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• Benedikt Kammel
Emirates expects to receive no more than a handful of Boeing 777-9s in late 2027, and possibly only about twice that number in 2028. The limited intake reflects the long-delayed program’s continuing schedule challenges and constrains the airline’s near-term ability to bring the aircraft into service.
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Emirates expects to receive no more than a handful of Boeing 777-9s in late 2027, and possibly only about twice that number in 2028. The limited intake reflects the long-delayed program’s continuing schedule challenges and constrains the airline’s near-term ability to bring the aircraft into service.
The Algiers-based charter operator has added two Cessna 408 SkyCourier twin turboprops, bringing its in-house aircraft fleet to three. The deliveries mark the operator’s first use of the SkyCourier, a new type in its fleet.
FlyOne Asia, based at Tashkent International Airport, plans to increase its fleet from three aircraft to 14 by the end of 2029, according to a presentation at an aviation conference in Tashkent reported by CentralAsia+Aero. The report does not specify aircraft types or how the expansion will be financed.
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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