All Fleets articles – Page 151
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Airbus delivery forecast reflects single-aisle upsizing
Changes in airline business models mean the 20-year demand for aircraft in the 210-seat category will be almost as high as the traditionally-popular 175-seat sector, Airbus is predicting.
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Freighter storage at 'historically low' levels: Airbus
Airbus is predicting demand for just over 850 new-build freighters over the next two decades in the airframer’s latest global forecast.
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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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A320 family embarks on approach to 10,000 deliveries
Airbus is likely to take A320-family deliveries into five figures around the first quarter of 2021, after it handed over its 9,000th example to UK budget carrier EasyJet earlier this month.
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Airline BusinessVietnam 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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A320 family logs 9,000 deliveries with EasyJet handover
UK budget carrier EasyJet has emerged as the recipient of the 9,000th Airbus A320-family jet to undergo delivery to customers.
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US DOT fines JAL $300,000 for excessive tarmac delay
The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Japan Airlines (JAL) $300,000 for two incidents in which the airline forced passengers to wait more than 4h on the tarmac before being given an opportunity to deplane.
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Air Macau increases commitment to A321neos
Air Macau is to lease three more Airbus A321neos from late next year, under a fleet-modernisation plan.
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Vietnam Airlines retires last A330 amid fleet transformation
Vietnam Airlines has retired its last A330-200, a type it has operated for the last 13 years.
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Major passenger pain at San Francisco due to closure of 28L
More than 1,100 flights have been delayed or cancelled at San Francisco International airport since the airport closed its busiest and second-longest runway, 28L, to construct a new base layer below the runway surface.
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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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Comlux orders another ACJ320neo
Business aviation specialist Comlux has ordered another corporate Airbus A320neo, taking its orders for the type to four.
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Virgin Atlantic’s Weiss bullish on network strategy
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Shai Weiss wants Virgin Atlantic to become the UK’s second flag carrier behind British Airways - and he has a strategy to make it happen.
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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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OpinionManufacturers must heed Emirates chief's rebuke
Tim Clark never knowingly pulls his punches, but the Emirates president has clearly run out of patience over the seemingly endless inability of aircraft and engine manufacturers to deliver service-ready hardware.
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Lufthansa transports L-1649 and Ju 52 for Bremen storage
Lufthansa is to begin transporting a preserved Lockheed L-1649A to Bremen from the US city of Auburn this week, to join the carrier's vintage Junkers Ju 52 as they await a permanent home.
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GECAS takes A321neo commitment into triple figures
US lessor GECAS has increased its commitment to the Airbus A321neo by converting orders for 45 A320neo jets.
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NewsKLM transfers A350 order to Air France
KLM has formally transferred an order for seven Airbus A350-900s to its SkyTeam and corporate partner Air France.
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Mesa Airlines agrees to buy up to 100 SpaceJet M100s
US regional carrier Mesa Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding to order up to 100 of Mitsubishi Aircraft's 76-seat SpaceJet M100 regional jet.