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• Ian Molyneaux
Announced at MRO Europe, the renewed agreement covers more than 6,500 part numbers across Boeing’s commercial aircraft types. The extension continues Boeing’s Tailored Parts Package arrangement with Lufthansa Technik, with the companies citing improved parts availability, cost predictability and maintenance planning.
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Avianca Costa Rica has received approval to operate fifth-freedom services to Argentina, allowing it to carry passengers between Argentina and an intermediate country on eligible routes. The available report does not specify the routes, start date or planned service frequency.
Singapore Airlines says it will not fly to Dubai through Feb. 28, while Air France has extended its Riyadh suspension to Dec. 12. The continued restrictions leave Dubai with less long-haul airline capacity through the winter season, affecting the connectivity hotels and other travel businesses had expected.
KLM is increasing its A350 service to daily after five weekly rotations, while Philippine Airlines is operating its A350-1000 daily between Manila and San Francisco. PAL says the added premium seats come ahead of the year-end travel peak; KLM’s Montreal and Africa services are still awaited.
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Announced at MRO Europe, the renewed agreement covers more than 6,500 part numbers across Boeing’s commercial aircraft types. The extension continues Boeing’s Tailored Parts Package arrangement with Lufthansa Technik, with the companies citing improved parts availability, cost predictability and maintenance planning.
A 14-hour air connection between Canada and a Gulf oil capital is emerging as a marker of Ottawa’s shifting geopolitical alignments. The route underscores closer links between the regions, though the available reporting provides no details on the carrier, schedule or commercial terms.
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The new airport in Ilulissat, a major tourist destination, gives Greenland a runway capable of handling larger aircraft. Air Greenland has launched direct flights to Copenhagen. The opening completes a wider airport expansion that also brought new facilities to Nuuk and Qaqortoq; Denmark partly financed the Ilulissat project.
KLM says it will not fly to Dubai during the 2026/27 winter season, which runs through March 27. The latest schedule change adds to other airlines’ delayed returns, removing long-haul capacity that Dubai hotels had been counting on this winter.
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