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ANA Confirms USD$16.5 Bln Boeing, Airbus Deals
All Nippon Airways said on Thursday that it has ordered USD$16.5 billion worth of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The airline firmed up a deal for 40 Boeing wide-body jets, including 20 777-9X, 14 787-9 and six 777-300ER air...
Investigators Start Work At Boeing 777 MH17 Crash Site
International experts started recovery work on Friday at the Malaysia Airlines MH17 wreckage site in east Ukraine despite clashes nearby between government forces and pro-Russian rebels. The group was the largest to reac...
Airbus Terminates Sale Of Six A380s To Skymark
Airbus has terminated an agreement to deliver six A380s to Skymark Airlines after the Japanese discount carrier struggled to raise enough cash to pay instalments on the aircraft. In a briefing in Tokyo before Airbus̵...
Emirates To Avoid Iraq Airspace
Emirates said on Monday it will avoid Iraqi airspace, as the government in Baghdad struggles to contain Islamic insurgents who have captured vast areas of the country. After Malaysia Airlines MH17 was downed earlier this...
Australia To Send Force from 100 Extra Police To Ukraine
Australia will send 100 additional police and some military personnel to Europe to join a planned Dutch-led international security force to secure the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on...
Air Algerie Plane Wreckage Found In Mali, 116 Dead
Authorities have located the wreckage of an Air Algerie flight after it crashed in northern Mali carrying 116 passengers and crew, nearly half of them French, en route from Burkina Faso to Algeria. Regional aviation officials s...
