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Emirates Airline: Emirates said it would buy 50 Airbus 350-900 widebody aircraft in a deal worth $16 billion, with delivery to begin in May 2023. Emirates has a whopping 271 large aircraft, including 113 Airbus A380 superjumbos and 158 Boeing 777 planes. The agreement replaces an earlier plan to buy 30 A350s and 40 A330neos in a deal worth $21.4 billion, but Emirates said that discussions on purchasing the A330neos could still be revived. Image Credit: Gulf News archives

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Air Arabia: Air Arabia said it would buy 120 Airbus A320s in an order worth $14 billion that will triple its fleet. It currently operates 53 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft and will move ahead with plans to add new routes to its network, which includes 170 destinations. Air Arabia last month announced an agreement with Etihad Airways to launch a new low-cost airline based in the UAE capital, to be known as Air Arabia Abu Dhabi. Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, right, shakes hands with Air Arabia chairman Shaikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Thani. Image Credit: AP

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SunExpress: Turkish carrier SunExpress ordered 10 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The deal was for a relatively modest $1.2 billion, but it represented "the first firm order" for the plane since it was taken out of service in March. The sale comes on top of a previous SunExpress order for 32 of the aircraft. Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Stanley A. Deal, left, shakes hands with SunExpress CEO Jens Bischof. Image Credit: AP

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Air Astana: Boeing won another boost with Kazakhstan's flag carrier Air Astana, saying the airline planned to buy 30 of the 737 MAX, with the "letter of intent" to be finalised in coming months. Boeing said the planes would "serve as the backbone" of Air Astana's new low-cost carrier FlyArystan. The last commercial landmark for the troubled model was in June when Boeing secured a letter of intent by British Airways parent IAG to buy 200 of the planes. From left; Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Stanley A. Deal, Air Astana chief planning officer Alma Aliguzhinova and Air Astana chief operating officer Anthony Regan. Image Credit: AP

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Air Senegal: Air Senegal said it had signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase eight of Airbus's new A220 - the single-aisle aircraft formerly known as the Bombardier C Series jet. "These new 220 aircrafts will contribute to develop our long-haul network to Europe and our regional network in Africa," the national carrier's CEO Ibrahima Kane said. Image Credit: Reuters

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Flynas: Riyadh-based budget carrier Flynas, which is looking to expand in the growing Saudi domestic market, also opted for Airbus with an order for the narrow-body A320. Flynas is adding routes in South Asia and the Middle East. Flynas also plans to open a hub in West Africa or the Balkans within five years to expand beyond the domestic market, its chief executive reportedly said earlier this year. Flynas CEO Bander Al Mohanna, left, flynas chairman Ayed Thawab Al Jeaid, center, and Airbus' chief commercial officer Christian Scherer. Image Credit: AP

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EasyJet: Europe's second biggest budget airline ordered 12 Airbus A320neo narrow-body jetliners, but pushed back another set of deliveries and reined in more immediate expansion plans, Bloomberg News reported. EasyJet converted options to firm purchases for the A320neo planes worth $1.33 billion at list prices, it said. Image Credit: Reuters

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Ghana : Ghana signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase three Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners at a list price of $877.5 million for a new national airline to be launched in the country. "We believe the advanced 787-9 Dreamliner gives us an efficient and flexible machine to launch a regional network and eventually serve international destinations in the future," said Ghana's aviation minister Joseph Kofi Adda. Image Credit: Istock

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