Air China will buy 100 Comac C919 jets in a deal valued at $10.8 billion. The planes will be delivered between 2024 and 2031 bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

SCOOP 🍨 w/giles turner Jamie Nimmo Billionaire Lawrence Stroll is in early talks to sell another minority stake in his Aston Martin Formula One team to capitalize on the growing popularity of the sport bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Pursuits

Airbus will further increase production of A350 jets as it benefits from the crisis engulfing arch-rival Boeing bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Indian budget carrier IndiGo moves into longhaul travel with Airbus A350 deal bloomberg.com/news/articles/… by Ragini Saxena and Sid Philip

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary says he would “happily” offer Rwanda deportation flights from the UK if he had the available aircraft bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bbgequality

This is what the airspace looked like less than 24 hours ago and what it looks like now. Airspace over Iraq and Iran is a major link between Asia and Europe. Lots of added flight times expected. We wrote this back in October but seems suddenly relevant.

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Shares of Boeing fell after the New York Times reported that the FAA was investigating a whistleblower complaint about safety issues with its 787 Dreamliner aircraft trib.al/p5765nP

*JFK FLIGHTS HAVE RESUMED BASED ON FLIGHTRADAR24 DATA

SCOOP: Boeing’s new chairman has scrapped formal meetings planned with CEOs of its largest US customers . bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

EXCLUSIVE: Wizz Air boss sees Pratt engine groundings taking another 6-12 months to reach their peak.

~20% of Wizz fleet grounded due to engine woes with workshops taking 300 days to repair turbines, Varadi said today.

Story with Sid Philip
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Boeing’s biggest customers finally have what they’ve been after: a leadership shakeup bloomberg.com/news/articles/… by Julie Johnsson & Sid Philip via Bloomberg $BA

Boeing’s customers finally have what they’ve been after: a leadership shakeup. Here's what the next CEO will need to do to put the planemaker back on track Julie Johnsson Sid Philip FREE LINK > bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Boeing said CEO Dave Calhoun will step down at the end of 2024. Stan Deal, who leads Boeing’s commercial airplanes division, will also retire. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

SCOOP 🍨 w/Kiel Porter Julie Johnsson Boeing is exploring the sale of at least two of its defense businesses, a move that would bolster the aircraft manufacturer’s balance sheet bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire waded into treacherous diplomatic territory by declaring he’d hesitate to fly on a Boeing aircraft because he values his life bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg William Horobin Sid Philip

Delighted to see our fake airline parts scoop was part of Bloomberg's winning entry in these awards.

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SCOOP > United Airlines is close to securing at least 36 Airbus A321neo jets, allowing it to replace Boeing 737 Max 10 orders that are at least five years behind schedule
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A Boeing lobbyist sent an email to Republican members of Congress late Wednesday bluntly trying to discredit NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy's Senate testimony

After The Seattle Times asked about the email, Boeing & the lobbyist scrambled to undo the damage
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Airbus is soaring at Boeing’s expense - we did a deep dive into the opportunity unfolding for the European planemaker, with Sid Philip, Julie Johnsson and others from our awesome aviation crew bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Businessweek

Comac and its C919 single-aisle jet emerged as unlikely stars of the 2024 Singapore Airshow bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg