The chairman of China Airlines (CI, Taipei Taoyuan) says he expects industrial action at Boeing to have minimal impact on his aircraft deliveries. Hsieh Su-chien told Taipei-based outlets on the weekend that beyond delays to one B777-200F due this month, he does not expect any further problems. Strikes by 33,000 members of the International Association [...]
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Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has announced an updated delivery schedule for its B737-10 order, with the first aircraft now set to arrive at the earliest in 2026. In its third-quarter 2024 financial report, Delta disclosed that Boeing expects to deliver the first twenty B737-10s in 2026, followed by 80 more thereafter. This [...]
Arrest warrants for Air Peace (P4, Lagos) chairman and CEO Allen Onyema and a co-accused have been issued in the United States after they were indicted for obstruction of justice for allegedly submitting false documents to terminate a federal investigation that resulted in 35 charges of bank fraud and money laundering in 2019. According to [...]
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Flexjet (LXJ, Cleveland Cuyahoga Country) has begun building its own private terminal at Farnborough, its first such facility outside the United States. The new 2,098-square-metre building with direct ramp access is scheduled to open in early 2026. It will be entirely separate from Farnborough's existing passenger facilities and will house Flexjet's operations room, pilot amenities, [...]
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Mandarin Airlines (AE, Taichung Ching Chuan Kang) has ordered one incremental ATR72-600 directly from ATR - Avions de Transport Régional with delivery planned for the first quarter of 2026. The aircraft will become the sixteenth ATR72-600 in Mandarin Airlines' fleet which comprises twelve of the type, including two delivered earlier this year. It has three [...]
COMAC (Shanghai Pudong) has rebranded its first aircraft type, the ARJ21-700 regional jet, as the C909, in line with the designation used for the C919 narrowbody type. The first ARJ21 with the new branding is B-099A (msn 10156) which has been painted in the new livery at Shanghai Pudong airport and is expected to be [...]
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