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China's challenger to Airbus and Boeing's passenger jets, the narrowbody C919, has made its international debut. Read more: sc.mp/z4ycj
Quick Glance: Boeing Promotes 737 Max as Safest Aircraft
  • Boeing touts the 737 Max as 'the safest airplane,' noting similarities with China's C919.

  • Boeing emphasized the 737 Max 9 as 'by far the most scrutinized airplane in the world.'

  • Despite safety concerns, Boeing reaffirmed the 737 Max as the safest aircraft.

  • Boeing showcased defense capabilities at the Singapore Airshow instead of commercial planes.
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China's Huawei Offers a Blueprint for Comac's Aircraft Sales: China’s Comac is trying to break up the Airbus-Boeing duopoly. There’s already a playbook ...
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China's Huawei Offers a Blueprint for Comac's Aircraft Sales
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Air China resumes flights between Munich and Shanghai: Air China has resumed flights between Munich Airport and Shanghai after a nearly four-year hiatus due to ...
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Air China resumes flights between Munich and Shanghai
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Shock at China Eastern Airlines: engine failure forces Airbus to make an emergency landing
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Shock at China Eastern Airlines: engine failure forces Airbus to make an ...
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How to hack your way to Frankfurt with points: Travelling to Frankfurt? This guide covers ways to fly there and where to stay to maximise your points ...
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How to hack your way to Frankfurt with points
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China Is Now in the Aircraft Business. Boeing, Watch Out.: The C919, China’s midrange answer to Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’ A-320, faces a long haul before it makes ...
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China Is Now in the Aircraft Business. Boeing, Watch Out.
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Corona in Zurich: Mask millionaires tell their story: The daughter of a CSU minister used her political contacts to collect millions in commission ...
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Corona in Zurich: Mask millionaires tell their story
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China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus, the C919, takes first commercial flight: China’s first large homegrown passenger jet made its inaugural commercial flight on ...
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China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus, the C919, takes first commercial ...
Quick Glance: China Eastern schedules first COMAC C919 flight
  • The airline plans to operate the first flight of B-919A on May 28, 2023.

  • According to Global Times, the airline will operate flights with the COMAC C919 soon.

  • China Eastern Airlines had previously scheduled flights with the C919 in February 2023, but they were replaced with the Airbus A320.

  • Before carrying passengers on commercial services, the C919 must undergo a 100-flight-hour test program.
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China’s C919 Takes Maiden Commercial Flight—and First Bite From Boeing: Despite backing from top leaders and a ready-made market for its planes ...
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China’s C919 Takes Maiden Commercial Flight—and First Bite From Boeing
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China Jet to Rival Airbus, Boeing Makes First Commercial Flight: A made-in-China aircraft to rival Boeing Co. and Airbus SE underwent its maiden commercial ...
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China Jet to Rival Airbus, Boeing Makes First Commercial Flight
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Airbus outperforms Boeing deliveries due to 737 MAX delays - AeroTime: Airbus delivered more jets than Boeing during April 2023, outperforming its US rival which ...
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Airbus outperforms Boeing deliveries due to 737 MAX delays - AeroTime
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China’s first homegrown passenger plane makes maiden commercial flight: In development for 15 years, China’s rival to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 has finally ...
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China’s first homegrown passenger plane makes maiden commercial flight
Quick Glance: China's Economy Disappoints Investors Despite Acceleration in Q1
  • Financial markets have raised concerns about China's economy, but Wall Street is missing the big picture.

  • Growth in the world's second largest economy accelerated to 4.5% in Q1 from 2.9% in Q4.

  • However, recent data suggests slowing growth in retail sales, home sales, industrial production, and fixed-asset investment.

  • This has disappointed investors hoping for a bigger post-COVID rebound and led Wall Street to lower its growth estimates for the full year.
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With the C919, China wants to hold its own against Airbus and Boeing: Allegedly, 1000 orders have already been placed
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With the C919, China wants to hold its own against Airbus and Boeing: ...
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C919: China announces maiden flight of first domestically produced aircraft: Many years late, the C919 is put into operation for the first time ...
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C919: China announces maiden flight of first domestically produced ...
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Airbus delivers, sells more aircraft than Boeing in Feb 2023 - AeroTime: Airbus managed to regain its momentum against its main rival Boeing ...
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Airbus delivers, sells more aircraft than Boeing in Feb 2023 - AeroTime
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China Eastern changes first C919 flight schedule - AeroTime: While COMAC delivered the first C919 to China Eastern, the airline has yet to operate the first ...
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China Eastern changes first C919 flight schedule - AeroTime
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9,000 corona deaths every day?: China is experiencing a “disaster in almost every city”
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9,000 corona deaths every day?: China is experiencing a “disaster in ...
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Commentary: How can China’s COMAC jet challenge Airbus and Boeing’s domination?: China’s homegrown COMAC C919 aircraft will undoubtedly find a large home market ...
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Risk Analysis: Arabian Airlines Are Safest: The Arab airlines Ethiad and Emirates were the safest in 2022. The death toll also fell compared to 2021.
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Risk Analysis: Arabian Airlines Are Safest
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The new aircraft, routes and airplane cabins taking off in 2023 : After a chaotic year for aviation, airlines and passengers look forward to smoother skies in ...
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The new aircraft, routes and airplane cabins taking off in 2023
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China’s aviation ambitions enter new era with first delivery of C919 jet: China Eastern Airlines is the first customer to receive the C919, a home-grown ...
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China’s aviation ambitions enter new era with first delivery of C919 jet
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Corona: Lauterbach announces the end of the mask requirement in long-distance transport
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Corona: Lauterbach announces the end of the mask requirement in ...
Quick Glance: Corona: Mask need in long-distance trains reduces - when it is so far away
  • Lauterbach has announced the abolition of required masks on long-distance trains.

  • In public long-distance traffic, the mask obligation falls prematurely.

  • The calls for an early end to the mask obligation grew louder and louder, and the FDP insisted on it within the Federal Government.

  • The mask requirement in public transportation has already been repealed in Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt, and Schleswig-Holstein.
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Ryanair is already interested: The new China plane C919 could be so dangerous for Airbus and Boeing
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Ryanair is already interested: The new China plane C919 could be so ...
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Corona: Lauterbach considers an earlier end to the mask requirement in long-distance transport possible
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Risk analysis: It is safest to fly with Arabian airlines: The Arab airlines Ethiad and Emirates were the safest in 2022. The death toll also fell compared to ...
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Risk analysis: It is safest to fly with Arabian airlines
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Risk analysis: Arab airlines safest on the road: As it reboots from the Corona lull, international air travel has remained largely safe ...
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Risk analysis: Arab airlines safest on the road
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Safe travel: Arab airlines are safest on the road: International air travel remained largely safe in 2022, according to a risk analysis. According to the report ...
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Safe travel: Arab airlines are safest on the road
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C919 narrowbody jet to make its first public appearance at China air show: The C919 narrowbody jet will join the opening flight display in China's biggest air ...
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C919 narrowbody jet to make its first public appearance at China air show
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Watch: China Eastern Airlines Corp. has become the first recipient of the Chinese-made C919 passenger jet, a milestone in the country’s aviation ambitions ... Show more   https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/12/09/China-delivers-first-homegrown-plane-to-take-on-Boeing-Airbus

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Aviation: Chinese short-haul jet enters series production: The C919 will be the first medium-haul aircraft built in China. The manufacturer has now received the ...
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Aviation: Chinese short-haul jet enters series production
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Airlines push for single-pilot flights: In order to save costs, from 2027 only one pilot should sit on the plane. The proposal raises security concerns.
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Airlines push for single-pilot flights
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China certifies C919 jet to compete with Airbus and Boeing -photos: China held a ceremony on Thursday to certify its C919 narrowbody passenger jet ...
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China certifies C919 jet to compete with Airbus and Boeing -photos
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China's Airbus competitor takes off - but only thanks to western technology: China's flagship aircraft, the Comac C919, is scheduled to start operations soon ...
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China's Airbus competitor takes off - but only thanks to western ...
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Boeing’s China orders ‘likely to be affected’ with home-grown C919 passenger jet set for certification
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Boeing’s China orders ‘likely to be affected’ with home-grown C919 ...
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New China plane to take off this year but who wants to fly with it?: The Comac C919, the first large civil aircraft developed in China, is scheduled for delivery ...
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New China plane to take off this year but who wants to fly with it?
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Four Chinese airlines order 292 Airbus A320 family aircraft: Airbus confirms the signature of orders with Air China, China Eastern, China Southern ...
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Four Chinese airlines order 292 Airbus A320 family aircraft
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China’s rival to Boeing, Airbus narrowbody completes test flight: A Chinese rival to Boeing Co.’s 737 Max and Airbus SE’s A320neo narrowbody aircraft completed ...
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China’s rival to Boeing, Airbus narrowbody completes test flight
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Pilot suicide: The risk is right at the front: With the China-Eastern Boeing crash, it appears that once again the crash of an airplane turns out to be the ...
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Pilot suicide: The risk is right at the front
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China Eastern Black Box Data Indicates Intentional Nosedive: Flight data indicates someone in the cockpit pushed a China Eastern jet into a near-vertical descent ...
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China Eastern Black Box Data Indicates Intentional Nosedive
Quick Glance: Media report: Plane crash in China kills 132 people, possibly deliberately.
  • PEKING, China — According to a US press report, the March crash of a China Eastern Airlines passenger plane that killed 132 people was possibly premeditated.

  • Flight data suggested that someone in the cockpit intentionally crashed the Boeing 737-800, according to the "Wall Street Journal" on Tuesday.

  • According to the "Wall Street Journal," Chinese authorities have not yet indicated any potential technical issues, allowing investigators to focus on the actions of the pilots.

  • In accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organization, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States assists China in conducting federating investigations and analyzes data from flight recorders. (dpa
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On AvTalk this week, updates on the investigation into the crash of China Eastern 5735, lessors begin filing insurance claims for planes kept by Russian ... Show more   https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-episode-157-they-missed-the-deadline/

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Forbes India - Boeing To Face New Upheaval After Tragic Chinese Airliner Crash: It could be weeks or even months before investigators identify what caused the ...
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Forbes India - Boeing To Face New Upheaval After Tragic Chinese Airliner ...
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No Survivors Found in China Eastern Plan Crash, Officials Say: Workers recovered identity cards, cellphones and purses from the crash site ...
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No Survivors Found in China Eastern Plan Crash, Officials Say
Quick Glance: A Chinese airliner carrying 132 people crashes in the country's south.
  • Officials claimed a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 carrying 132 people crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday, sparking a forest inferno visible from space in the country's biggest air accident in over a decade.

  • Both the CAAC and China Eastern stated that personnel had been dispatched to the crash site in accordance with emergency procedures.

  • China Eastern Airlines operates 109 Boeing 737-800s as one of its key workhorses in its fleet of nearly 600 planes.

  • Following the crash, China Eastern Online switched to a black-and-white homepage.
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China Eastern plane crash: Recovery workers find second black box, state media says
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China Eastern plane crash: Recovery workers find second black box ...
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Explained | Why did the China Eastern Airlines plane nosedive before crash?: How does Upset Prevention Recovery and Training help in overcoming environmental ...
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Explained | Why did the China Eastern Airlines plane nosedive before ...
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Boeing: It's coming soon, maybe...: US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has problems.
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Boeing: It's coming soon, maybe...
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Second ‘Black Box’ Found In China Eastern Plane Crash: Sunday's discovery may shed light on why the Boeing 737-800, carrying 132 people, nosedived into a remote ...
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Second ‘Black Box’ Found In China Eastern Plane Crash
Quick Glance: What We Know About China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735's Demise
  • According to China, no one survived the crash of Flight 5735: What We Know

  • According to authorities, the crash of the China Eastern airliner on Monday killed all 132 people on board.

  • China Eastern's safety record has substantially improved.

  • Boeing, the plane's maker, said Monday that it was in contact with the US National Transportation Safety Board about the incident and that the company's technical specialists were ready to assist the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration in its investigation.
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120 dead identified: Chinese authorities have confirmed the deaths of all 132 occupants after the mysterious plane crash. The data flight recorder has not yet ...
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120 dead identified
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China Plane Had "Completely Fallen Apart", Say Witnesses: 10 Points: A China Eastern passenger jet has crashed in southwest China and caused a mountain ...
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China Plane Had "Completely Fallen Apart", Say Witnesses: 10 ...
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China Eastern Airlines crash heaps pressure on aviation sector already struggling under weight of pandemic
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China Eastern Airlines crash heaps pressure on aviation sector already ...
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‘When you ride alone, you ride with Putin!’: Governments encouraging ordinary citizens to adopt behavioural change, such as driving less, in extraordinary
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‘When you ride alone, you ride with Putin!’
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20 children injured in rear-end collision with bus: Around 20 children were injured in an accident with a bus in Halle. They were taken to different hospitals ...
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20 children injured in rear-end collision with bus
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China Suspends More International Flights to Shanghai: China Suspends More International Flights to Shanghai - American Airlines, Delta, Lufthansa and China ...
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China Suspends More International Flights to Shanghai
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Boeing competition from China ready for take-off earlier than expected: Comac plans to deliver its first aircraft this year
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Boeing competition from China ready for take-off earlier than expected: ...
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Airbus delivers first A350 from Tianjin facility in China: Airbus delivered the first A350 from its widebody completion & delivery center in Tianjin, China ...
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Airbus delivers first A350 from Tianjin facility in China
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Behind Airbus-Boeing truce lies a common rival: China: While the United States and Europe waged a 17-year trade battle over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus ...
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Behind Airbus-Boeing truce lies a common rival: China
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Airlines Cautiously Moving Forward Amid Vaccine Rollout: As vaccination programs increase around the world, the ability for countries to start allowing ...
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Airlines Cautiously Moving Forward Amid Vaccine Rollout
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Boeing 737 MAX: China’s flight ban won’t be lifted until safety concerns ‘properly addressed’
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Boeing 737 MAX: China’s flight ban won’t be lifted until safety concerns ...
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Air France-KLM: France becomes the largest single shareholder: Paris supports the ailing airline with up to four billion euros. Rival Lufthansa ...
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Air France-KLM: France becomes the largest single shareholder
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China Eastern signs firm order with COMAC for five C919 jets: BEIJING (Reuters) -- China Eastern Airlines, the launch customer for China's home-built C919 ...
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China Eastern signs firm order with COMAC for five C919 jets
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China Eastern Places 1st Formal Order for Homegrown C919 Jetliner: China Eastern Places 1st Formal Order for Homegrown C919 Jetliner - COMAC’s competitor to A320 ...
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China Eastern Places 1st Formal Order for Homegrown C919 Jetliner
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Airline shares in Asia-Pacific soar as investors react to positive coronavirus vaccine development
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Airline shares in Asia-Pacific soar as investors react to positive ...