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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Boeing | January 07, 2022

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Atlas Air Worldwide today announced an order for four 777 Freighters. The order, placed in December, rounds out a record-setting 2021 for Boeing's freighter family including new-production and converted models. Boeing has forecast that the global freighter fleet will grow by 70% in the next 20 years, with freight carriers such as Atlas Air supporting a rapidly expanding global e-commerce business and evolving supply chains. "We are exci...

VietJet | June 14, 2020

A VietJet A321 skidded off the runway earlier today upon arrival at Ho Chi Minh City after adverse weather conditions. The aircraft had been serving a domestic route from on a flight that lasted just under one hour. Officials have now closed the runway at Ho Chi Minh, putting both of its runways out of action....

BUSINESS AVIATION

AvAir | April 25, 2022

AvAir, a market-leading supplier of inventory management systems for the aviation aftermarket, and Lufthansa Technik have extended their long-term aftermarket sales partnership. This supplement covers a second significant material takeover. The two firms established their first deal in 2020, when AvAir acquired approximately 9,000 line items from Lufthansa Technik's global material pools. The Arizona-based business has added another 9,000 airplane components to its inventory. ...

FlightGlobal | January 13, 2020

Airbus has started operating the first of the six BelugaXL high-capacity transports it is building to facilitate production ramp-up. The A330-based aircraft completed its first operational flight on 9 January, says the airframer. EASA certification was secured in November 2019, following a test campaign of more than 700h across some 200 flights since the first in July 2018. All six BelugaXL freighters will be operating by the end of 2023, Airbus indicates. The Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered aircr...