Saudi Arabia’s leading low-cost carrier Flynas has signed an agreement with Airbus for 60 A320neo Family aircraft. In addition, it has converted 20 previously ordered A320ceos into A320neos, bringing its total firm order to 80 jets. Deliveries are due to…
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United Accelerates 747 Retirement
United Airlines will retire its Boeing 747 fleet in Q4, a year earlier than planned. President Scott Kirby announced that the company will bring forward the retirement of the 20-strong fleet in a message posted to employees on January 11. “As…
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Iran Air Takes Delivery of First A321
Airbus has completed the handover of the first A321 to Iran Air. The historic moment came in Toulouse on January 11 and is the first airframe from a 100-strong order placed by the carrier in December. The aircraft is registered EP-IFA…
A Good Year for Airbus
Record deliveries and a strong order intake marked a robust 2016 for Airbus. At the company’s annual year-end briefing it revealed it had delivered 688 aircraft to 82 customers, a new record. This is 53 more than the previous record of…
GoAir Doubles A320neo Commitment
Mumbai-based GoAir has firmed up an order for 72 Airbus A320neos, taking its firm commitments for the type to 144. The deal was finalised on December 30 and comes on the back of an MOU signed during last year’s Farnborough International…
Rolls-Royce Debut for Emirates
Emirates has taken delivery of its first Rolls-Royce (RR)-powered Airbus A380s. The initial three examples, A6-EUM (c/n 225), A6-EUN (c/n 226), and A6-EUO (c/n 227), were handed over to the Dubai-based carrier in late December and are equipped with Trent…
Iran Air Finalises Airbus Order
Agreement has been reached between Iran Air and Airbus over a firm order for 100 aircraft. The deal includes 46 A320 Family, 38 A330 Family and 16 A350 jets and follows an initial commitment signed last January. “Iran Air considers…
Asian Duo Get Maiden A320neos
Two Asian carriers have taken delivery of their first Airbus A320neos. Airbus A320-271 B-8545 (c/n 6975) was handed over to China Southern Airlines from the manufacturer’s Hamburg/Finkenwerder facility on December 14. It was followed two days later by B-8637 (c/n 7129). …
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Norwegian’s First Neo Heads East
Norwegian subsidiary Arctic Aviation Assets (AAA) has received its first Airbus A320neo, which has been immediately leased to HK Express. The jet, B-LCL (c/n 7209), is the first of 70 A320neos the Norwegian Group has on order, and the first…
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Aircalin Updates Fleet
New Caledonia-based carrier Aircalin has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for two A320neo and two A330-900neo aircraft. The deal, which is valued at $790m at current list prices, was finalised and signed during a ceremony held in the capital…
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