Boeing has sent a team of specialists to Saudi Arabia to assist with investigating an incident in which a Saudi Arabian Airlines 777-200ER suffered damage to its starboard wing during a service to Riyadh last week.
While details of the incident are sketchy, the aircraft was operating the domestic Jeddah-Riyadh route on 10 March.
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Israeli flag-carrier El Al has ordered four Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, for which the airline had recently stated it was in talks.
The 279-seat aircraft will be equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines.
In a statement to the Tel Aviv stock exchange the airline says it values the agreement at $540 million.
Three of the jets […]

Carrier orders ‘NextGen’ variant to partially replace its grounded turboprop fleet in deal that also includes 13 CRJ900s

Albania’s capital Tirana International Airport suffered only superficial damage from the huge explosion that levelled a nearby arms storage facility over the weekend.
The explosion, said to have destroyed hundreds of surrounding buildings and to have resulted in at least nine fatalities, occurred at around 12:10 on 15 March in the Gerdec region, which […]

Italian flag-carrier Alitalia’s board of directors has voted unanimously to accept a binding takeover offer from SkyTeam alliance partner Air France-KLM.
The agreement will centre on an exchange of one Air France-KLM share per 160 shares in Alitalia.
Air France-KLM shares are trading at around €16 ($24.90), which means the agreement values Alitalia shares at […]