GoJet Airlines, cancels its firm order for 50 SpaceJet M90 aircraft and additional 50 options.
The Airbus A321XLR now has 300 firm sales and 13 customers with orders from VietJet and IndiGo. VietJet signed for 15 copies.
Behind the new order from IndiGo, the engine manufacturers CFM International and Pratt & Whitney are fighting a merciless battle to win the propulsion of the 300 Airbus A320neo aircraft.
Already customer of the Airbus A320ceo and neo families, the U.S. carrier Spirit Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of up to 100 additional Airbus A320neo aircraft.
This firm order includes a mix of A320neo, A321neo and A321XLR aircraft. This is one of the largest orders ever placed at Airbus by a single operator.
Drukair takes delivery of new ATR 42-600 aircraft. With this renewal the Bhutanese national flag-carrier aims at providing upgraded aircraft for both pilots and passengers.
The Airbus A220 returns to Asia for a new demonstration tour. The aircraft, an A220-300, was loaned by airBaltic and will focus this time on the southern part of Asia.
The aim is to reduce the number of long-haul aircraft models within the group's global fleet by 2025, in order to obtain significant savings in terms of training and maintenance operations.
For the European customers, Embraer has signed or extended contracts with Helvetic Airways, Pan Européenne Air Service and Flybe, while the African customer is the Zambian Royal Air Charters.
The contract will be valid for 5 years and concerns a total of 10 aircraft.
The Russian airline Aeroflot cancels its order of 22 Boeing 787 aircraft. With 556 copies in its order backlog, Boeing still has a little more than three years of activity for its long-haul.
The new alliance will be officially launched in 2020. It will combine the knowledge developed by Airbus, thanks to Skywise, and Delta's MRO branch, Delta TechOps, in predictive maintenance.
During the MRO Europe 2019 trade show, Collins Aerospace Systems and Lufthansa Technik announced a partnership to provide the Airbus A380 operators with main landing gear MRO solutions.
The U.S. Civil Aviation Authorities have not properly assessed the reliability of the MCAS system, according to the report of the international committee of experts JATR released on October 11.
KLM UK Engineering — a subsidiary of AFI KLM E&M — has been awarded Airframe Maintenance Support contrat from Scandinavian Airlines to perform heavy maintenance on Boeing 737NG aircraft.
During MRO Europe 2019 event, Myanmar National Airlines signed Pool Program deal for E190 aircraft with Embraer, thus completing the list of E-Jet Asia-Pacific operators enrolled in Embraer’s TechCare program.
The MRO Europe 2019 conference, of which Air & Cosmos is a partner, opened in London on October 15. One of the highlights of the day was a ten-year market forecast conference.
Ukraine International Airlines awards CFM56-7B engine maintenance contract to SR Technics. The Swiss MRO service provider already performed first engine shop visit in Zurich in August.
The European Commission has just authorized Germany to loan €380 million to the airline Condor to ensure the orderly continuation of air transport services.
Air Austral selects the Airbus A220 for the renewal of its short and medium-haul fleets. The three Airbus A220-300 aircraft will be delivered from November 2020 to March 2021.
The French group Satys is setting up a 4,000 m2 aircraft re-painting workshop at Budapest airport where Aeroplex and Lufthansa Technik are already settled, not to mention Wizzair.
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Boeing said Boeing 737NG operators grounded a total of 38 single-aisle aircraft. Inspections have revealed cracks at the wing-fuselage spar attachment points.
Air Greenland has ordered two Airbus H225 heavy helicopters for the search and rescue to win a Greenland’s SAR contract.
Airbus A380 operators will have to check the absence or the presence of cracks along the aircraft wing trailing edges.
ATR launches the short take-off and landing version of its ATR 42-600 with 20 commitments from operators and lessors recorded. The certification is expected for 2022 second semester with following fist delivery.
No miracle for XL Airways. On October 4, the carrier has been liquidated without continuing activity by the Commercial Court of Bobigny.
The MC-21 had to perform an emergency landing due to a hydraulic system problem, which prevented the retraction of one of the landing gear legs.
The ECOS system offers up to 60% more storage capacity than currently available luggage racks.
The French airline took delivery of a first A350-900 at the Airbus delivery center in Blagnac. This is the first of an order of 28 copies.
Asiana Airlines entrusts SR Technics with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine maintenance.
All Nippon Airways selects the MRO service solution NacelleLife of Safran Nacelles for its three Airbus A380s signing a ten-year contrat.
Air New Zealand finalizes an order for eight Boeing 787-10 aircraft with options for additional 12 Dreamliners.
The bankruptcy of the British travel agency Thomas Cook has consequences on several airlines affiliates of the group. More than 100 Airbus and Boeing are affected.
Air Astana just took delivery of its first Airbus A321LR. The airline has selected Pratt & Whitney engines to power the aircraft and a layout 166 seats split in two classes.
FL Technics gets EASA Part-145 approval to provide line maintenance services to Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
airBaltic took delivery of a twentieth Airbus A220 powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engines. The Latvian airline still has 30 copies to receive, not including options.
In an interview with Air & Cosmos, EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky talks about the Boeing 737 MAX and the effects it could have for future EASA-FAA relations.
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