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Norwegian Air Suspends Talks To Buy 20 Boeing 787s
Norwegian Air has put on hold talks to buy 20 new 787 Dreamliners from Boeing because of a delay in receiving US Department of Transportation approval for its long haul plans, chief executive Bjoern Kjos said in a letter...
AirAsia X Signs GE Engine Deal
AirAsia X, the long-haul arm of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia, has signed a USD$1.5 billion deal with GE Aviation for the supply of engines for up to 28 new aircraft. GE Aviation will supply CF6-80E1 engines for the a...
Governments Pledge Not To Give Up On Boeing 777 MH370 Search
Australia, China and Malaysia pledged on Monday not to give up searching for Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight MH370 that disappeared almost two months ago, despite lingering questions about how to proceed and who will...
Alitalia Working On Plan To Woo Etihad
Alitalia Airlines and its creditors are pushing to complete a proposal aimed at persuading Etihad to invest in the loss-making Italian carrier, Reuters news agency reported. One of the options under discussion envisages ...
Etihad Airways Buying Airline Stakes To Compete, Not Control
Etihad said its strategy of buying stakes in European airlines was bringing fresh competition to the region, despite close scrutiny by regulators over whether its investments comply with European ownership rules. State-o...
Malaysia Airlines Staff Detained By Boeing 777-200 MH370 Relatives
Angry relatives of people missing on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 held some members of the carrier’s staff for more than 10 hours in a hotel in Beijing, the airline said on Friday. The airliner vanished on March ...
