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By Reuters Staff (Adds detail, background) PARIS, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Deliveries of Franco-Italian ATR turboprop planes tumbled into single figures in 2020 as regional airlines bore the brunt of the coronavirus crisis, industry sources said. Deliveries of the short-haul city-hopper planes dropped below 10 from 68 in 2019, they said. Orders for new planes also slid to mid-single-digits, down from 79 a year earlier. A spokesman for ATR, co-owned by France-based Airbus and Italy’s Leonardo, said ...

A Pakistan International Airlines plane has been held back by Malaysian authorities due to a British court case over the jet's lease, the airline said on Friday, adding it would pursue the matter through diplomatic channels.

The head of one of Boeing Co's biggest customers, Dubai's Emirates, wants the planemaker to demonstrate fundamental changes after producing a flawed 737 MAX jet and has urged it to recognize "culpability and accountability" from the very top.

Airbus delivered more than 560 aircraft in 2020, according to tracking data and airline industry sources, putting it on course to beat arch-rival Boeing to be the world's largest planemaker for a second consecutive year.

(Adds details, background)By Andrea Shalal and David LawderWASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday said it would begin collecting new duties on aircraft parts and other products from France and Germany from Tuesday after failing to resolve a 16-year dispute over aircraft subsidies with the European Union.

4 Min Read SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Starting with just one plane in 2003, Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air has become the country’s No.3 airline group, aided by its strategy of acquiring old planes at cheap prices and serving routes neglected by competitors. The mid-market airline, which has few international flights, was thrust into the spotlight this week when a nearly 27-year old Boeing Co 737-500 crashed into the Java Sea on Saturday with 62 people on board. FILE PHOTO: A Sriwijaya Air plane...

INDONESIA-CRASH/BLACKBOX-EXPLAINER (EXPLAINER, PIX, TV):EXPLAINER-How black boxes of crashed Indonesian jet will be handled

Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of two black boxes, the Flight Data Recorder, from a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea on Saturday.

* Latest twist in 16-year saga* No exemptions for products in transit when tariffs announced* EU hopes to settle issue after Biden takes office (Adds details, wine industry letter to USTR)By Andrea Shalal and David LawderWASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday said it would begin collecting new duties on aircraft parts and other products from France and Germany from Tuesday after failing to resolve a 16-year dispute over aircraft subsidies with the European Union.

Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of two black boxes, the Flight Data Recorder, from a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea on Saturday.