Aviation Daily Roundup: Feb. 25

All Nippon Airways on Feb. 25 placed an order for 15 more Boeing 787s, and has made a significant change in engine supplier for the new aircraft deliveries.

AirAsia Group subsidiary Thai AirAsia has received IATA Operational Safety Audit certification bringing the Malaysian group a step closer to having all its carriers IOSA certified.

South African carrier Comair has deferred delivery of five Boeing 737 MAX 8s to 2024-25, in response to the type’s global grounding.

South Korea has seen a dramatic spike in COVID-19 coronavirus cases, with major carriers Korean Air and Asiana Airlines both announcing measures to mitigate the effects of the outbreak and stem losses.

Narrowbody engine types will inevitably be the most in-demand engine types. Aviation Week forecasts the LEAP-1B will lead this with 10,828 units expected to be delivered from 2021 to 2030. This is followed by the LEAP-1A (7,498) and Pratt & Whitney's GTF (3,240).

United Airlines has withdrawn its full-year financial guidance, citing uncertainty over the ramifications from the COVID-19 coronavirus on travel demand, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region where the airline had 15% of its planned full-year capacity.

The growing cluster of COVID-19 coronavirus cases in Iran has sparked a series of precautionary moves in the Gulf states.

American Airlines and Qatar Airways have reached a rapprochement following their long-standing dispute over alleged government subsidies to the Gulf carrier.

Average delays to flights in Europe eased in January, compared to the same month a year earlier, as traffic decreased 0.5%, Eurocontrol said in a Feb. 25 report.