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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
South Korea’s Trinity Airways plans to introduce the Airbus A330neo in the first quarter of 2027, according to a schedule reported by Commercial Aviation News. The report provides a timing milestone for the airline’s planned use of the widebody aircraft, but gives no further operational or fleet details.
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South Korea’s Trinity Airways plans to introduce the Airbus A330neo in the first quarter of 2027, according to a schedule reported by Commercial Aviation News. The report provides a timing milestone for the airline’s planned use of the widebody aircraft, but gives no further operational or fleet details.
Royal Air Maroc is targeting a fleet of 80 aircraft by early in the fourth quarter of 2027. The available report does not specify the carrier’s current fleet size or how it plans to reach that target.
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Embraer’s India ambitions span a possible E175 deal with an Indian airline and a proposed role for India in manufacturing and exporting C-390 Millennium transports across Asia. The C-390 strategy is tied to a potential Indian Air Force requirement for 60 aircraft and a cited regional market of 500 jets; the commercial push faces a test of airline economics.
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The A350-1000ULR flew 12,503 nautical miles nonstop on a 24-hour test flight from Melbourne to Toulouse, setting a Guinness World Record for distance by a commercial airliner. Qantas plans to use the type for Project Sunrise; from its October 2027 launch, flights QF1 and QF2 are set to become nonstop Sydney–London services, replacing the current Singapore stop.
Dragonfly Africa has received Kenya’s first CRJ900, marking the aircraft’s arrival in the country. The available report does not specify the aircraft’s configuration, intended operation or service plans, but the delivery adds a new CRJ900 milestone to Kenya’s aviation market.
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An Airbus A350-1000 ULR test aircraft flew 12,503 nautical miles nonstop in 24 hours and 24 minutes, surpassing the previous commercial-aircraft distance record set by a Boeing 777-200LR in 2005. Separately, Philippine Airlines finalized contracts for nine additional A350-1000s, including Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines and TotalCare support.
The delivery brings Air France’s A220-300 fleet to 60, fulfilling the order it placed in 2019 and giving the French carrier one of the world’s largest fleets of the type. The airline has introduced the aircraft over five years while continuing to operate the A318.
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China Eastern Airlines has selected 202 LEAP-1A engines from CFM International to power 101 aircraft in its latest Airbus A320neo-family order. The selection makes CFM the engine supplier for the narrowbody fleet addition, pairing the aircraft order with a defined powerplant choice.
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