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A late surge for Airbus has seen a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today, this time for five A350-900s from the pan-Latin American network, Abra Group which is the majority stakeholder of Avianca & GOL airlines. Abra has chosen the A350 as a tool to further expand its international network [read more]
Suadi Arabian low-cost carrier Flynas has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for the purchase of 90 Airbus airliners in a bid to expand the airline’s activities across the region and further afield. Flynas has selected 75 A320neo family airlines and 15 A330-900 wide-body jets which, although not [read more]
Japan Airlines has placed an order with Airbus for 31 airliners in a deal announced at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024. The deal is made up of 20 wide-body Airbus A350-900 and 11 single-aisle A321neo airliners. The A350s will join Japan Airlines’ international network while the A321s will serve Japan’s [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced £21 million worth of funding for up to 200 aspiring pilots to learn to become commercial airline pilots through its Speedbird Pilot Academy. Announcing the news at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024 Sean Doyle, British Airways’ Chairman and CEO, said: “I’m incredibly proud of the [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has signed a deal to purchase seven more A330-900neo airliners directly from Airbus as it looks to complete its fleet transformation. The latest order takes the total commitment for the A330neo by Virgin to 19 and was announced onboard Virgin Atlantic’s latest A330, G-VSRB “Ruby Rebel” which [read more]
Boeing has come out as the big winner on Day one of the Farnborough International Airshow 2024 with multiple orders being announced. As previously reported, National Airlines and Korean Air placed orders for 777 freighters and wide-body airliners respectively early in the day but this was followed a raft of [read more]
Royal Bhutan carrier Drukair has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Airbus A320neo and A321XLR aircraft as it looks to expand its fleet and network. The MoU covers three A320neo and two A321XLR will add to Druk Air’s existing fleet of four A320 family aircraft. Druk Air operates out [read more]
On the first day of the Farnborough Airshow, Korean Air signed a letter of intent (LoI) to purchase 50 Boeing wide-body airlines including the Boeing 777-9 (777X). The deal will see Korean Air expand its fleet to meet market demand on its European and North American routes with 20 Boeing [read more]
As of 15:00HRS today 3,343 flights have been cancelled globally due to the failed update from Cyber-security specialists Crowdstrike that has hit Microsoft Windows according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium Airlines are amongst many of the large companies hit by the corrupt update which causes Windows systems to [read more]
Leading UK low-cost carrier easyJet (U2/EZY) has put five new routes on sale today from four UK airports. Crowning it’s release is a new route to Luxor in Egypt for the first time in over 10 years. Twice-weekly flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) will start from 11th November allowing travellers [read more]
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