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PAL Looking to Buy 20 Boeing 777X Jets
Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it is looking at buying 20 Boeing 777X jets as part of a fleet upgrade aimed at challenging its main domestic rival Cebu Air and launching flights to the United States and Europe. The jet, ...
Vueling Takes Supply of Its First Airbus Sharklet Outfitted A320.
Sharklets are newly designed wing-tip gadgets that toughen the airplanes aerodynamics and considerably reduce the airlines gasoline burn and emissions through 4 per cent on longer sectors. Vueling, the most important low va...
De Juniac To Become New Air France-KLM CEO
Air France-KLM chairman and chief executive Jean-Cyril Spinetta will hand over the reins of the Franco-Dutch carrier to Air France division head Alexandre de Juniac on July 1. Previously private secretary to former Frenc...
ILFC Gets A Kingfisher Plane Back From India
Aircraft lessor International Lease Finance said on Monday it had successfully removed one of six aircraft stranded in India by a dispute over the suspension of operations at Kingfisher Airlines. Financiers have warned t...
Boeing 787 Flies First Battery Test Flight
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner took to the sky on Monday in a test flight aimed at showing that the plane’s new lithium-ion battery system meets regulatory safety standards, a key step in ending a two-month, worldwide gro...
Southeast Asia Budget Airlines Betting On Growth
Lion Air’s record aircraft orders underline the ambitious plans the privately held Indonesian group is hatching to emerge as a pan-Asian low cost carrier, throwing a serious challenge to AirAsia, the region’s...
