Hainan Airlines unit Urumqi Air is set to acquire 40 Comac ARJ21-700 regional jets in a deal worth $1.5 billion.
The airline signalled its intention to sign for the aircraft in a stock market statement disclosed on 11 November. The deal still awaits shareholder approval.
The regional jets would be delivered between 2025 and 2032.
Urumqi operates 18 Boeing 737-800s. It has previously been linked with a order for ARJ21s, but the status of these aircraft is not clear.
Thai Airways remained profitable in the third quarter as revenues continued to increase on the back of traffic growth.
Thai Airways International will retrofit 14 Boeing 777-300ERs with new cabin products, including adding premium economy seating.
Modification venture EFW has reached triple figures with Airbus passenger-to-freighter conversions, with the delivery of an A330-300. The A330 underwent conversion at one of EFW’s partner facilities in China. It brings overall EFW deliveries of Airbus P2F airframes to 100. Forty-nine of these conversions have been A330s, with a further ...
IAG unit British Airways is continuing to work through the challenges on its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s which prompted it to remove some its planned winter capacity, while remaining on the lookout for options to bolster its long-haul fleet.
Saudi Arabian start-up Riyadh Air is likely to take a longer-range variant of the Airbus A321neo as part of its deal for 60 of the narrowbody jets.
New Saudi Arabian national carrier Riyadh Air aims to make a decision in the first half of next year on a further widebody aircraft order, as it ponders a deal for either Airbus A350-1000s or Boeing 777X jets.
