China agrees to buy 300 Airbus aircraft

Jens Flottau and Chuanren Chen

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China Aviation Supplies Holding Co. (CAS) has signed a general terms agreement (GTA) with Airbus for 290 A320 family aircraft and 10 A350s, in one of the Toulouse-based manufacturer’s biggest narrowbodies deals.

CAAC suspends issuing airworthiness certificates for Boeing 737 MAX 8

Bradley Perrett

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The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has stopped issuing airworthiness certificates for Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

AirAsia X, Airbus finalizing details on potential A321neoLR order

Adrian Schofield

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AirAsia X is working with Airbus on details of a potential order for longer-range versions of the A321neo, with discussions covering issues such as configuration, quantity, timing and variant.

WOW Air bondholders agree to convert debt to equity

Alan Dron

Icelandic ultra-LCC WOW Air has won approval from its bondholders to convert debt to equity following the recent collapse of talks with two potential investors.

Boeing: 777X sales reflect shifting trends in widebody orders

Sean Broderick

Boeing is confident that sales of its Boeing 777X family, which it views as solid, will move at a steady pace, underscoring airlines’ shifting widebody ordering patterns.

Nav Canada launches space-based aircraft tracking in Edmonton FIR

Bill Carey

Nav Canada began space-based tracking of aircraft flying in the eastern part of its Edmonton flight information region (FIR) March 25, marking the first operational use of the Aireon surveillance system carried by new Iridium Next satellites.

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Flight academies look to expand and target new recruits

Robert W. Moorman

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Aircraft manufacturers are directly supporting the multiple efforts to recruit and train those pilots.

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