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Boeing and Turkish Airlines announced that the carrier ordered three more Boeing 777 Freighters in December 2017. The new order came weeks after the carrier took delivery of two of the large cargo jets as part of its plan to further expand its freight business.
The first structurally complete airframe for the new BelugaXL rolled out from its assembly hangar in Toulouse, France this month.
Loganair has today announced a set of Pledges for Shetland to underpin its commitment to the isles’ external air services following the withdrawal of its rival from 8 January.
Norwegian reported its highest ever passenger figures in a single year with more than 33 million passengers and a load factor of 87.5 per cent in 2017.
Europe
Airbus has completed assembly of the first A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex) at its facilities in Hamburg, Germany.
Embraer and Widerøe, the launch customer for the E190-E2, have reached an agreement on a Flight Hour Pool Program for the airline’s soon to be inducted E2 fleet. This is the first contract of its kind signed for the E-Jets E2, Embraer´s second generation of the E-Jets family of commercial aircraft. The agreement will cover ... <a title="Embraer Signs Pool Program Contract With Widerøe for E-jets E2" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/embraer-signs-pool-program-contract-wideroe-e-jets-e2/" aria-label="Read more about Embraer Signs Pool Program Contract With Widerøe for E-jets E2">Read more</a>
Norwegian has announced several changes to its Group Management.
International Airlines Group (IAG) is to buy assets of the Austrian airline Niki, which was formerly part of the Air Berlin group, for €20 million and provide liquidity to Niki of up to €16.5 million.
Low-cost airline Norwegian reveals its plans for 2018 as the carrier’s rapid expansion will take the airline to new heights.
Europe
Airbus announced that it had finalized agreements with Indigo Partners and its four portfolio airlines for the purchase of 430 additional A320neo Family aircraft for ultra-low-cost airlines Frontier Airlines (United States), JetSMART (Chile), Volaris (Mexico) and Wizz Air (Hungary).