Ethiopian Airlines has accepted a bid submitted by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China to construct a $100 million maintenance hanger. The AVIC and Ethiopian Airlines are discussing financing f...
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has decided to add more business class seats to its A380, which is set to fly between Kuala Lumpur and London from July 1. The airline originally allocated 52 business class se...
Spirit AeroSystems has successfully delivered its first composite center fuselage section for the Airbus A350 XWB program. The upper and forward lower shell (Section 15) composite fuselage panels were...
Aircraft cabin interior manufacturer B/E Aerospace has signed a definitive agreement to acquire supply chain management company UFC Aerospace Corp. (UFC) for $400 million in cash. Amin J. Khoury, Cha...
TransAsia Airways is reported to be considering ordering several A380s and has secured funding support from Taiwanese banks. The aircraft will be used to push the airline’s expansion to the US. ...
GE Capital Aviation Services has ordered two additional ATR72-600s, with two further options. This brings the GECAS ATR72-600 order book to 17 firm plus 17 options. Five of the aircraft are to be le...
Ethiopian Airlines has sold five Fokker 50 aircraft to Fortran Aviation of Singapore. The Fokker 50s will be operated by a new airline, Pacific Royale. The first Fokker was to be delivered by the end ...
Cabot, involved in a great number of transactions in 2011, has announced the sale on 12 December 2011 of a Fokker 50 passenger aircraft MSN 20240 previously owned by SonAir, Angola. The new operator ...
Precision Air Services has ordered four ATR 42-600s and one ATR 72-600 aircraft. Delivery is scheduled to begin in late 2012; the ATR 72-600 will be delivered in 2014. Precision’s ATR fleet will total...
The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) gave a permit for Boeing to conduct a test flight for the 747-8 aircraft at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Director General of the ECAA, Col...
Ethiopian Airlines is finalising negotiations with the Canadian aircraft manufacturer, Bombardier, to buy five Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft. A senior executive at Ethiopian told Aviation News On...
Hebei Airlines has taken delivery of two E190s. The purchase of another eight aircraft remains subject to Chinese government approval. Based in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of China’s Hebei Provinc...
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