3 Aviation Stories You May Have Missed Over the Holidays
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The aviation industry was mostly quiet during the holiday period, but a few companies made news — and not for the best of reasons.
When an airline — or any corporation — makes a big announcement over the holiday season, there's often a good reason for the timing. The company may be figuring that no one is paying attention.
This year, several airlines and manufacturers took advantage of the holiday period to release news. None of it was ground-breaking, but it tended to receive less coverage than it might have in any other month, which might have been what the companies wanted.
If you were enjoying the holiday, you may have missed these stories:
Delta Air Lines cancels its Boeing 787 order
For insiders, this was not a surprise.
Delta had inherited an order for 18 Boeing 787-8s when it acquired Northwest Airlines in 2008. But Delta executives never seriously spoke about taking the aircraft, and it always seemed like a matter of time before Delta canceled the order Northwest placed in 2005.
In recent years, Delta has preferred Airbus widebody aircraft, and it still has 25 A330neos and 25 A350s on order. The A330neo is
