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Air India and CFM International have celebrated the delivery and entry into service of the airline’s first LEAP-1A-powered A320neo aircraft. The first aircraft has the distinction of being powered by the 100th LEAP-1A production engine. The airline completed its first commercial flight on February 24, carrying 161 passengers from Delhi to Chennai. Air India has […]

Singapore Airlines and regional subsidiary SilkAir have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Air France-KLM to codeshare on each other’s flights with effect from April 27, 2017. Under the agreement, which is subject to regulatory approvals, Singapore Airlines will add its ‘SQ’ designator code to Air France-operated flights beyond Paris to 10 destinations – Aberdeen,

AerCap Holdings N.V. has posted its major business transactions during the first quarter 2017: the company has signed lease agreements for 69 aircraft, including 12 widebody and 57 narrowbody aircraft and has purchased 11 aircraft, including 7 Airbus A320neos, 2 Airbus A350-900s and 2 Boeing 787-9s. AerCap has executed sale transactions for 25 aircraft, including

Hot on the heels of major aircraft deals signed between Iranian airlines and Boeing and Airbus, ATR has announced it has agreed a sale of 20 ATR 72-600s twin-propeller aircraft to Iran Air, with an option for a further 20 in place. The value of the transaction is put at US$536m at list prices, but

The Boeing 737 MAX 9, powered by advanced LEAP-1B engines, successfully completed a two-hour, 42- minute first flight on April 13, taking off from Renton Field in Renton, Washington, at 10:53 a.m. local time and landing at 1:34 p.m. at Seattle’s Boeing Field. During the mission, the airplane performed tests on flight controls, systems and