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Southeast Asian Airlines Study A350, 787
Malaysia Airlines is looking at both the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 as potential replacements for its existing medium and long-haul fleet of aircraft, an airline executive said on Monday. Garuda Indonesia is also conside...
Ethiopian May Lease Or Buy More 787s
Ethiopian Airlines plans to buy or lease up to six more Boeing 787 Dreamliners by 2018 as it adds routes to Asia and South America, its chief executive told Reuters. “We are looking at another five or six by 2017/1...
Boeing Delivers Thomson Airways’ First 787 Dreamliner
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Thomson Airways announced the delivery today of the airline’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The airplane, the first of eight 787s Thomson Airways has on order, is the first to be delivered to a UK air...
JAL Studying Airbus, Boeing To Replace 777s
Japan Airlines wants to start replacing around 40 of its Boeing 777 aircraft from 2019, chairman Masaru Onishi said. The airline is studying the Airbus A350-1000, as well as Boeing’s proposed 787-10X and 777-9X, he...
Lufthansa Open To Ties With Gulf Carriers
Lufthansa CEO Christoph Franz eased open the door to rival Gulf carriers on Monday, saying he would not rule out future commercial ties with one of the region’s heavyweight airlines. Lufthansa, a leading member of ...
Airbus, Boeing Long-haul Jet Battle Throttles Up
The battle between Airbus and Boeing over their next-generation of long-haul jets is heating up, with a string of major airlines flagging plans to place multi-billion dollar orders. Germany’s Lufthansa, Japan Airli...
