SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has once more selected the Boeing 737 MAX to continue its robust growth. With a commitment to purchase up to 90 fuel-efficient single-aisle jets, announced at the Dubai Airshow, Türkiye’s leisure carrier will more than double its fleet into the next decade. The agreement includes 28 737-8 and […]
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Embraer Commercial Aviation has appointed Marie-Louise Philippe Vice President Sales & Marketing and Head of Region for Europe and Central Asia. Philippe reports to Martyn Holmes, Chief Commercial Officer of Embraer Commercial Aviation. Philippe will be based in Amsterdam, from where she will also support Embraer’s sustainability roadmap in the region. With over 20 years
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Rolls-Royce has successfully run its UltraFan technology demonstrator to maximum power at its facility in Derby, UK. The initial stage of the test was conducted using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This is an important milestone for the UltraFan demonstrator, which was successfully tested for the first time earlier this year. Since then, the UltraFan
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airBaltic has solidified its position as the largest A220 customer in Europe by confirming an order for 30 more A220-300 aircraft. With this addition, the airline’s total firm orderbook now stands at 80 aircraft. Currently holding the title of the world’s largest A220-300 operator with a 44-strong fleet, airBaltic has been exclusively operating the Airbus
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Bombardier Defense has delivered the seventh Global aircraft to defence and security company Saab, ready to be transformed into Saab’s Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) solution known as GlobalEye. Bombardier’s latest Global aircraft delivery is destined to join the Swedish Air Force and will be Saab’s second GlobalEye aircraft to join Sweden’s military fleet. The seven aircraft delivered by Bombardier to
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Eve Air Mobility (Eve) and Kookiejar, a Swedish-based vertiport developer, have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for Eve’s Urban ATM (Air Traffic Management) system to support vertiport operations in Dubai. The agreement marks Eve’s first Urban ATM agreement in Dubai and Kookiejar becomes the company’s 10th Urban ATM customer and fifth vertiport customer as the
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ITA Airways has taken delivery of its first A321neo aircraft, on lease from Air Lease Corporation, from Airbus’ Hamburg production facilities. This latest addition further consolidates ITA Airways’ all-Airbus fleet strategy, which currently stands at 81 aircraft and includes latest-generation A220, A320neo, A330neo and A350 aircraft. ITA Airways’ A321neo, which will serve the airline’s medium-haul
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Boeing projects that Southeast Asia is poised to emerge as a global leader in air traffic and fleet expansion, with its commercial airplane fleet set to nearly quadruple to more than 4,000 jets by 2042. The region is expected to witness unprecedented growth, establishing itself as the world’s fastest-growing single-aisle airplane market over the next
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Rolls-Royce has signed a TotalCare service agreement with Amazon Global Air to supply maintenance services to its fleet of ten Trent 700-powered Airbus A330-300P2F (passenger-to-freighter) aircraft, which will be operated by its carrier partner. TotalCare is designed to provide predictability and operational certainty for customers by transferring time on wing and maintenance cost risk back
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Led by Airbus subsidiary and technology incubator UpNext, the eXtra Performance Wing project aims to improve flight performance and respond to environmental concerns by completely re-thinking aircraft wings as we know them today. Using biomimicry – biologically inspired engineering – the project seeks to develop a wing that can change shape and form during flight
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