#Essential Aviation News For The World#

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Airbus A330-800 Flies for First Time

Maiden mission comes less than a month after Kuwait Airways signed on as new launch customer

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Icelandair has agreed to buy Skúli Mogensen's low-cost rival WOW air in an all share deal.

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Iran May Use Russia’s Sukhoi to Modernise Its Air Fleet

The chairwoman and CEO of Iran’s flagship carrier Iran Air says the company will negotiate with any supplier, including the Russian Sukhoi, that can sell aircraft and plane parts to Iran without an OFAC licence.

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Air Canada Struggles With How to Fill Planes in Winter

After a near-miss with bankruptcy nine years ago, Air Canada is among world's healthier airlines, regularly reporting healthy profit margins while winning Like nearly every Canadian and European airline since the jet age began, Air Canada still has not solved a structural problem: How to sustain profits from October through March, when Canadians (and Northern Europeans) dig in for winter.

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United Studies A321LR for Transatlantic Service

Airline looks at operating long-range airbus narrowbodies configured with 178 seats for Boeing 757 replacement

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More Power for the Mighty 'Bear'

THe Tu-95 "Bear-H" is getting more power through the latest incarnation of the Kuznretsov NK -12 turboprop

Russian Bomber getting more power?

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United Airlines yesterday (24OCT18) opened reservation for its limited-time service on San Francisco – Barcelona route, announced earlier this week. Boeing 777-200ER aircraft is scheduled to operate...

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Mexico's Once-Soaring Interjet Is Now Racking Up Debt

Mexican airline Interjet is falling deeper into debt at just the wrong time. The carrier received a cash injection for 900 million pesos and is expecting Interjet CEO Jose Luis Garza said a 3.2 billion-peso cash injection will reverse the airline's deteriorating financial position.

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China Eastern takes delivery of the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

China Eastern takes delivery of the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

China Eastern Airlines on November 1 took delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (B-206K).

Previously China Eastern Airlines and Boeing finalized an order of 15 787-9 Dreamliners.

China Eastern plans to operate the new 787-9s on transpacific routes between China and North America, which continues to be a major market as the airline looks to bolster its trans-Pacific network.

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Did you know...

KLM is the world's oldest airline, established in 1919

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United Airlines is seeking authority to launch a second flight between Newark and Shanghai in 2020, challenging duelling proposals from both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

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Big Numbers

“The aim is that the airport could see 200,000 or more passengers passing through daily."

Estimation by Istanbul New Airport 

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Delta's Acquiring of the Airbus A220