News from FlightGlobal – Page 717
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Royal Jordanian and Qatar expand Oneworld codeshare
Oneworld partners Royal Jordanian and Qatar Airways are expanding their codeshare arrangement.
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Azerbaijan to firm MC-21 lease once flight-tests start
Azerbaijan Airlines has tentatively signed to lease 10 Irkut MC-21-300s from Russia’s Ilyushin Finance.
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DOT grants rights to US carriers for non-Havana flights
US transport authorities have approved the requests of six US airlines to launch scheduled service later this year to cities in Cuba other than Havana.
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Boeing 737 damaged in hangar blaze: Prague airport
Prague airport’s operator has confirmed that a Boeing 737 was damaged during a hangar fire on 9 June.
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Chinese group buys 20% of Virgin Australia from Air NZ
Air New Zealand has entered into an agreement to sell a 19.98% stake in Virgin Australia to Chinese conglomerate Nanshan Group.
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Flybe rejigs Republic Q400 deal over 'cautious' forecasts
UK operator Flybe Group is restructuring its previous agreement to take 24 Bombardier Q400s from US carrier Republic Airways, opting instead to take 15 of the turboprops.
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Emirates repays $1bn bullet bond
Emirates Airline has repaid a $1 billion bullet bond that matured on 8 June, and is preparing to repay a separate S$150 million ($111 million) bond due later this month.
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PICTURE: Hainan Airlines takes first 787-9
Air Lease Corporation has placed its first Boeing 787-9 with Hainan Airlines.
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Lufthansa to complete 737 phase-out in October
Lufthansa intends to retire its last remaining Boeing 737s in October, some 48 years after the German carrier became the type's launch operator.
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Airbus backlog revision features 75 more A320s
Airbus has newly added 75 A320-family jets to its backlog figures, with two firm agreements with undisclosed customers.
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MH17: Missile exhaust displayed as prosecutor builds case
Dutch prosecutors have displayed a large missile component, the exhaust of a Buk surface-to-air weapon, as they work to build a criminal case over the destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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Sichuan Airlines signs for 15 A320s
Sichuan Airlines has signed a purchase agreement for 15 Airbus A320 family jets, in a deal worth CNY9 billion ($1.37 billion).
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IATA: No board seat envisaged in Qatar's IAG investment strategy
Qatar Airways sees its acquisition of a stake in IAG as part of a long-term strategic investment plan but not one that will require the airline to take a board seat as long as the current management structure remains in place.
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Star chiefs admire CSeries on first passenger flight
Chief executives from several Star Alliance member carriers admired the Bombardier CSeries, aboard the first passenger flight aboard the aircraft.
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IATA: Airlines take position for ICAO but challenges remain
Incoming IATA chief Alexandre de Juniac says he will continue to ensure the airline industry takes the lead on framing climate change commitments, but concerns raised by Chinese carriers during the association's AGM underline the challenge still faced in securing a global agreement at ICAO.
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IATA: JetBlue sees Long Beach international decision this summer
JetBlue Airways expects a decision from the Long Beach city council later this summer on a proposed plan to launch international flights from the city's airport.
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United starts direct San Francisco-Singapore 787-9 service
United Airlines has commenced direct services on the San Francisco-Singapore route using Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
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IATA: LATAM's Brazilian unit sees recovery once govt stabilises
LATAM Airlines Brazil is significantly cutting capacity in its economically troubled home country, but is optimistic that corporate travel could recover quickly once the government stabilises.
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IATA: SkyTeam sees less potential utility to Virgin Atlantic
A membership in SkyTeam may be less beneficial to Virgin Atlantic Airways, following its network shift to serve more London-bound transatlantic passengers.
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Transavia starts German domestic flights
Air France-KLM budget subsidiary Transavia has launched a German domestic route as part of a network expansion at the carrier's new base in Munich, its first outside France and the Netherlands.