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SAA Rebounds, Adding Eight Aircraft, Nine New Destinations South African Airways (SAA) is progressively rebuilding its fleet and network, adding five Airbus A320s, an A330 and temporarily two Boeing 737-800s to be used for network restoration ahead of the busy Christmas season. Two years ago, SAA resumed operations after an 18-month hiatus for restructuring. When it relaunched in September 2021, SAA operated just four routes. Since then, its network has grown to 13 domestic and regional destinations. “By March 2025, this number will increase to 22—three intercontinental, 15 regional, and four domestic,” SAA said in a Sept. 22 update. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eJuk8D4g #AviationTalk #aviationnews #avgeek #aviation #SAA

How Emirates' President Believes Boeing Can Fix Its Production Issues With Boeing under immense scrutiny for its production issues, industry leaders also monitor how the situation is evolving. #Emirates, a huge Boeing customer, is also affected by the plane maker’s delivery delays, and at the IATA Annual General Meeting in Dubai, its President, Sir Tim Clark, shared his opinion on how #Boeing can fix its current issues. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/duwVy9Up #AviationTalk #aviationnews #avgeek #aviation

What To Expect From COMAC In 2024? As of today, following the successful delivery of one ARJ21 aircraft to China Express last week on December 22 and another C919 aircraft to China Eastern Airlines earlier this month on December 9 (which also marked the first anniversary of the first C919 delivery), Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) has delivered a total of 21 ARJ21 aircraft and two C919 aircraft to its customers in 2023. This also brings the cumulative delivery numbers for these two aircraft models to 121 ARJ21 aircraft and three C919 aircraft. Considering the recovery patterns in the civil aviation industry post-pandemic, although the performance is satisfactory, COMAC still faces significant challenges in all three aircraft programs (ARJ21, C919, C929) as the upcoming year, 2024, approaches. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/dehgryqP #AviationTalk #aviationnews #avgeek #aviation #comac

#Turkmenistan steps up measures to ensure air #safety The local fleet includes Boeing (USA) and Airbus (France) aircraft Details — http://dy.uz/x93MI #TurkmenistanAirSafety #AviationSecurity #BoeingAirbusFleet #FlightSafetyMeasures #AirTransportSecurity #TurkmenistanAviation #GlobalAviationStandards #AircraftSafetyProtocols #SafeSkiesInitiative #SafetyFirstInAviation

✈ Being at the forefront of European Aviation, EASA is overlooking the process to authorise third-country (non-EU) operators to perform commercial air transport operations to EU territories. Read the overview of EASA Third-Country Operator Changes, introduced by the European Commission 👉 https://lnkd.in/dGqBWASQ #regulation #aviation #EASA

China Airlines eyes either Airbus A350 or Boeing 777X to replace 777-300ERs Taiwan-based China Airlines is eyeing its next aircraft order, with the airline looking to replace its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. In an interview with Bloomberg, the president of China Airlines, Kao Shing-Hwang said the airline is looking at either the Airbus A350-1000 or the Boeing 777X to replace its current Boeing 777-300ERs. According to ch-aviation.com data, China Airlines currently has 10 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, with an average age of 8.3 years. While the fleet is yet to enter the second half of its useful life, with limited delivery slots for the A350-1000 and 777X in the near-term future, the airline presumably wants to jump ahead of the foreseeable retirement of the 10 aircraft. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/dE8PbTBw #AviationTalk #aviationnews #chinaairlines #aviation #avgeek #airbus #boeing

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South Korean low-cost carrier T'way Air is accelerating its expansion into Europe with the launch of new routes to Rome and Barcelona. As of 7 June, the airline announced that it had secured the necessary approvals to start flights to Frankfurt in October and is in the final stages of preparations to introduce services to Paris, following an agreement between Korean and French aviation authorities. Starting on 8 August, T'way Air will begin thrice-weekly flights to Rome, followed by the inauguration of its Barcelona service on 11 September. These routes will be serviced by the airline’s Airbus A330-200, which seats 246 passengers. According to Cirium fleet data, T’way currently operates one A330-200 aircraft (HL8211), a former Korean Air asset. https://lnkd.in/dkVJJJzi #TTW #Barcelona #SouthKorea #A330-200 #Paris #Koreanaviationnews #aviationnews #airlinenews #airlineindustry

"The Federal Minister of #Aviation and #Aerospace Development, #FestusKeyamo, announced that the #FederalGovernment is engaging with leading #aircraftleasing companies in France to facilitate the #leasing of Airbus #aircraft to #Nigeria’s private #airline #operators." | Nairametrics Interesting development; hopefully, reputable private sector #Nigerian airline professionals are part of these negotiations, which should be balanced and appropriately structured with mutual benefit to all corporate interests in view. https://lnkd.in/davb9BvX

The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) has ceased publishing data on the number of aircraft in the fleets of Russian airlines.   This information was previously publicly available in the airline register on the agency’s website, indicating the type and number of aircraft included in each carrier’s operator certificate. However, as first noted by the aviation portal ATO.ru, the latest version of the register, dated April 18, 2024, only lists the types of aircraft included in each airline’s air operator certificate without specifying the numbers.  Read more at: https://lnkd.in/dDzC_vAp #AviationTalk #aviationnews #avgeek #aviation