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Delta Airlines Orders 15 Additional Airbus A321s
Delta said on Monday it would buy 15 Airbus A321s, an order worth USD$1.65 billion at list prices. The carrier said the A321s, which will be delivered starting in 2018, would replace less-efficient planes it is retiring....
Air New Zealand Orders 14 Airbus A320s
Air New Zealand on Sunday announced an order for 14 Airbus A320-family aircraft, worth USD$1.6 billion at list prices. Air NZ and Airbus signed the order, which is for 10 A320neo, one A320ceo and three A321neo aircraft, ...
Bombardier To Begin Failure Analysis On CSeries Engine
Bombardier will begin tearing down the engine of its CSeries aircraft to investigate its failure during maintenance testing last week, an aviation journal reported, heightening the risk of delay in producing the model fo...
Australia Says Boeing 777-200 MH370 Not Where Pings Heard
The search for Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 flight MH370 suffered a further setback on Thursday after Australian officials said wreckage from the aircraft was not on the seabed in the area they had identified. The se...
Boeing Dreamliner 787 Receives FAA Approval For Extended Operations
The US FAA has approved extended operations for the Boeing 787, a move that will allow a wider range of routes at a time of renewed scrutiny. The ETOPS approval will allow airlines to fly routes that are up to 330 minute...
Doubt Raised Over Whether Pings Came From Boeing 777-200 MH370
The US Navy described as “speculative and premature” a media report on Thursday that said four acoustic pings are no longer believed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing flight MH370’s black boxe...
