Fleets – Page 166
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EasyJet outlines trading and Tegel impact on full year
UK budget carrier EasyJet is putting its consensus full-year pre-tax profit at £475 million ($662 million) following its acquisition of Air Berlin assets and the launch of a Berlin Tegel operation.
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Etihad shrugs off A330 freighter inactivity
Etihad Airways is shrugging off the apparent inactivity of half its dedicated freighter fleet, insisting that the situation is part of a normal review of capacity requirements.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Domhnal Slattery, chief executive, Avolon
Avolon chief executive Domhnal Slattery's career to date features an impressive list of achievements over a relatively short period of time. "I've been extremely lucky in my aircraft financing career to have started and built two of the top five [aircraft leasing firms] from acorns," he tells FlightGlobal at the ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Emirates offers critical lifeline to A380
Emirates' decision to take up to 36 more Airbus A380s offers life-support to a programme at a point when the airframer had been openly talking about the possibility of its closure.
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Emirates tentatively signs for up to 36 A380s
Airbus has secured a crucial preliminary agreement from Middle Eastern carrier Emirates to supply up to 36 more A380s.
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Hong Kong Airlines gets aggressive on long-haul
Hong Kong Airlines is pushing ahead with its long-haul ambitions and targeting to launch non-stop services to San Francisco, New York, and London this year.
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ANALYSIS: China drives efficiency at state-owned airlines
Chinese state-owned carriers could become more competitive on the international stage, following the change in their parents' ownership structures.
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Embraer almost doubles net firm orders in 2017
Embraer received 86 net firm orders for commercial aircraft in 2017, almost doubling the 45 net orders it logged in 2016.
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Argentina's LASA eyes March launch
LASA, the Neuquen, Argentina-based startup airline, has announced that it plans to launch flights in the last week of March, operating Embraer ERJ-145LR regional jets from its Mar del Plata hub.
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Interjet's Sukhoi fleet depletion a 'non-issue': SJI
Mexican carrier Interjet's withdrawal of four Sukhoi Superjet 100s for maintenance is not an abnormal situation, the marketing specialist for the Russian-built type insists.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Hyperloop link promises Schiphol expansion
Hyperloop One, a California-based company that is seeking to make the concept of aircraft-speed ground transportation a commercial reality, is hopeful that talks with the Dutch Government to build a hyperloop track linking Amsterdam Schiphol and Lelystad airports could result in the two facilities effectively becoming one integrated aerodrome within ...
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Undisclosed customers order 40 A320neo-family jets
Airbus's end-of-year activity has included securing orders for 40 A320neo-family aircraft from undisclosed customers.
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Mandarin Airlines gears up for turboprop operations
Mandarin Airlines is targeting to begin operations of its ATR 72-600 turboprops before the Lunar New Year period in mid-February.
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Pegasus excursion leaves 737 balanced on cliff slope
All 162 passengers and six crew members have survived an extraordinary runway excursion accident which left a Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 precariously balanced on a steep cliff slope at Trabzon.
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Interjet cannibalising four grounded SSJ100s: report
Mexico's Interjet has grounded four Sukhoi Superjet 100s and is cannibalising the aircraft for parts to keep its remaining 18 SSJ100s operational, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Xiamen Airlines signs $2bn MoU with CFM
Xiamen Airlines has signed a $2.05 billion memorandum of understanding with CFM International, covering installed and spare engines.
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Delta puts off fleet decision until CSeries tariff ruling
Delta Air Lines is holding off on making any decisions on its narrowbody fleet plan until the US rules on the dumping complaint pending against the Bombardier CSeries.
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Garuda defers all new aircraft deliveries in 2018
Garuda Indonesia confirms that it will not add any aircraft in 2018, and will instead work to maximise the utilisation of its existing fleet.
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Tianjin Airlines to introduce A350; grow long-haul network
Tianjin Airlines will induct Airbus A350s into its fleet in 2018, with plans to launch services to popular long-haul destinations such as Los Angeles and Madrid.
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Damaged Dash 8 tyre exploded in wheel bay
Investigators believe contact with jagged rocks at the Bulolo airstrip damaged a tyre on a Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200 before the tyre exploded inside its stowage well at cruise altitude.