Fleets – Page 114
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Silver Airways begins flying ATR 72-600
Regional carrier Silver Airways has become the first US airline to fly the ATR 72-600 aircraft as it continues to upgrade its fleet, the company says in a statement on 25 November.
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Viable electric aircraft remain decades away: DLR
Airline chief executives hoping that the development of electric aircraft will boost the industry’s environmental credentials will have to wait many years yet, an expert has warned.
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Turkish Airlines rejigs A321neo and 737 fleet plan
Turkish Airlines has again shuffled its short-haul fleet expansion, with fewer Airbus A321neos arriving in 2020 and additional Boeing 737-800s being introduced.
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New Air Tanzania Dash 8-400 seized before delivery flight
Tanzania’s foreign ministry has disclosed that Air Tanzania’s latest De Havilland Dash 8-400 has been seized in Canada before its delivery flight to the carrier’s base.
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Paint shop mishap damages BA's latest A350-1000
Airbus is undertaking repairs to a British Airways Airbus A350-1000 after the twinjet was damaged during the final stages of the production process.
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Tajikistan's Somon Air signs for E2 lease
Tajik carrier Somon Air is to lease a pair of Embraer 190-E2 re-engined regional jets, moving away from its current all-Boeing 737 fleet.
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Jetlines sues Neeleman for $27m, alleges financing interference
Airline startup Canada Jetlines has sued industry executive David Neeleman and two Neeleman-affiliated companies, alleging they unlawfully derailed Jetlines’ financing plans as they poached Jetlines former chief executive Lukas Johnson.
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Spain's Binter takes first E195-E2
Spanish regional carrier Binter has received its first Embraer 195-E2 from the Brazilian manufacturer, the first European customer to receive the largest member of the re-engined family.
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American Airlines will add 20 new routes for summer 2020
American Airlines says it will be flying at least 20 new seasonal routes starting in the summer of 2020, including to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, as well as additional connections from two secondary US cities to its Latin American Gateway hub, Miami.
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AirAsia receives first A321neo
AirAsia has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo from an order for 353.
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American's flight attendants weigh Boeing suit over Max grounding
American Airlines’ flight attendants union will determine this week if it has sufficient grounds to sue Boeing for damages resulting from the March 2019 grounding of 737 Max aircraft.
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Qantas seeks to close 'gaps' on Project Sunrise jet offers
Qantas is seeking better offers from Airbus and Boeing regarding various aspects of the aircraft proposal each airframer is submitting for the Australian carrier’s ultra-long haul Project Sunrise programme.
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Chorus Aviation to buy five A220s, for lease to Air Baltic
Canadian regional aircraft lessor Chorus Aviation Capital has signed an agreement to purchase five new Airbus A220-300s from Latvian carrier Air Baltic, which will operate the aircraft under leases.
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Airline Business
The complex background to Emirates’ Dubai deals
It has been an extraordinary two years for Emirates since the aerospace world last gathered in its backyard for the biennial Dubai air show.
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Analysis
Dubai air show Order Tracker
It means the show ends with 298 order commitment announcements - less than half the level of deals announced two years ago, even if the Emirates tentative deal for 40 787-10s is stripped out of the 2017 figures. The majority, 231 aircraft, are firm orders - though many represent the ...
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Air Peace expands regional fleet further with ERJ-145s
Nigerian operator Air Peace is to acquire a pair of Embraer ERJ-145s, expanding the airline’s regional fleet.
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Emirates to take 30 787-9s and trims 777X deal
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has revised its previous tentative agreement for Boeing 787s, opting to take 30 of the 787-9 variant rather than the larger 787-10. Deliveries of the aircraft, worth $8.8 billion, will commence in May 2023 and continue for five years. The Dubai-based airline had originally indicated, two ...
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British Airways identifies initial route for 787-10
British Airways is to use its first Boeing 787-10 on services to the US city of Atlanta, following delivery of the twinjet in January.
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US airlines expect record-breaking Thanksgiving travel season
Major US airlines expect the Thanksgiving holiday travel season to break records as airlines continue to deal with the fallout of the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, a lobby group for the commercial aviation industry says on 19 November.