News from FlightGlobal – Page 805
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NewsDUBAI: Emirates influence will make 777X a best-seller
Emirates Airline believes that its input in shaping the Boeing 777X, far from ‘Emiratising’ the twinjet, will turn it into a best-selling platform.
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NewsDUBAI: Iraqi Airways signs LOI for up to 16 CS300s
Iraqi Airways has signed a letter of intent to take up to 16 Bombardier CS300s at the Dubai Airshow.
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DUBAI: Thailand's Nok launches high capacity Q400
Thai carrier Nok is to become the launch customer of Bombardier's extra seating capacity option for the Q400 after placing a firm order for two of the type.
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DUBAI: LHT eyes airframe MRO in Middle East
Lufthansa Technik expects base maintenance to become a key growth driver in the Middle East and would consider setting up a facility in the region with a local partner, the German MRO specialist says.
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NewsDUBAI: Embraer confident E2 will not hit E-Jet sales
Embraer is confident that it will announce more orders for its current generation of E-Jets, even as sales efforts on the E2 series ramp up.
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DUBAI: Air Serbia to take 10 A320neos from Etihad order
Air Serbia is to acquire ten of the Airbus A320neos ordered by shareholder Etihad Airways earlier during the Dubai air show for its own fleet renewal.
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NewsDUBAI: Royal approval for Brunei's 787s
Royal Brunei Airlines’ new Boeing 787-8s have been very well received by passengers on its regional network, so much so that it may revise its plans only to use them on longhaul services.
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NewsDUBAI: Start-up Libyan Wings signs for A350s and A320neos
Start-up carrier Libyan Wings is to take three Airbus A350-900s and four A320neos for its operations.
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DUBAI: Air Cote D'Ivoire conditionally orders two Q400s
Air Cote d'Ivoire has placed a conditional order for two Bombardier Dash 8-Q400s and two options at the Dubai air show.
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NewsDUBAI: Records broken on the first day of the show
Boeing broke all the records for launching a new jetliner. Airbus scored a super-jumbo-sized order for the A380. And both aircraft makers combined to shatter the one-day order record at an air show by compiling orders and commitments for a whopping 623 aircraft from four airlines.
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NewsDUBAI: Etihad orders up to 117 Airbuses
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways is ordering 40 A350-900s and 10 -1000s, plus 36 A320neo-family twinjets.
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NewsDUBAI: Qatar orders up to 13 A330-200 freighters
Qatar Airways is ordering up to 13 Airbus A330-200 freighters.
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NewsDUBAI: Boeing formally launches 777X family with 259 commitments
Boeing has formally launched its new 777X family with orders and commitments by four airlines for 259 aircraft at the Dubai air show today.
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NewsDUBAI: Emirates orders 50 more A380s
Emirates is adding to its huge twin-aisle orders at the Dubai air show with a deal for 50 more Airbus A380s.
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NewsDUBAI: Emirates, Qatar sign for 777X, Flydubai for 737 Max
Middle Eastern carriers Emirates and Qatar Airways are each signing for the Boeing 777X, while Flydubai is taking the re-engined 737 Max.
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NewsDUBAI: Etihad orders 25 777Xs and 30 787s
Middle East carrier Etihad Airways has placed order for 25 Boeing 777Xs, 30 Boeing 787-10s and one 777 freighter today at the Dubai air show.
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NewsALTA: Avianca Brazil to be ready for Star in 2014
Avianca Brazil will be ready to join Star Alliance by the second quarter of 2014, filling the grouping's void in the South American country after TAM departs for Oneworld.
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NewsBoeing secures firm orders for Max in China
Boeing has secured firm orders for its 737 Max from multiple Chinese players, and says that announcements for aircraft "in the hundreds" will soon be made.
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NewsALTA: Airbus bullish after VivaAerobus success
Airbus is ready for more "ferocious fights" with Boeing in Latin America after its success in the campaign at VivaAerobus, as it predicts long-term demand for more than 2,300 new aircraft in the region.
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ALTA: Government incentives key to TAM regional plans
Brazil's TAM is studying regional operations in the domestic market, but says any decision to launch such flights will be driven by the country's plans to incentivise regional aviation.