Air Algerie has taken quick delivery of the first ATR 72-500 in a batch of four ordered last year. ATR disclosed the agreement only in December, but the first 66-seat turboprop was handed over in Toulouse on 11 February. Air Algerie already operates eight of the type. The other three on order, which will take the fleet to 12, will be introduced this year. The carrier is to install a new flight simulator and ATR is to lend assistance to the project.
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Source: Flight International
China Southern Airlines is considering selling all 10 of its Boeing 787-8 twinjets, according to a request for proposals from the carrier. The request, issued through its tendering portal on 19 November, also states that the airline is selling two GE Aerospace GEnx-1B engines for the type. China Southern has ...
Panama’s Copa Airlines has cut four destinations from its network and again pushed back fleet growth plans due to a shortage of new jets from Boeing.
Israel’s El Al has purchased a Boeing 777 fuselage in order to have spare engines available for its fleet of the twinjet type. The airline disclosed the acquisition as it released third-quarter financial results. El Al says it was purchased from a “foreign company” for a consideration of $7.3 million, ...
