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News about commercial airlines, including regulations, aircraft orders, safety, acquisitions, and mergers.

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Qantas Becomes Latest Customer for Airbus A321XLR

The deal involves a new firm order for 10 airplanes and a conversion of an existing order for 26 A320neos.
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Air Tahiti Nui Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Flies at Paris Air Show

Air Tahiti Nui Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Flies at Paris Air Show
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China Airlines To Order Six 777 Freighters

Taiwan’s flag carrier prepares to launch operations from Taipei to North American and Europe.
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Indigo Partners Adds To Growing A321XLR Order Tally

The U.S. private equity fund orders 50 of the long-range single -isle jetliner for three of its low-cost carriers.
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Qatar Airways Signs for Five Boeing 777 Freighters

The Doha-based carrier plans to take all of the cargo planes next year as it prepares to increase the size of its fleet 20 percent.
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American Airlines Orders 50 A321XLRs

The order includes the conversion of 30 of the airline’ s existing A321neo slots
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KLM Inks Deal for up to 35 Embraer E195-E2s

Air France KLM subsidiary will receive its first aircraft in 2021.
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Cebu Pacific Signs For Raft of Airbuses

The Philippines-based low-cost carrier will configure its new A330-900s with 460 seats.
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Saudia Neo Order Includes 15 Airbus A321XLRs

The kingdom’s flag carrier now holds firm orders for 65 neos.
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IAG Inks Deal for 14 Airbus A321XLRs

The British Airways parent plans to allocate the new narrowbodies between Iberia and Aer Lingus.
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IAG Deal Gives Major Boost for Beleaguered Boeing Max

The British Airways parent plans to take as many as 200 of the narrowbodies to fly out of Gatwick Airport.
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Honeywell, SmartSky Team for Airline Connectivity

SmartSky’s new 4G LTE ATG network provides Wi-Fi connectivity “similar to office environments”.
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Air France Moves To Remove Single-use Plastic

The airline will eliminate 1,300 tons of single-use plastic by year-end.
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Transavia To Test New Fuel-efficiency Solution

Low-cost carrier Transavia teams up with OpenAirlines to launch real time and in-flight fuel-saving application for the cockpit.
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Airbus Wins A330neo Order from Virgin Atlantic

The new widebodies are part of the airline’s goal to become the UK’s second flag carrier at London Heathrow.
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Airbus Launches 4,700-nm A321XLR

Air Lease Corporation commits to 27 of the new model as part of an order for 100 Airbus narrowbodies.
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Neeleman's ‘Moxy’ to Fly A220-300s

GECAS will lease nine A220s to David Neeleman’s new venture
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Airbus Adds United Airlines To List of Skywise Users

Skywise enables airlines to store, manage, and analyze data, as well as benchmark against trends of other airline users.
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Maintenance Ops Face Unsung Effect From Max Grounding

While airlines need to perform certain upkeep on grounded airplanes such as the 737 Max, their maintenance schedules become out of sync.
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Bird Debuts Oscar System and Airliner DIRCM

Israeli company Bird Aerosystems is looking to expand its client base in maritime and airliner protection systems.
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Qatar Airways Turns Boycott Into Growth Opportunities

It hasn't been an easy ride but Qatar Airways has fared remarkably well during regional tensions, helped by an ever-confident CEO.
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Air Baltic Pins Future Development on Airbus A220 Fleet

Latvian airline Air Baltic plans to double its fleet size by 2025 though it will need additional capital to fund the growth.
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Ryanair To Establish New Airline in Malta

Plans calls for Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair to register up to 60 aircraft on its Maltese subsidiary’s AOC.
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South Korea's Domestic Market Heading for Turbulence

High speed rail looks likely to replace airlines as the main domestic transportation mode, though there are LCCs set to fight back.
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Indonesia Mulls Allowing Foreign Carriers To Fly Domestically

A new “open skies” proposal by President Joko Widodo comes as Garuda Indonesia answers allegations of price fixing.
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Genghis Khan Airlines To Launch ARJ21 Service in July

The Inner Mongolian carrier took delivery of its second example of the Chinese regional jet on June 4.
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Airlines Await Repatriation of $413 Million from African States

IATA claims it has cleared several hundred million dollars of blocked funds, but the problem persists.
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Kenya Airways’ Outgoing CEO Satisfied with Recovery Progress

Mikosz reports he decided to leave the Kenyan national carrier for personal reasons.
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Pilot Shortage Hindering Startup Efforts in South Korea

Three new Korean LCCs hope to launch operations next year.
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South African Airways CEO Jarana Resigns

The embattled chief executive expresses frustration over the SAA’s board failure to meet his conditions of employment.
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