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ALC finalizes its order for 36 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) (Los Angeles) has signed a firm contract for 36 A320neo Family aircraft, 20 of which will be of the larger A321neo model in line with the market trend towards larger...
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Cathay Pacific selects the Airbus A350-1000
Cathay Pacific Airways (Hong Kong) today announced that it intends to add the A350-1000 to its future A350 XWB fleet, with an agreement to place a new order for 10 aircraft. In addition, the Hong...
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CIT Aerospace orders 10 Airbus A330s
CIT Group Inc. (CIT) (cit.com) (New York) today announced from the Farnborough International Air Show that CIT Aerospace has placed orders with Airbus for 10 A330 aircraft in 2012. Five A330 aircraft...
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CALC signs MOU for 36 A320 Family aircraft
China Aircraft Leasing Company (CALC) (Hong Kong) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow for 36 current generation A320 Family aircraft. The deal...
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UTair jumps to Airbus
UTair Aviation (Russia) (Khanty-Mansiysk) has signed a firm contract with Airbus for 20 A321 aircraft during the Farnborough Airshow. This is the largest order for the type received from a carrier in...
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American Airlines outlines its upgraded fleet and interiors plans
American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) today has outlined its fleet plans and upgraded interiors plans. Here is the full statement: “American Airlines continues plans to enhance and modernize travel...
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Wind Jet ceases operations after it fails to reach an agreement with Alitalia
Wind Jet (Catania) ceased operations at midnight last night (August 11) after its merger talks with Alitalia (2nd) (Rome) collapsed. Previously Alitalia had received permission to take over the...
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American and US Airways announce they are now formally exploring a merger
American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) and US Airways (Phoenix) announced today they are now officially exploring a merger. The following statement was issued this morning: “AMR Corporation (“AMR”),...
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Finnair selects IAE V2533-A5 engines for its five new Airbus A321s to replace...
Finnair (Helsinki) has selected IAE International Aero Engines AG to supply engines for its five new Airbus A321 extended range aircraft, entering the Finnair fleet from September 2013. The IAE...
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Turkish Airlines orders 15 additional Airbus A330-300s
Turkish Airlines (Istanbul) has placed an order for 15 additional Airbus A330-300s, their seventh order for the A330 family of aircraft and their twentieth Airbus order overall. The aircraft will be...
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Kingfisher Airlines’ license expires today
Kingfisher Airlines‘ (Mumbai) Scheduled Operator’s Permit (SOP) is due to expire today (December 31) according to this report to The Economic Times. The carrier had proposed to restart scheduled...
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CIT Aerospace orders 10 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft
CIT Group, Inc. today announced that CIT Aerospace (New York) has placed an order with Airbus for 10 A350 XWB aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2019. This order adds to CIT’s total order...
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IndiGo takes delivery of its first Airbus A320 with Sharklets
IndiGo Airlines (Delhi) has taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft equipped with Sharklet fuel saving wing tip devices, becoming the first Indian carrier to do so. Sharklets are newly designed...
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Turkish Airlines orders two more Airbus A330-300s
Turkish Airlines (Istanbul) has signed a firm order for two additional A330-300 passenger aircraft and three options as part of the carrier’s continued growth plans. The additional order for the A330...
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Lufthansa to order 35 Airbus A320neo, 35 A321neo, 30 A320 aircraft with...
Lufthansa’s (Frankfurt) Supervisory Board has approved the acquisition of 100 A320 Family aircraft (35 A320neo, 35 A321neo and 30 A320ceo with Sharklets) and two A380s worth approximately $11.2...
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Spirit Airlines starts flying its first Airbus A320 with Sharklets
Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood) is celebrating Earth Day today as it begins flying its new Airbus A320 Sharklet-equipped aircraft. The pictured Airbus A320-232 N619NK (msn 5517) was handed...
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Air Astana takes delivery of its first Sharklet equipped Airbus A320
Air Astana (Almaty), Kazakhstan’s flag carrier, has taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft equipped with Airbus’ Sharklet fuel saving wing tip devices. The airline becomes the first in the region...
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China Eastern Airlines takes delivery of the first Airbus A320 with Sharklets
China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 aircraft equipped with Sharklet fuel saving wing-tip devices, becoming China’s first carrier to do so. The aircraft is...
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Air France and KLM finalize a contract for 25 Airbus A350-900s
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) have finalized a firm contract for 25 A350-900 aircraft and for a further 25 options. The Air France-KLM Group currently operates a fleet of...
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United converts 25 Airbus A350-900 orders to the larger A350-1000 model and...
United Airlines (Chicago) and Airbus (Toulouse) have announced that the airline will add 35 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft to its future fleet. The agreement between the companies represents a conversion...
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