Bloomberg
• Leen Al-Rashdan, Sara Sjolin
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has ordered up to 40 widebody aircraft from Airbus, with the package led by the A330-900neo and a mix that also includes the A330-300. The carrier says the deal—valued at more than $10 billion—is its largest investment and is aimed at expanding its long-haul network.
ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
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ch-aviation
• Vanja Popovic
By ch-aviation: Nagpur has the potential to emerge as India’s MRO hub, civil aviation minister, Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, said on June 25, adding the city may become an “aerotropolis of India”.
FlightGlobal
• Graham Dunn
By FlightGlobal: Launch of new flights takes Saudi carrier's initial network to eight destinations. Saudi Arabian start-up Riyadh Air is to add flights to Malaga in Spain and the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur next month as it continues to fill out its network.
Bloomberg
• A Small Aircraft, in Beijing
By Bloomberg: A Hainan Airlines jet narrowly avoided a collision with a rogue light aircraft that later crashed into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper, according to public flight-tracking data.
Bloomberg
• Sonja Wind
By Bloomberg: Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s cargo unit sees its Gulf rivals returning for a challenge just as new European Union parcel rules threaten a key e-commerce pipeline.
Bloomberg
• Katherine Pennacchio, Mie Dahl, Nicolle Yapur
By Bloomberg: Just as Venezuela was leaving behind years of international pariah status, catastrophic earthquakes have devastated its main international airport — and many of the skilled hands who worked there.
By aviator.aero: BOC Aviation Limited (“BOC Aviation” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has agreed to purchase and leaseback three Airbus A350-1000 aircraft to existing customer Qatar Airways (“Qatar”) on long-term operating leases.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Reuters
• Julie Zhu, Shruti Agarwal
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
