November, 2019

• 19 November

  EasyJet buys Airbus jets while slowing near-term expansion

  

  Bloomberg EasyJet Plc ordered a dozen Airbus SE narrow-body jetliners to fuel long-term growth while reining in more immediate expansion plans by trimming capacity and pushing back another set of aircraft deliveries. Europe’s second-biggest discount airline converted options to firm purchases for the A320neo planes worth $1.33 billion at list prices, it said in a statement. Delivery is set for ...

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• 19 November

  IATA warns of ‘broken’ certification process in Boeing Max grounding

  Bloomberg Global aviation regulators have yet to formulate a unified approach to getting the grounded Boeing 737 Max jet back into service after two fatal crashes, a division that risks undermining public trust in the industry’s safety record, according to Alexandre de Juniac, the head of the IATA association of global airlines. “The point on which we have to pay ...

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• 19 November

  Estee Lauder to buy Have & Be in first Asian brand takeover

  

  Bloomberg Estee Lauder Cos agreed to buy the two-thirds of Have & Be Co, the South Korean owner of Dr. Jart+ cosmetics, that it didn’t already own for about $1.1 billion, its first acquisition of an Asian beauty brand. Founded in 2005 in Seoul, Dr. Jart+ sells moisturisers, masks, cleansers and serums under names like Cicapair and Ceramidin and will ...

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• 18 November

  Sheikh Khalifa’s brother passes away

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, condoled the death of his brother HH Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President’s Representative, who passed away on Monday. At the directives of the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, the UAE will observe an official mourning period of three days with the flag flown at half-mast. In ...

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• 18 November

  Mohamed and Pope Francis sign joint declaration on world health

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and His Holiness Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church, on Monday reaffirmed their cooperation towards the improvement of the health and wellbeing of communities in need. The intention is to identify joint initiatives ...

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• 18 November

  Emirates orders 50 Airbus A350-900s worth $16bn

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, on Monday announced a firm order for 50 A350-900 XWB aircraft worth $16 billion (AED58.7 billion) at list prices at the Dubai Airshow 2019. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, delivery of the first Emirates A350 XWB is expected in May 2023, and will continue until 2028. His Highness Sheikh ...

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• 18 November

  Air Arabia in $14bn deal to buy 120 Airbus A320s

  

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), on Monday set another milestone with one of the region’s largest single-aisle aircraft orders of 120 Airbus A320 Family aircraft. This was announced during Dubai Airshow 2019 following a signing ceremony attended by Air Arabia’s Chairman Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani ...

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• 18 November

  UAE committed to Opec output cut deal: Mazrouei

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE will continue to deliver on the Opec and Non-Opec commitment for voluntary production adjustments until the global market is re-balanced, Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Industry, has stated. The minister affirmed the UAE is working in all fairness and transparency with the Opec’s Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC), ...

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• 18 November

  Dubai’s non-oil trade with Africa to exceed AED1trn by 2019-end

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s non-oil trade with Africa will exceed AED1 trillion for the period extending from 2011 until the end of 2019, said Majid Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman of Dubai Chamber, noting that it had already reached AED926 billion in the 2011-2018 period. Al Ghurair made the announcement in his opening speech at the fifth edition of the Global ...

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• 18 November

  Strata expands its international partner network

  AL AIN / WAM Strata Manufacturing, the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing company wholly owned by Mubadala Investment Company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Premium Aerotec, the German aerospace manufacturing leader, for the supply of metallic bonded and ‘computer numerical control’ (CNC) machined detail aircraft parts. The MoU, signed during Dubai Airshow, covers a duration of five years with ...

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