Today In Aviation
Last Updated: Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, 10:51 AM PST
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Aviation Week
• David Casey
Qatar Airways To Resume Syria Flights
By Aviation Week: Qatar Airways will become the first major international airline to resume regular service to Syria following the ousting of longtime President Bashar al-Assad.
Air Data News
Qatar Airways to fly to Syria after 12 years
Also:
Daily Sabah and
qatarairways.com
AINonline
• Jessica Reed
Western Aircraft Achieves $2 Billion in Total Aircraft Sales
By AINonline: Business, Air Transport, Defense & General Aviation News.
Bloomberg
• Siddharth Vikram Philip
Airbus Delivered About 760 Jets in 2024, 10 Short of Annual Goal
By Bloomberg: Airbus SE fell just short of meeting its annual delivery target for 2024 by handing over about 760 aircraft to customers following a last-month spurt that helped the company overcome a slow start to the year.
Also:
Reuters
AeroTime
• AeroTime Team
Revealed: The most on-time airlines in 2024
By AeroTime: Which airlines were most on-time across 2024? Cirium reveals all.
Airways Magazine
Cirium On-Time Performance Results for 2024
Also:
Aviation A2Z,
Airline Economics,
The Points Guy,
Aviation24,
The Independent,
Fortune,
ABC News,
abc7.com,
Business Wire,
CNBC and
The Independent
GlobalAir.com
• Haley Davoren
GKN Aerospace opens new facility in San Diego
By GlobalAir.com: With the new repairs facility, GKN Aerospace will strengthen its global network and its commitment to sustainable, advanced MRO solutions.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Air Baltic cuts back summer schedule citing A220 engine maintenance delays
By FlightGlobal: Air Baltic is cutting 19 routes from its planned summer schedule, and reducing frequencies on others, attributing the decision to delays in engine maintenance for its Airbus A220-300 fleet.
Also:
Reuters,
AeroTime,
Aviation Business News,
Airline Geeks,
Simple Flying,
LARA,
Aviation24,
Airline Economics,
Aviation A2Z
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4 more
Breaking Defense
• Tim Martin
Ireland and Airbus agree to $95 million H145M helicopter deal
By Breaking Defense: The latest aviation acquisition by the small, militarily neutral nation, comes on the heels of it signing a €53 million order with France's Dassault for a Falcon 6X multipurpose strategic reach aircraft.
FlightGlobal
Ireland orders four Airbus Helicopters H145Ms
airforce-technology.com
