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Undisclosed customers order 40 A320neo-family jets
Airbus's end-of-year activity has included securing orders for 40 A320neo-family aircraft from undisclosed customers.
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Mandarin Airlines gears up for turboprop operations
Mandarin Airlines is targeting to begin operations of its ATR 72-600 turboprops before the Lunar New Year period in mid-February.
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Pegasus excursion leaves 737 balanced on cliff slope
All 162 passengers and six crew members have survived an extraordinary runway excursion accident which left a Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 precariously balanced on a steep cliff slope at Trabzon.
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Interjet cannibalising four grounded SSJ100s: report
Mexico's Interjet has grounded four Sukhoi Superjet 100s and is cannibalising the aircraft for parts to keep its remaining 18 SSJ100s operational, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Xiamen Airlines signs $2bn MoU with CFM
Xiamen Airlines has signed a $2.05 billion memorandum of understanding with CFM International, covering installed and spare engines.
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Delta puts off fleet decision until CSeries tariff ruling
Delta Air Lines is holding off on making any decisions on its narrowbody fleet plan until the US rules on the dumping complaint pending against the Bombardier CSeries.
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Garuda defers all new aircraft deliveries in 2018
Garuda Indonesia confirms that it will not add any aircraft in 2018, and will instead work to maximise the utilisation of its existing fleet.
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Tianjin Airlines to introduce A350; grow long-haul network
Tianjin Airlines will induct Airbus A350s into its fleet in 2018, with plans to launch services to popular long-haul destinations such as Los Angeles and Madrid.
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Damaged Dash 8 tyre exploded in wheel bay
Investigators believe contact with jagged rocks at the Bulolo airstrip damaged a tyre on a Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200 before the tyre exploded inside its stowage well at cruise altitude.
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China set to order over 180 Airbus jets
China is set to finalise orders for 184 Airbus A320-family aircraft, say media reports citing French president Emmanuel Macron, after talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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Russian airspace recovers after economic slump
Russian airspace handled over 1.5 million flights last year, the highest level in the country for three years.
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Short-landing 737 crew failed to notify airport over damage
Polish investigators have disclosed that an Air Europa Boeing 737-800 crew failed to inform airport or air traffic control after landing far short at Katowice and carving through the airport's approach light structures.
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FlightGlobal’s FlightStats names Delta as world’s most on-time airline
Delta has shown a strong performance in 2017, achieving an 85.9 on-time percentage.
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Etihad names new chief financial officer
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Aviation Group has named ex-JetBlue Airways finance head Mark Powers as its new chief financial officer.
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China relaxes control on domestic fare pricing
China has lifted some controls on domestic airfares, giving airlines greater freedom in how they price tickets on more than 300 routes.
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Rivals Emirates and Etihad tie up over aviation security
Middle Eastern rival carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways are entering a co-operation pact covering aviation security matters.
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China Southern 777 wing clips Kuwait 777
A China Southern Airlines Boeing 777-300ER's right wing tip struck a Kuwait Airways aircraft on 6 January at New York's John F. Kennedy International airport, causing damage to both jets.
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Crashed ATR hit trees less than 500m from runway
Canadian investigators have disclosed that a West Wind Aviation ATR 42-300 struck trees just 1,400ft (430m) off the end of its departure runway during an ill-fated flight in Saskatchewan.
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Turkish signs tentative deal for 25 A350-900s
Turkish Airlines has disclosed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus that covers 25 A350-900s.
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Unionised Ryanair will be 'markedly different': HSBC
Ryanair's decision to enter talks on recognising unions for both pilots and cabin crew, disclosed last month, will create a "markedly different" company, HSBC has predicted in an analyst note.