A Dutch startup is challenging the belief that battery-powered aircraft must be small and short-range, proposing to develop a 90-seat, 500-mi.-range all-electric airliner.
“We’re not going to point fingers,” the Boeing CEO said. “Because, yes, it escaped their factory; but then it escaped ours too. So, we’re all in this together.”
Even as Lufthansa Group places an order for Airbus A220 crossover jets, the group’s Italian regional subsidiary, Air Dolomiti, is in the throes of expanding its fleet of rival Embraer E190s.
Malaysia Airlines is the flag carrier of Malaysia and serves over 100 destinations across six continents from its main base at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The airline maintains a strong presence within East and Southeast Asia, and on the Kangaroo Route between Australia and the UK.
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The proposed merger of the AirAsia short-haul brands with widebody carrier AirAsia X would bring the AirAsia Group more into line with other major Asia-Pacific LCCs that operate both widebodies and narrowbodies in a single airline.
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