.
@lufthansa
will have some 5 weeks to make a decision on the re-entry into service of the
@Airbus
A380 for summer season 2023, says CEO Carsten Spohr. Preparations take usually 9 months. Sourcing 777-300ERs is another option.
#IATAAGM
Just in: entry into service of the
@airbus
A321XLR slips from late 2023 to early 2024 in order to meet certification requirements.
First flight is scheduled this quarter
.
@emirates
announcing a major retrofit program for 53
@BoeingAirplanes
777s and 52
@Airbus
A380s. They will get Premium Economy seats. The program will take 18 months:
Just in:
@united
confirms order for 100
@BoeingAirplanes
787s plus 100 options. It has the freedom to select all 3 Dreamliner variants.
Deliveries planned 2024 through 2032.
United also buys 100 MAX, 44 by exercising options plus 56 new orders.
Good morning from Dubai and
@emirates
Engineering.
A news release is expected this morning to announce an EK
@airbus
A350-1000 order after all, no press conference.
.
@Airbus
first order announcement in its auditorium is from
@easyJet
, which confirms its conditional agreement from June for 56 A320neo family aircraft and includes a conversion to A321neos
New long-haul low-cost
@flynorse
unveiled its livery today. The airline expects to be fully up and running by summer 2022 and operate all 15
@BoeingAirplanes
787-9s.
Dominican Republic start-up
@AraJetAirlines
orders 20
@BoeingAirplanes
MAX 8-200s, plus 15 options. The airline already plans te lease 5 MAX 8s.
The order has been listed as ‘undisclosed’ in the January backlog.
.
@embraer
just showed its latest design version of the new turboprop. No longer a high wing, but with advanced ‘pull’ engines at the back. Fuselage diameter identical to E-series. More details later this year
Due to the uncertainty of the
@BoeingAirplanes
MAX 7 status,
@SouthwestAir
has converted 40 of them into MAX 8s.
More changes: it also exercised 16 MAX 8 options for delivery this year, 10 options from 2023 to 2022.
.
@AlaskaAir
changes its
@BoeingAirplanes
MAX fleet mix. Instead of 145 MAX 9s, it converts 15 into -8s for delivery from HY2 2023 and 60 into -10s from early 2024.
Apparently,
@emirates
and
@airbus
are still negotiating on an A350-1000 order tonight in Dubai. With
@RollsRoyce
XWB-97 engines, of course.
Airbus CCO Christian Scherer was to return to Europe tonight. Or will he have his flight rebooked by Sir Tim?
.
@airbaltic
intended to wetlease 7
@Airbus
A220-300s this year, then 9 but will place 11 this summer with
@SAS
and
@eurowings
and Discover. And these airlines are most happy with the performance,
@Gaussm
tells
@airinsight
. A full interview will follow later
Expected on Monday, announced on Tuesday: order from
@SMBCAVIATION
for another 60
@Airbus
A320neo and A321neo aircraft.
Deliveries continue ‘beyond the end of the decade’.
.
@AirLeaseCorp
places 6
@Airbus
A220-300s with TAAG Angola as part of its fleet renewal. Deliveries to the African carrier are in 2023-2024. The A220s will replace the
@BoeingAirplanes
737-700
Just in:
@lufthansa
orders 5
@BoeingAirplanes
777-8Fs, 2 777Fs, and 7 extra 787-9s. The Dreamliners are compensate for delayed 777-9 deliveries, but Lufthansa upholds the order for 20 777-9s.
Next
#A350
delivery for
@flyethiopian
! ET-AWN has just left Toulouse on its delivery flight to Addis Ababa.
Follow MSN310 home at with
@flightradar24
!
📸: A380_TLS_A350
Just in:
@qatarairways
issues legal proceedings against
@Airbus
at High Court London over A350 paint quality issues.
QR says it has now 21 grounded aircraft, one more than three weeks ago and +8 since August