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[ad_1] Azerbaijan Airlines has confirmed that 67 occupants were on board an Embraer 190 which crashed while operating a service to Grozny. It adds that there are a number of survivors from the accident which occurred about 3km from Aktau in Kazakhstan. Video images circulating on social media purportedly show the aircraft in a steep descent, and a right bank, before it strikes the ground in a nose-down attitude, rolling inverted and breaking up. The carrier says the twinjet was conducting the J28423 service …

[ad_1] Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines has placed a firm order for 100 Boeing 737 Max 10s, with options for up to a further 100 of the type.  Guliz Ozturk, chief executive of Pegasus, said on 19 December that the Istanbul-based carrier will consider converting the remaining 100 options ”in the coming years, based on market conditions and the needs of our fleet”.  The companies do not specify when deliveries will begin, as Boeing has yet to secure certification of the Max 10 …

[ad_1] Lufthansa Group has disclosed that it is purchasing another five Airbus A350-1000s, taking its overall commitment to 15 of the variant. The aircraft will be delivered over the course of 2028-30. They will bring overall A350 orders for the German group to 75 – including 60 of the smaller A350-900. “With the state-of-the-art A350 long-haul jets, we are accelerating the largest fleet modernisation in our history,” says chief executive Carsten Spohr. “We are investing more than ever before in our history to make air …

[ad_1] Air Canada has signed for five additional Airbus A220-300s on top of an already-sizeable order of incoming single-aisle jets.  Airbus confirmed on 20 December the Montreal-based carrier’s latest A220 order, placed on the five-year anniversary of Air Canada taking delivery of its first of the type in December 2019. It became the North American launch operator of the A220 early in 2020.  Air Canada initially ordered 45 A220s in 2016, followed by an additional 15 jets in October 2022.  Including its latest five-unit order, …

[ad_1] Air Canada is set to become the latest North American airline to offer free wi-fi access to passengers, disclosing on 12 December plans to begin rolling out the service in May. Montreal-based Air Canada says the service will initially be available on aircraft flying within North America and on routes from Canada to warm-weather destinations, which include those in the Caribbean and Mexico. Free in-flight wi-fi is becoming more common in North America and is now offered by US carriers Delta Air …

[ad_1] Air Tanzania has been formally blacklisted by the European Commission, following safety concerns identified at the flag-carrier. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has also denied third-country operator authorisation to the airline, a prerequisite for conducting services to European destinations. “We strongly urge Air Tanzania to take swift and decisive action to address these safety issues,” says sustainable transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikkostas, adding that the Commission is offering assistance to Tanzanian authorities. Air Tanzania has a mixed fleet of modern aircraft types including …

[ad_1] Canada’s Transat AT, parent of Air Transat, reports a profitable fiscal fourth quarter boosted by a C$37 million ($26 million) compensation agreement with geared turbofan (GTF) engine maker Pratt & Whitney.  The Montreal-based company said on 12 December that it recorded a C$41 million fiscal fourth-quarter profit, compared with an C$89 million profit during the period ending 31 October of last year.  Revenue for the period was up about 3%, year on year, to C$789 million.  Chief executive Annick Guerard attributes the results to …

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[ad_1] The average age of the global commercial airline fleet has reached a “record” of 14.8 years, according to IATA, as supply-chain challenges frustrate the industry’s growth and decarbonisation efforts. Outlining its latest forecasts on 10 December, the industry association said that new aircraft deliveries have fallen sharply from the high of 1,813 units in 2018, with this year’s predicted total of 1,254 marking a 30% shortfall from expectations as the year began. That left the age of the fleet this year …

[ad_1] Cambodia Angkor Air is to supplement its fleet with three ATR 72-600s, as it prepares to undergo a rebranding. The carrier operates Airbus A320-family jets as well as ATRs for regional flights. It had indicated earlier this year that it intended to sell two of its ATR 72-500s – manufactured in 2010 – from September, and lease three ATR 72-600s from May 2025. ATR says the three aircraft will be acquired by Chinese lessor HNCA Aviation Financial Leasing, part of a Henan-based civil …

[ad_1] Alaska Air Group plans to launch its first flights from the US West Coast to Asia in 2025, part of a broader network shift the carrier says will strengthen its hubs and make it a more formidable nationwide player. The network changes, revealed by executives on 10 December during an investor conference, are possible thanks to Alaska Air’s September acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, a deal that brought the company its first widebody jets – Airbus A330s and Boeing 787s. “This is a …

[ad_1] A Spirit Airlines executive argues that major US carriers have sought to put the discounter “out of business” as it faces imminent de-listing from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).  Spirit’s stock will be de-listed from the NYSE on 16 December, confirming the struggling carrier’s earlier prediction that it would be dropped from the world’s largest exchange amid bankruptcy proceedings.  The NYSE notified the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the decision in a 5 December filing, which notes that all existing …