XO Jets is pushing hard to expand its business outside of the US, with new executive vice president, Youssef Mouallem, building a formidable team at its Middle East headquarters in Dubai.
Saudi Arabian Airlines is preparing for a major wide-body aircraft order next year as it revises its fleet plan to match traffic and product expectations with the kingdom’s ambitious ‘vision 2030’ strategy.
The deal, announced Nov. 15 at the Dubai Airshow, will help expand DHL's long-haul intercontinental fleet in response to surging demand for cargo capacity.
The GE Aviation CEO also commented on the RISE program and the recently announced decision by General Electric to spin off its other businesses and focus on aerospace.
Canada-based training services provider CAE, which operates the ECFT as a joint venture with Emirates, said the 7000XR series FFS will be installed by the end of 2022.
The revised system will be flight-tested on the 737-10 in 2022 and is likely to be rolled in as a retrofit to the MAX following certification of the stretched derivative which is planned for 2023.
While most of the deliveries will only be a major factor for production from 2025 onwards, the endorsement from the blue-chip customer is highly welcome ammunition in Airbus’ struggle to convince customers and suppliers of its way of thinking.
After recent input from both commercial and cargo airline customers, Boeing has been encouraged to stretch the 777-8 baseline and may now use this design as the basis for the 777XF.
With Airbus lighting up the sky on Saturday night – they went one better by lighting up the Dubai Airshow on Sunday’s opening day with a massive 255 Airbus A321neo and A321XLR deal with the low cost carrier consortium Indigo Partners.
