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American Airlines And Air Tahiti Nui Announce New Codeshare Agreement

American Airlines and Air Tahiti Nui, the international airline of Tahiti, announced a bilateral codeshare agreement and applied for approval by the U.S. Department of Transportation. When approved, the codeshare agreement will...


Air Canada To Keep Some Work With Aveos

Air Canada and Aveos have reached an agreement that will help facilitate a sale of some assets of the bankrupt aircraft maintenance firm, and the airline promised to offer some service contracts to a buyer of the Aveos assets. ...



Airbus Recorded 149 Aircraft Orders To May

    Airbus said its total gross aircraft orders stood at 149 from January to May, helped by a contract recently signed with Air Lease for 36 planes. Adjusted for cancellations, net orders for the year to May stood at ...


Nigerian Plane Reported Engine Failure

The plane that crashed in Lagos on Sunday, killing all 153 people on board in Nigeria’s worst airline disaster for two decades, reported dual engine failure just before going down, the aviation minister said on Wednesday....



Air India To Get Three 787s This Month

Air India is expected to take delivery of three 787 Dreamliner aircraft from Boeing this month, India’s civil aviation minister Ajit Singh said, after the two companies agreed on a compensation package for the delayed ord...


Finnair Technical Services Hit By Strike

    Finnish union Pro said about 1,000 employees working at Finnair’s technical services had started a week-long strike as a protest against the plan to cut 280 jobs and to outsource engine services to Switzerla...