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Boeing 787 Boeing is looking at another record year of deliveries - if suppliers can keep up. The planemaker expects to deliver between 810 and 815 commercial airplanes in 2018. That means it will have to complete one roughly every 11 hours. The world's airlines have an insatiable appetite for new airplanes thanks

  Almost three decades after it was first proposed, African countries have finally taken a major step towards opening the continent’s skies. Yesterday (Jan. 28), 23 African countries launched the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) initiative by the African Union (AU). The initiative is largely based on the agreements of the Yamoussoukro

Five days after Med-View Airline put on hold its service to London, the Nigerian flag carrier has suspended its Dubai operations till March. The airline’s Managing Director, Mr. Muneer Bankole, who disclosed this on Monday, said the suspension was to pave the way for aircraft maintenance and refurbishment. However, a source disclosed that

Lockheed Martin Corp reported quarterly revenue on Monday that beat Wall Street estimates, helped by higher F-35 fighter jet sales, and forecast better-than-expected 2018 profit. Lockheed said quarterly sales in its aeronautics business, its biggest, rose 11.8 percent to $6.05 billion. The profit margin for division grew by 20 percent in the

“The Federal Government of Nigeria should not go ahead with the full implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (also known as the open skies agreement). For while the idea may be noble on paper, there is a need for the government not to lose sight of the facts

Qatar Airways staff hold the national flag next to an Airbus A350-1000 in Doha, Qatar, January 27, 2018. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon Delivery of Europe’s largest twin-engined passenger jet to launch customer Qatar Airways had been delayed from late last year to some time next month due to issues with installing business class