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Rolls To Power New Airbus Beluga Transporters
Rolls To Power New Airbus Beluga Transporters Rolls-Royce said it has been selected by Airbus to provide Trent 700 engines and long-term maintenance services for five new Beluga XL transporter aircraft, in a deal worth USD$700 ...
Malaysia Airlines Signs A350 Lease Deal
Malaysia Airlines Signs A350 Lease Deal Malaysia Airlines will lease four Airbus A350-900s from Air Lease under a long-term agreement it has signed, the airline said. The A350s are expected to be delivered between the fourth qu...
Lufthansa Pilots Propose Talks With Management
Lufthansa Pilots Propose Talks With Management Pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit has proposed fresh talks with Lufthansa management over early retirement benefits, a day after a court ruled a strike was unlawful because t...
El Al To Buy, Lease 15 Boeing 787s
El Al To Buy, Lease 15 Boeing 787s El Al has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy and lease 15 new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft in its biggest ever plane order. El Al – which has an all-Boeing fleet – said ...
Court Orders Lufthansa Pilots To End Strike
Court Orders Lufthansa Pilots To End Strike A German court has ruled that Lufthansa pilots must halt a strike that has led to the cancellation of around 1,000 flights, in an increasingly bitter row over cost cuts and pay at the...
Boeing To Increase 767 Production
Boeing To Increase 767 Production Boeing will push production of the 767 up by 25 percent in 2017 to help fill an order for 50 planes from FedEx. Boeing said it would lift the production rate to 2.5 a month from two a month sta...
