Italy’s government said on Wednesday it would welcome Air France-KLM buying into a reshaped Alitalia, hoping to woo back the French carrier after helping scupper a previous deal between the two airlines. Italy has managed to find 16 domestic investors to invest in a restructured Alitalia to keep it in the air for now but [...]
Read full post...Singapore Airlines has completed its 1,000th commercial service with the A380, the world’s largest civil aircraft. The flight, operating as SQ 322, arrived at London Heathrow at 06.00 this morning following a non-stop scheduled service from Singapore. Since the first aircraft entered service with Singapore Airlines on 25 October 2007, the carrier’s A380 fleet has [...]
Read full post...United Airlines potrebbe annullare l’ordine di 42 velivoli Airbus. E’ quanto emerge da un documento pubblicato dalla Sec, nel quale United spiega che probabilmente sara’ costretta a rinunciare agli apparecchi. L’ammontare della commessa per 42 velivoli A319 e A320 e’ pari a 91 milioni di dollari. United Airlines ha chiuso il secondo trimestre con una [...]
Read full post...Airbus ha ricevuto un maxi ordine da 12 miliardi di dollari a prezzi di listino da Etihad Airways. La commessa da parte della compagnia aerea di Abu Dhabi, annunciata al Salone di Farnborough, riguarda 55 aerei, di cui 10 A380, 25 A350 et 20 A320. Un altro ordine e’ arrivato da Saudi Arabian Airlines per [...]
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