Airplane Orders
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SAS Places Its Biggest Ever Wide Body Order with Airbus
SAS places its largest ever wide body aircraft order with a list price of $10 Billion. The airline has placed a firm order for 18 Airbus A330neo and will source A330ceo with a plan to include a total of 40 planes. It will be taking into its fleet the largest variant, the A330-900 which will…
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Days After Air China, Cathay Pacific Expands Its A350F Order
Interestingly, only a few days after Air China, Cathay Pacific comes along and also increases its order for A350F aircraft. The A350 will become the dominant force in the Cathay group operations as it already operates the A350-900 and A350-1000. The order will further strengthen Cathay Pacific’s position as a cargo operator as it looks…
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With No Other Option Air China Cargo Increases Airbus A350F Order to 10
Air China expands its order for the Airbus A350F. The airline had originally ordered six aircraft in November of 2025 and is now expanding the order to 10 units, adding four more. The order expansion is the result of Air China Cargo activating four order options which were included in the original agreement.
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Lufthansa Group orders 20 Airbus and Boeing widebodies
Lufthansa increases its order book by 20 units by placing orders with Boeing and Airbus. The German-led group adds orders for ten Boeing 787-9 and 10 more Airbus A350-900.
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AirAsia orders 150 ultra high capacity Airbus A220s
AirAsia places a massive 150 Airbus A220-300 order. These aircraft are coming with a sardine can configuration featuring 160 seats, which translates to very little leg room for passengers, probably around 28 to 29 inches of seat pitch. Having so many seats on this aircraft designed for up to 150 seats means that Airbus will…
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Biman Bangladesh orders 14 Wide and Narrow Body Boeing aircraft
Biman Bangladesh orders 14 Boeing aircraft to modernize its fleet and states very specifically what it’s going to be using the aircraft for. The order includes: – 8 Boeing 787-10s, which is the first time that the airline is ordering this aircraft type – 2 Boeing 787-9 – 4 Boeing 737 MAX 8 The 787-10…
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Copa Airlines hedges for the future with up to 60 more Boeing 737 MAX
Copa Airlines secured aircraft well into the 2030s, ordering a mix of Boeing 737 MAX 8, 9 and 10. The airline will receive up to 60 aircraft as the order includes 40 firm aircraft orders and 20 order options. Deliveries are expected starting 2030 and should be wrapped up by 2034.
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Ethiopian Airlines converts remaining 787 options from its 2023 Dubai Air Show order
Ethiopian Airlines completes the conversion of all its remaining six order options for Boeing 787-9. This completes the conversion of all order options the airline had in hand following the landmark order of 67 Boeing aircraft it had placed at the Dubai Air Show 2023. Back then, the order included 31 firm orders and 36…
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Finnair expands fleet with new Embraer and used Airbus aircraft
Finnair is navigating a decade-long Airbus delivery backlog with a high-stakes “two-speed” fleet strategy. By combining 18 new Embraer E195-E2s for regional up-gauging with used A320ceos for mainline capacity, the carrier is balancing fuel-burn penalties against the urgent need to retire aging airframes. Is this a masterclass in pragmatism or a dangerous gamble on GTF…
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Alaska Orders 105 737-10s and 5 787s to Build a Global Network
Alaska Air Group has placed the biggest aircraft order in its history, committing to 105 Boeing 737-10s and five 787 Dreamliners, with options for 35 more MAX 10s. Deliveries stretch to 2035 as the airline builds Seattle into a long-haul gateway to Europe and Asia while expanding domestic scale.