All Nippon Airways has ordered nine Boeing 767-300s and is to lease three Airbus A320s while disposing of all 767-200s and A321s. The 767-300s will join 42 of the type already in service in the 2003 fiscal year. The three A320s will be added on operating lease in the 2004 fiscal year, joining 25 currently in service.
Source: Airline Business
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury admits that the airframer was not expecting to be negotiating an acquisition of key aircraft programmes from beleaguered US firm Spirit AeroSystems, but insists it is necessary and that Airbus is ready to absorb them.
Boeing has confirmed it will take over US-based aerostructures firm Spirit AeroSystems in an $8.3 billion agreement, including net debt, with Airbus poised to acquire its key programmes from the company. The all-stock transaction has an equity value of $4.7 billion, with each share of Spirit stock being exchanged for ...
Fokker Next Gen has ditched plans to modify a Fokker 100 to run on hydrogen power to focus entirely on developing a clean-sheet zero-emission airliner for service entry in 2035.
