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Boeing 777-300ER: KLM takes two more

KLM orders two additional Boeing 777-300ERs. The airline’s fleet will then include sixteen 777-300ER aircraft.

Airbus A321XLR: not far from 250 sales

With a new order from AirAsia X for 30 aircraft, the Airbus A321XLR nears 250 sales less than three months after its launch during the last Paris Air Show.

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29/08/2019

Airbus A220-300: from 127 to 145 seats

Egyptair will take delivery of its first Airbus A220-300 in the next few weeks. The airline chose a capacity of 140 seats. The configurations selected by the aircraft’s customers ranges from 127 to 145 seats.

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28/08/2019

Second Airbus five-bladed H145 prototype performs maiden flight

The second new five-bladed H145 prototype took off for its maiden flight on the Airbus Helicopters site in Donauwörth.

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28/08/2019

Air Canada / Air Transat agreement well on the track

A significant majority of shareholders voted in favor of the Arrangement Resolution between Air Canada and Transat A.T. Inc — Air Transat's parent company.

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27/08/2019

TDA (Touchdown Aviation) is looking to recruit a Sales Executive (UK)

TDA (Touchdown Aviation) is one of the world’s largest aircraft parts suppliers. TDA’s headquarters is strategically located only a wingspan away from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in The Netherlands. With satellite offices in London, Miami and Singapore, TDA is globally represented. With over 35 years’ experience in the industry, this successful family owned business focusses on the supply, loan, exchange and repair of high quality commercial aircraft components worldwide.

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27/08/2019

Qantas sets up test flights to study ultra-long-haul

Qantas will operate three ultra-long-haul research flights of approximately 19 hours as part of the Project Sunrise.

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23/08/2019

Brazilian VIPs choose Leonardo Helicopters

Leonardo receives five orders including AW109 Trekker, AW109 GrandNew and AW169.

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22/08/2019

Air France and Paris Airport trace luggage with RFID

Air France and Paris Aéroport cooperate to set up the radio-tag system and more effectively trace luggage.

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21/08/2019

Tigerair Taiwan adds fifteen Airbus A320neos to its fleet

Tigerair Taiwan plans to lease eight A320neos and purchase seven further aircraft from Airbus.

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21/08/2019

Airbus A321 cargo: Vallair places the first at Qantas

Qantas just committed for a first Airbus A321 converted in cargo or A321P2F leased from the company Vallair. The aircraft will be operated on behalf of Australia Post.

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20/08/2019

Air Antwerp gets its AOC and flies to London

Air Antwerp sets up and gets its AOC and a first aircraft with which it will serve London-City airport.

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20/08/2019

Air Italy expands network and partnerships with code-sharing and SPAs

Air Italy signed SPAs with Finnair and EL AL and expands codeshare agreements with Qatar Airways and Bulgaria Air.

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19/08/2019

Emergency landing of an A321 in Russia

An Ural Airlines’ Airbus A321 makes an emergency landing in a field after hitting a flock of gulls.

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16/08/2019

Embraer’s Praetor 500 gets its type certification

The Praetor 500 is granted its type certification by the ANAC. The aircraft already has some customers.

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14/08/2019

Nomad Technics provides AOG support to a Bombardier CL650

Nomad Technics provided Aircraft on Ground support to a Bombardier Challenger 650 in two days.

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13/08/2019

Hong Kong International Airport cancels several flights

Hong Kong International Airport faces big demonstrations causing serious disruption to the airport and flight cancellations.

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12/08/2019

Ural Airlines takes delivery of a first Airbus A320neo

Ural Airlines takes delivery of a first Airbus A320neo and becomes the first airline of the CIS region to operate an aircraft of the type.

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12/08/2019

AirAsia’s first Airbus A330neo

AirAsia just received one of two Airbus A330neo that will be operated by its subsidiary AirAsia X Thailand.

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09/08/2019

Gulfstream makes record delivery

Gulfstream establishes one more record with its G600 and delivers the jet to a first customer in only a month.

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09/08/2019

SkyWest strengthens its relationships with Embraer and Delta

SkyWest signs new firm order for seven Embraer’s E175 jets and secures its relationship with Delta by operating the E175 aircraft.

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08/08/2019

Turkish Airlines and Bangkok Airways establish codeshare

Turkish Airlines and Bangkok Airways announce a codeshare for 18 Asia-Pacific destinations.

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08/08/2019

Ten Airbus A320neo for Air China

Air China plans to expand its fleet by getting ten Airbus A320neo.

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07/08/2019

Cebu Pacific gets ATR freighters

One of two ATR 72-500 aircraft converted from passenger to cargo use was delivered to Cebu Pacific.

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06/08/2019

ATR 72-600 reaches Angola

The Angolan airline Bestfly signs for two ATR 72-600s.

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05/08/2019

Africa’s first A320neo

Air Seychelles becomes the first African airline to operate the Airbus A320neo.

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05/08/2019

Airbus A321LR: from 171 to 220 passengers

Aer Lingus became the 8th operator of Airbus A321LR after it took delivery of a first plane. An opportunity to highlight the configurations chosen by different airlines.

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01/08/2019

Air Caraïbes and Corsair take back their liberty toward the Antilles

By mutual agreement, because of the respective strong development on these air links, the two airlines ended their code sharing system set up in March 2012.

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01/08/2019

Airbus A220: Pratt & Whitney comes back at Air France

The firm order for 60 Airbus A220 made by Air France to which are added 60 options and rights to purchase enables the engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney to come back after a long absence. A comeback which enables AFI KLM E&M to further extend its engine MRO competences to the PW1000 family.

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01/08/2019

Ka-32 for firefighting in Turkey

Three Ka-32A11BC were delivered to Turkey to be used in firefighting.

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31/07/2019

Air France should receive its first Airbus A220-300 in 2021

The board of directors gave the green light for a firm order of 60 Airbus A220-300, with 30 options and 30 rights to acquire. Moreover, the ten A380 should get off the long-haul fleet by 2022.

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30/07/2019

SR Technics becomes Diehl Aviation Gilching’s MRO provider in the Asia-Pacific region

Diehl Aviation Gilching awarded SR Technics a contract to provide its Asian-Pacific customers with MRO services through a Malaysian facility.

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30/07/2019

Airbus brings its A220 in Asia

From July 29 to August 6, an Airbus A220-300 will perform a demonstration tour in Asia. Six stopovers in a market that stays until now practically off the order book of the single-aisle aircraft.

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29/07/2019

Smartwings entrusts the analysis of costs on MRO services to Airinmar

Airinmar will provide its Value Engineering services and expertise to Smartwings.

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26/07/2019

Air Caraïbes takes delivery of its third Airbus A350-900

The new Airbus A350-900 will first be operated on destinations such as Pointe-à-Pitre and Fort-de-France, before being specifically operated for Cayenne (French Guyana).

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25/07/2019

First Airbus’s ACH160 customer from the Asia-Pacific region

Airbus Helicopters’s ACH160 finally has a launch customer from the Southeast Asia and Pacific region.

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24/07/2019

Lion Air takes delivery of its first A330neo

The Indonesian airline has received its first Airbus A330-900 out of ten.

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23/07/2019

Cathay Pacific buys the low cost airline Hong Kong Express Airways

Honk Kong's flag carrier had announced its wish to acquire its little rival at the beginning of March and entered into a bid process on March 27.

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22/07/2019

Airbus’s H145 starts its flight campaign in Chile

The prototype of the five-bladed H145 is starting a high altitude flight campaign in Chile.

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22/07/2019

Alitalia’s future is finally lightening

The Italian national company Ferrovie dello Stato announced last week it chose Atlantia and Delta to build a consortium to take over Alitalia.

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19/07/2019

Boeing 737 MAX: Ryanair could reduce or close down some bases

Anticipating the delay of some deliveries of Boeing 737 MAX currently undergoing certification tests, Ryanair will reassess its deployment plan for Summer 2020.

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19/07/2019

Bell is on the rebound and is expecting a third quarter on the rise

Bell is expecting a recover during the third quarter of 2019, with orders on the way up and deliveries.

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17/07/2019

Boeing 737 MAX: American and United airlines postponed to November

American Airlines and United Airlines announced the deferral of the flight program of their Boeing 737 MAX to November 2019. A logical decision.

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16/07/2019

Air China orders 20 further Airbus A350

The new aircraft will be delivered between 2020 and 2022.

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16/07/2019

Air Austral is again in the red in 2019

After five fiscal years, Air Austral has returned below the waterline in 2019 (financial year closed on March 31), especially because of the brutal rise in oil prices in the second half of the year.

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15/07/2019

Qatar Airways: three deals in one visit in the U.S.

A ceremony held at the White House was the occasion to sign an order for Gulfstream aircraft, the finalisation of an order for Boeing 777 Freighters as well as MRO agreements with GE Aviation.

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12/07/2019

Air eco-tax: BAR France joins the uproar

The organisation representing foreign airlines operating in France considers this tax “will deeply affect the competitiveness of the air transport in France, for both French and international airlines”.

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11/07/2019

First delivery of an Airbus A350-900 to China Southern Airlines

China Southern Airlines receives its first — out of twenty — A350-900s, completing an already wide Airbus fleet.

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10/07/2019

Uproar against the eco-tax for air transport

The French transport Minister, Elisabeth Borne, has announced this new tax during the second ecological defense Council, which took place on July 9th. The levy for each ticket will go between 1.5 and 18 euros and will be applied from 2020 on.

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09/07/2019

Flyadeal changes Boeing 737 MAX for Airbus A320neo

An order of fifty Airbus A320neo replaces a preexisting order of thirty Boeing 737 MAX.

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