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Boeing To Fix Batteries On All 787s By End-May
Boeing will complete fixing the batteries on all 50 of its 787 Dreamliner jets by the end of this month, Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president for sales in Asia Pacific, told Reuters on Wednesday. The planes had been grou...
Boeing, Turkish Airlines Finalize Order for 50 737 MAXs, 20 Next-Generation 737s
Order also includes options for an additional 25 737 MAX 8s Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Turkish Airlines today finalized a firm order for 40 737 MAX 8s, 10 737 MAX 9s and 20 Next-Generation 737-800 jets, valued at $6.9 billion at list...
Boeing Resumes Deliveries Of 787 Dreamliners
Boeing resumed deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner on Tuesday, ending a period of nearly four months in which it was unable to provide new planes to customers because of safety concerns about the battery system. The deliver...
First A350 XWB Painting Completed in Toulouse
The aircraft painting was achieved in less than seven days and follows the recent completion of MSN001s flight-test-instrumentation (FTI) verification. Painting of the first A350 XWB “MSN001” was today fully completed as ...
AirAsia X Eyes USD$300 Million IPO
Malaysian long-haul budget carrier AirAsia X said it is looking to raise USD$300 million in an IPO, throwing its hat into an expanding fundraising ring as Southeast Asian airlines seek to build up their fleets and ride a...
Kuwait Airways To Sign Airbus Deal
State-run Kuwait Airways will spend 850 million dinars (USD$2.98 billion) on 25 new Airbus jets and aims to lease a further 13 to upgrade its fleet, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Sunday. Daily Al-Watan cited sources cl...
