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Airbus Wins A350 Order From Air France-KLM
Airbus sealed a long-awaited order for 25 A350-900 aircraft from Air France-KLM worth USD$7.2 billion at list prices after Rolls-Royce and the airline reached a deal over engine maintenance. The airline also took a furth...
Leasing Firm CIT Orders 30 Boeing 737 MAXs
Boeing has won an order for 30 of its 737 MAX 8 aircraft worth USD$3 billion at list prices from leasing firm CIT Group, the two companies said at the Paris Airshow on Wednesday. The deal comprises 10 new aircraft and th...
Boeing Says 737 MAX To Enter Service In Q3 2017
Boeing’s upgraded and re-engined 737 MAX will come into service in the third quarter of 2017, around six months earlier than scheduled, a company executive said at the Paris Airshow. This helps the 737 MAX close th...
Boeing Launches 787-10 With USD$30 Bln Of Orders
Boeing launched the 787-10 version of its flagship Dreamliner aircraft at the Paris Airshow on Tuesday with 102 firm orders worth nearly USD$30 billion at list prices. Boeing’s much-anticipated launch with five air...
EasyJet’s Airbus Order Sparks New Stelios Row
EasyJet’s multi-billion dollar deal to buy 135 aircraft from Airbus has sparked a new battle with the budget airline’s founder and biggest shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who has voiced his opposition to th...
Lufthansa Confirms USD$10.4 Bln Airbus Order
Lufthansa confirmed an order for 100 Airbus A320-family aircraft worth around USD$10.4 billion at list prices at the Paris Airshow on Monday. The airline said it ordered 30 A320s, as well as 35 A320neo and 35 A321neo air...
