Graham Dunn

Executive editor at FlightGlobal working across and Airline Business. One half of the Airline Business podcast

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It means 191 aircraft order announcements - 124 of them firm, 20 of which were previously logged to undisclosed customers - after three days of the show. That compares to 374 aircraft commitments at the same stage of the 2022 show.

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@FlightGlobal Quiet day for #FIA24 aircraft orders with only an Air Tahiti deal for four ATR 72-600s - the first new regional aircraft order this week - announced during the show
https://t.co/boBgZdhwVy

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Narrowbody business includes 20 Macquarie Air Finance signing for 20 Boeing 737-8s, JAL ordering 11 A321neos, and Airbus confirm Libyan carrier Berniq Airways order for six A320neos

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@FlightGlobal Widebodies still making up the mainstay of #FIA order announcements after fresh deals from Virgin Atlantic, Japan Airlines and Qatar Airways today - accounting for 141 out of 187 order announcements over the first two days of the show
https://t.co/boBgZdgZ60

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50 of these cover Korean Air's MoU for 40 plus 10 Boeing 777X/787-10s, meaning only 36 firm orders were disclosed today, and that includes the VietJet preliminary deal announced at the Singapore air show

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@FlightGlobal Good day for Boeing as its secured 74 widebody commitments, part of 103 deals announced on the first day of #FIA24 VietJet firming its provisional deal for 20 A330neos provided Airbus with widebody business

https://t.co/boBgZdgZ60

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Another good long-read ahead of #fia24 (and long-reads maybe required today for anyone stuck in an airport en-route to the show) @FlightGlobal David Kaminski-Morrow takes a deep dive into @Airbus A321XLR, which secured type certification from @EASA today
https://t.co/N5T83Alc8R

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Another big-ticket interview to point you towards ahead of #fia24 head of Boeing's defence and space division Ted Colbert speaks to @FlightGlobal @rfinnerty1 about where it is putting the focus for the business
https://t.co/wcqm6huMY1

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This is a must read - brilliant deep dive interview with #Airbus chief executive Guilluame Faury from @FlightGlobal David Kaminski-Morrow & @fg_domperry as he looks to balance pushing future boundaries with addressing present-day supply problems
https://t.co/gAxPdWJ4iX

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RwandAir's Yvonne Makolo today finished her term as @IATA chair of the board of the governors - the first woman to do so. She tells @lewisharperr the airline indsutry needs to "get on with it" on diversity

https://t.co/F8m4Z9rCiI

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One of the themes here @IATA in Dubai has been around the contrast in attitudes towards aviation in Europe compared to the rest of the world - raising the issue of why air connectivity is important in developing markets
https://t.co/pbn0R6MTUb

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@IATA Walsh hails success on SAF awareness as industry gathers in 'good place' https://t.co/1Sng2CFCUQ

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@FlightGlobal The Airline Business team has assembled in Dubai for the #IATAAGM @alfredinflight @lewisharperr

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NTSB releases images of recovered door plug that failed on Alaska Airlines' 737 Max 9 https://t.co/yBVjbL65JT

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@FlightGlobal JetBlue was one of the airlines me and @lewisharperr picked for our stories to watch in 2024 bonus #AirlineBusiness podcast we put out yesterday - cue news breaking that Joanna Geraghty will succeed Robin Hayes at the helm of the carrier https://t.co/3PcEhySblg

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An end of year wrap with @lewisharperr on the #AirlineBusiness podcast - and despite a record overnight edit, still managed to be overtaken by events on Norwegian-Wideroe deal (which turned out to be much easier to approve than I speculated😀)
https://t.co/7v94iNgeXv

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@Airlines2023 UK transport minister Mark Harper on SAF production policy: we are all agreed on the outcome [we want], but there are different ways of getting there, that's why we are consulting

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That is the mandate to be in place in 2025 - the 10% SAF requirement for UK airlines is by 2030

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#Airlines2023 UK transport minister says government on track for 10% SAF mandate for airlines to be in place for the start of 2025

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@British_Airways chief Sean Doyle priorities for UK transport policy: let's get SAF up & running, make sure we've got a level playing field, make sure we've got the right skills coming into the industry #Airlines2023