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After rejecting delivery of its first two Boeing 747-8Fs on 16 September 2011, Cargolux finally took delivery of first Boeing 747-8F (reg LX-VCB, serial 35806) on 12 October 2011. Although it had also cited performance deficiencies, the carrier has now resolved the contractual issues with both Boeing...
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China's largest airline took delivery of the first of five on order Airbus A380s (reg B-6136, serial 0031) on 14 October 2011. The Rolls-Royce Trent 970-84 powered aircraft is configured for 506 passengers, with 8 First Class seats, 70 seats in Business Class and 428 in Economy Class. The aircraft...
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The fast-growing Indonesian carrier intends to lease up to 12 Boeing 737-500s from April 2012, as interim lift, pending the arrival of its first Next Generation 737-800s. The airline began modernising its all Boeing 737-200 fleet with the arrival of the first Boeing 737-300 in July 2007. The carrier...
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Quito-based Tame Linea Aerea del Ecuador, the commercial arm of the Ecuadorian Air Force, took delivery of its first turboprop powered aircraft, in the form of ATR42-500 (reg HC-CLT, serial 844) in Toulouse on 5 October 2011. The aircraft was the first of three new Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M powered...
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The Barbados based start-up Caribbean low-cost carrier REDjet, which launched services in May 2011, has announced plans to acquire two more former American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82s. The announcement came together with an apology to customers for suffering 13 flight cancellations and 15 disruptions...
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CAA - Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation of the Democratic Republic of Congo received the first of two planned Fokker 100s (current reg PH-ABW, serial 11493) on lease from Amsterdam-based lessor France Aircraft Finance on 27 September 2011. The Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15 powered, 1995 vintage aircraft is...
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The Dushanbe, Tajikistan-based carrier took delivery of the first of two new Boeing 737-900ERs (reg P4-TAJ, serial 40888) on 27 September 2011. The aircraft was the first in central Asia to be fitted with Boeing's latest Sky Interior. Somon Air launched operations in February 2008, using a single...