All Orders & Deliveries news – Page 24
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NewsAir France takes first A350-900
Air France has today taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, one of 28 the SkyTeam carrier has on order.
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VietJet receives first 240-seat ‘Cabin Flex’ A321neo
Vietnam low-cost carrier VietJet Air has taken delivery of the first Airbus 321neo equipped with 240 seats in the new Airbus Cabin Flex configuration.
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Air New Zealand firms up order for eight 787-10s
Air New Zealand has firmed up its May commitment to order eight Boeing 787-10s that will be powered by General Electric GEnx-1B engines.
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Pegasus receives first A321neo
Pegasus Airlines took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo on 11 September, equipped with a 239-seat high-density cabin layout.
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Air Astana receives first A321LR
Kazakhstan carrier Air Astana has taken delivery of its first long-range Airbus A321, the first of seven that it will operate.
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Norwegian engine failure prompts Virgin to delay A340 retirement
Virgin Atlantic has pushed back the retirement date for its Airbus A340-600 fleet after an engine failure suffered by a Norwegian Boeing 787-8 temporarily affected the availability of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powerplants.
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Analysis
All change at the regional aircraft manufacturers
Dennis Lau, an aviation analyst with Ascend by Cirium, considers recent developments in the regional aircraft market
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Flybe and widebody orders key to Virgin Atlantic's Heathrow aims
Virgin Atlantic faces “key decision points” in the next two to three years regarding the growth of its fleet as it awaits a UK government decision on how slots will be allocated at an expanded Heathrow airport.
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Virgin Atlantic outlines huge ambitions for expanded Heathrow
Virgin Atlantic has outlined plans for a massive expansion of its network to create a “second flag carrier” in the UK, should slot reforms being considered for an expanded Heathrow airport work in its favour.
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Boeing values 20-year Chinese market at $2.9 trillion
Boeing forecasts that China will need 8,090 new commercial aircraft over the next 20 years in addition to $1.6 billion in services related to passenger air transport.
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Interview
Vietnam Airlines chief executive Duong Tri Thanh
In a corner of Hanoi’s Noi Bai International airport is a derelict Ilyushin IL-18 in the livery of Vietnam Airways, a forerunner to the Vietnam Airlines of today. The Cold War icon sits on flat tires, corrosion all but obscuring its blue and white livery. It rests in clear sight of Hanoi’s two parallel runways, a silent witness to the revolution taking place within Vietnam’s airline sector – and the major changes in Vietnam Airlines itself.
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Embraer delivers first E195-E2 to Azul
Embraer has handed over the second of its E-Jet E2 variants: an E195-E2 for Brazilian carrier Azul via lessor AerCap.
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Asia-Pacific deliveries see lacklustre August
Airlines in the Asia-Pacific received 28 of the 70 commercial aircraft delivered in August 2019, with Boeing again delivering zero narrowbodies to the region amid the continued 737 Max grounding.
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PICTURE: Airbus delivers first Egyptair A220
Egyptair has received its first Airbus A220 from the programme's assembly line in Mirabel near Montreal.
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AirAsia X cuts A330neo commitments with latest order
AirAsia X has confirmed that its recent order of 12 A330-900s and 30 A321XLRs is a restructure of an A330neo order placed at the 2018 Farnborough air show.
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China Eastern and China Southern replicate Air China ARJ21 order
China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines has joined flag carrier Air China in placing an order for Comac ARJ21-700 aircraft.
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PICTURES: First Air France A350-900 takes off
The first of 28 Airbus A350-900s for Air France has completed its first flight from Toulouse.
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Garuda discloses LOI for A330-800s
Garuda Indonesia signed a letter of intent to acquire four Airbus A330-800s in June in a deal that went unannounced.
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Interview
What keeps driving Bill Franke to invest in low-cost carriers
Every August, a group of geographically diverse airline managements gather in Montana for an annual review. They have a couple of things in common: they are all from low-cost carriers and each one has scored the support of Indigo Partners.
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Asia-Pacific deliveries hard hit by 737 Max grounding
Airlines in the Asia-Pacific took delivery of 35 of the 91 commercial aircraft delivered during July 2019, with Boeing recording no narrowbody deliveries in the region as the 737 Max grounding continues.
