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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

CDB Aviation, a wholly-owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., announced a new sale-and-leaseback transaction for a fleet of four Airbus aircraft with its existing customer, Scandinavia’s flagship airline, SAS. The agreement incorporates three A320neo and one A350-900 aircraft. The carrier already took delivery of the A350, with the A320neo aircraft expected

Boeing has officially resumed deliveries on its 787 Dreamliner widebodies following a slew of quality control inspections, making it the first time Boeing has completed a 787 delivery since October. After more than four months of halted deliveries, the planemaker officially delivered one Dreamliner to US airline United Airlines on Friday. A Boeing spokesperson later