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FEBRUARY 2025

Week 7

Orient Aviation Daily Digest February 14, 2025

By Tomasz Sniedziewski

 

News

ATR reports strong sales growth in 2024 with “significant engagement” from Asian carriers

ATR signed orders for 51 ATR-72s and five ATR-42s in 2024, a 40% increase over 2023. Read More »


 

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Vietnam Airlines to launch Ho Chi Minh City-Beijing Daxing in March

Vietnam Airlines will open five times a week Ho Chi Minh City-Beijing Daxing on March 30 operating the route with A321s. Read More »


 

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Air India pauses take up of Boeing options until backlog clears

Air India CEO, Campbell Wilson, told Reuters news agency earlier this week the flag carrier will not exercise the options it holds for 70 Boeing aircraft until the aerospace manufacturer assures the airline group they will arrive as scheduled. Read More »


 

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Malaysia Aviation Group sells MASwings to Sarawak government

The Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has agreed to sell its MASwing subsidiary to Malaysia’s resource rich largest state. Read More »


 

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South Korea’s new rules for power banks inflight starting next month

From March 1, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of South Korea will require passengers flying with airlines registered in South Korea to keep their power banks in protective pouches or transparent plastic bags or cover the connectors with insulating tape. Read More »


 

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Customers accepted 45 Boeing jets last month; OEM’s best performance since December 2023

Boeing has announced 40 737 MAXs, four 787s and a 777F arrived with their buyers in January. Read More »


 

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Embraer announces five-year US$3.5 billion investment program

Brazil’s aerospace OEM, Embraer, said on February 12 its multi-billion dollar investment strategy to 2030 is in line with its present growth plan. Read More »


 

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