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Hainan Airlines plans to order 40 Embraer E Jets, probably for use by subsidiaries such as Beibu Wan Airlines, which the group is now setting up. The planned order, confirmed by two industry officials, is likely to be announced during the visit to Brazil this month by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Another industry official says ICBC Leasing, part of a major Chinese bank, is considering a further order for Embraer regional jets.

Ireland’s Air Accident Investigation Unit is recommending that Ryanair remind its pilots of the importance of “timely communications” with passengers in emergency situations, one of four recommendations the safety agency issued on July 8 in its final report on a May 2011 incident.

Singapore’s Changi airport is to become a casualty of Etihad Airways’ new longhaul fleet expansion when the airline cuts its Changi airport stopover on one of its Australian routes next year. Etihad’s newly announced route will put Boeing 787-9s on direct flights between Brisbane, Australia and the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi from June 2015. It currently uses Airbus A330-200 aircraft that stop at Singapore en route between the two cities.

LONDON — General Electric’s long-standing engine partners IHI, Snecma, Techspace Aero and MTU, have been named as participants in the company’s new GE9X program now in development for the Boeing 777X long range derivative family.

Spirit Airlines has shifted to an unusual marketing campaign acknowledging many of its shortcomings in addition to promoting fares that are lower than most of its competitors.

Honeywell company UOP’s biofuel process technology is to be used to produce renewable jet fuel and diesel at a more than $800 million refinery being built in Fujirah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). UOP’s hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) pathway will be used to process about 500,000 metric tons of renewable feedstock a year, half the planned capacity of the plant being built by Dubai-based Petrixo Oil & Gas.

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Formed in April following Textron’s acquisition of two smaller simulator manufacturers, TRU Simulation + Training has beaten major players to win the prestigious contract to supply Boeing with flight-training equipment for the 737 MAX. The first suite of devices will be delivered to Boeing Flight Services in 2017, and will comprise a Level D full-flight simulator, high-fidelity flat-panel training device and 10 classroom desktop virtual trainers.

SEATTLE – Following first delivery of the Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 787-9, the airframer is now moving into the last part of the flight test program for the GE-powered version of the -9. While there have been as many as five aircraft in the 787 certification program, there is now only one. This aircraft will “very shortly” begin extended range twin operations (ETOPs) and function and reliability (F&R) test flights, says Boeing VP of 787 Airplane Development Mark Jenks.

LONDON—Encouraged by the continuing strength of the single aisle market, Boeing says airlines will need around 36,770 new aircraft over the next 20

Alaska Airlines and Boeing unveiled a new overhead bin for the 737-900ER and 737 MAX that will accommodate an additional 57 standard-sized bags, a

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BEIJING — Taiwan’s China Airlines and subsidiary Mandarin Airlines are increasing services to mainland China by a seventh in July, adding flights to

Air France-KLM has denied rumors that it is in advanced negotiations for the acquisition of East and Central Europe’s leading low-cost carrier Wizz

A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report this week on widebody aircraft financing from the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im) has

Air New Zealand expects to begin operating its first Boeing 787-9 on revenue flights to Sydney in early August, after the carrier completes additional

Boeing’s planned maintenance services partnership with SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) represents the manufacturer’s most aggressive push into the

Bombardier confirms reports that a fix is being tested for the geared-turbofan failure on a CSeries test aircraft, but both the company and engine

Hainan Airlines plans to order 40 Embraer EJets, probably for use by subsidiaries such as Beibu Wan Airlines, which the group is now setting up. The

Buoyed by a capacity increase of 9.8% in available seat-miles (ASMs), Air Canada’s June traffic measured by revenue passenger miles (RPMs) grew 10.6%

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In moves that give three carriers new lifelines and put on hold the long-awaited consolidation of Europe’s airline industry, the European Commission

Lufthansa plans to build up a much larger low-cost operation that, if implemented, would make it number three in size in the European low-fare market behind Ryanair and Easyjet. New CEO Carsten Spohr announced plans for a new intra-European carrier as well as a new airline that would focus on long-haul low-cost operations, possibly in cooperation with Turkish Airlines.

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