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Airbus Secures First Paris Air Show 2025 Orders as AviLease Commits to 77 Jets

Airbus kicked off the Paris Air Show with a landmark deal as Saudi Arabia-based lessor AviLease ordered up to 77 aircraft—22 A350F freighters and 55 A320neo jets—alongside inaugural commitments from LOT, cementing Airbus’s early advantage amid Boeing’s subdued opening.

2025-06-16T01:55:31.123005-07:00

Royal Aeronautical Society

Airbus Nets $17 Billion in Day-One Paris Air Show Orders as Boeing Steps Back

2025-06-16T21:35:20.873316-07:00

Bloomberg

Trump to Accept Qatari-Gifted Boeing 747-8 for Use as Air Force One

2025-05-11T06:11:00.506650-07:00

Bloomberg

Joby and Abdul Latif Jameel sign MoU for up to 200 eVTOL distribution in Saudi Arabia

2025-06-03T06:02:55.778085-07:00

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Aramco orders two Leonardo C-27J Spartans for firefighting and multi-mission roles At the 2025 Paris Air Show, Saudi Aramco’s Mukamalah Aviation Company signed for two Leonardo C-27J Spartan aircraft configured for firefighting, oil spill response, medical evacuation and cargo transport. Deliveries begin in 2027 under the first civil operator order in this configuration.

2025-06-18T00:32:23.229648-07:00

Aramco orders two Leonardo C-27J Spartans for firefighting and multi-mission roles

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Airbus Nets $17 Billion in Day-One Paris Air Show Orders as Boeing Steps Back Airbus opened Paris Air Show 2025 with up to $17 billion in orders from Saudi Arabian carriers and a significant deal with Poland, seizing an early lead. Boeing, reeling from last week’s Air India crash, trimmed its presence and sat out the order rush.

2025-06-16T21:35:20.873316-07:00

Airbus Nets $17 Billion in Day-One Paris Air Show Orders as Boeing Steps Back

Air Data News

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Airbus Secures First Paris Air Show 2025 Orders as AviLease Commits to 77 Jets Airbus kicked off the Paris Air Show with a landmark deal as Saudi Arabia-based lessor AviLease ordered up to 77 aircraft—22 A350F freighters and 55 A320neo jets—alongside inaugural commitments from LOT, cementing Airbus’s early advantage amid Boeing’s subdued opening.

2025-06-16T01:55:31.123005-07:00

Airbus Secures First Paris Air Show 2025 Orders as AviLease Commits to 77 Jets

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Riyadh Air to firm order for 25 Airbus A350-1000 widebodies Saudi startup Riyadh Air is set to finalize a firm purchase of 25 Airbus A350-1000 jets at the upcoming air show, industry sources say, underpinning its long-haul fleet build-out ahead of launch and bolstering Airbus’s widebody backlog.

2025-06-11T04:43:20.790729-07:00

Riyadh Air to firm order for 25 Airbus A350-1000 widebodies

Bloomberg

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Joby and Abdul Latif Jameel sign MoU for up to 200 eVTOL distribution in Saudi Arabia Joby Aviation and Saudi conglomerate Abdul Latif Jameel signed an MoU to explore a distribution agreement for up to 200 Joby eVTOLs and services valued at $1 billion in Saudi Arabia. It taps Abdul Latif Jameel’s network and sets the stage for broader Middle East rollout.

2025-06-03T06:02:55.778085-07:00

Joby and Abdul Latif Jameel sign MoU for up to 200 eVTOL distribution in Saudi Arabia

Times Aerospace

Kingdom Holding in Talks to Back Global Airlines’ A380 Fleet Expansion Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding Company is negotiating a substantial equity investment in UK-based startup Global Airlines to finance the acquisition of up to four Airbus A380s. Founded by former banker James Asquith, Global currently operates a single A380 sourced from China Southern and aims to accelerate its planned A380 fleet rollout.

2025-05-29T12:22:29.851609-07:00

Kingdom Holding in Talks to Back Global Airlines’ A380 Fleet Expansion

Reuters

flyadeal to launch Syria flights in July amid easing sanctions Saudi budget carrier flyadeal plans to launch flights to Syria as early as July, CEO Steven Greenway said on Wednesday, joining foreign carriers reinstating service to Damascus and Aleppo. The move aligns with eased sanctions and increasing regional demand for renewed air links.

2025-05-28T07:02:42.781955-07:00

flyadeal to launch Syria flights in July amid easing sanctions

Aviation Week

SpaceX Cargo Dragon Undocks from ISS, Set for May 25 Pacific Splashdown At 12:05 p.m. EDT on May 25, the unpiloted SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft undocked from the zenith port of the ISS’s Harmony module and is en route for a planned splashdown off California’s Pacific coast at approximately 5:45 a.m. GMT. Recovery operations will follow to retrieve critical experiments and hardware.

2025-05-23T12:18:24.770062-07:00

SpaceX Cargo Dragon Undocks from ISS, Set for May 25 Pacific Splashdown

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