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Ethiopian Airlines has officially taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-800SF passenger-to-freighter (P2F) converted aircraft. Lessor GA Telesis’ Leasing, Investment Financing & Trading (LIFT) Group made the delivery announcement. The aircraft was delivered by Aeronautical Engineering Inc (AEI), from its authorised P2F conversion centre in Miami. A second 737-800 contracted with AEI is currently undergoing

Alaska Airlines announced on Tuesday it has agreed to buy an additional 23 Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets with additional options to purchase a further 15 aircraft. Deliveries for Alaska’s new orders are scheduled to take place between 2023 and 2024, and throughout the following two years should the airline’s options be executed. It follows

A triple-digit sale of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to US-based Southwest Airlines has now been confirmed, making it the largest MAX deal Boeing has secured since the global grounding order was lifted on the jet in November 2020. The deal also includes options for an additional 155 MAX aircraft. With the addition of these new

Norse Atlantic Airways, Norway’s latest trans-Atlantic low-cost airline, has officially come to an agreement with Dublin-based leasing giant AerCap for the lease of nine Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The start-up airline previously touted that it would lease ex-Norwegian Air 787s to fly between Europe and the US, as the embattled Norwegian canned its long-haul routes as

British engine-maker Rolls-Royce has announced it has begun building its latest fuel-efficient engine, UltraFan, which the company calls the “world’s largest aircraft engine”. The development will see Rolls tap into the narrow-body aircraft market for the first time, with the company stating its latest family of UltraFan engines will power both narrow and wide-bodied jets,

In traditional Ryanair fashion, the budget carrier is ambitiously striving to hit 80 per cent or more of its pre-COVID capacity as soon as July, in a bid to see Europeans embrace the summer travel season. In this episode of the World of Aviation Podcast, host Adam Thorn and reporter Hannah Dowling discuss the European