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PARIS, France – Qatar Airways is pleased to announce that it has again been named as Airline of the Year by the prestigious 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards, held today at the Paris Air Show, the fourth time that Qatar Airways has been given this global recognition as the world’s …

Agreement includes 15 orders for new 737 MAX 10 Boeing [NYSE: BA] and China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) [SEHK stock code: 01848 HK] today announced an order for 50 737 MAX airplanes at the 2017 Paris Air Show. The agreement includes an order for 15 of the new 737 MAX …

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Tokyo-based Japan Investment Adviser Co., Ltd., (JIA) [TSE: 7172] today announced at the Paris Air Show a commitment to purchase 10 Boeing 737 MAX 8s. The commitment, valued at $1.12 billion at current list prices, will become JIA’s first direct purchase of new airplanes. The order …

Additional order for additional 10 737 MAX 8s extends largest 737 MAX order by an African carrier Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Ethiopian Airlines today announced a commitment to purchase two 777 Freighters at the 2017 Paris Air Show, valued at $651.4 million at list prices. The order will be reflected …

  As many as 37,000 passengers are expected to depart through Terminal 3 this Friday. Dubai-based airline Emirates expects higher than usual passenger traffic on its flights this upcoming weekend, starting from Wednesday, June 21, as travellers journey out for their summer holidays and Eid Al Fitr breaks, Khaleej times …

Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, is pleased to announce that it has won the 2016 Airline Reliability Performance Award, for the 6th year in a row,from Bombardier Aerospace. The Airline Reliability Performance Award recognizes operators of Bombardier CRJ Series regional jets and Q Series turboprops who have achieved the …

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said the federal government will urgently address challenges facing the aviation industry in Nigeria which have hitherto hampered the growth and development of the sector. Some of these challenges include inadequate supply and high prices of aviation fuel, difficulty in accessing forex, non-establishment …

At least 20 people have been injured, four of them seriously, after an international China Eastern Airlines flight from Paris hit turbulence over southwest China, according to state news media. The incident happened on Sunday when Flight MU744 from Charles de Gaulle Airport was descending to land at Kunming Changshui …

Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has given its expansion project a push with the arrival in Lagos of one of its newly acquired aircraft. The Chairman of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, said in a statement that the aircraft, a Boeing 737-300, touched down at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos at …

Qatar Airways’ operations to and from its Doha hub are running smoothly, with the vast majority of flights operating as scheduled. In the past week, the award-winning global airline has flown approximately 1,200 flights between Doha and its network of more than 150 destinations around the globe, with 90 per …