Alliance Aviation Services Limited (Alliance) and Virgin Australia Holdings Limited (Virgin Australia) today announced that they have entered into a long-term strategic partnership. The partnership will see the airlines work together to grow their respective charter businesses. Both airlines will benefit from the ability to leverage each other’s strengths, particularly in terms of network, brand, … Read more
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that the C Series aircraft program is making excellent progress as the CS100 aircraft readies for delivery and entry-into-service (EIS) with launch operator Swiss International Air Lines (“Swiss”)in Q2 2016. Additionally, the CS300 aircraft has completed over 70 per cent of its certification activities to date and is on target … Read more
Finnair is accelerating its growth and is therefore planning an organisational renewal as of 1 March 2016 in line with its growth strategy. After multi-year savings programmes, the company is now preparing for growth on the back of its new A350 aircraft. The new era requires an organisation which enables growth in the optimal manner. … Read more
Mesa Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, today announced the closing of its first-ever offering of Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (“EETC”), securing fixed rate financing for the acquisition of 10 new Embraer 175 aircraft, scheduled for delivery over the next six months. The certificates were sold to institutional investors in a private placement. “This is … Read more
As of February, 14 AirBridgeCargo Airlines start new services to Africa using twice-weekly Boeing 747 freighter services. The flights will be operated every Thursday and Sunday by ABC’s partner airline CargoLogicAir (CLA). The routing will start ex Stansted (STN) via Frankfurt (FRA) to Libreville (LBV) and to Johannesburg (JNB) with further routing to Nairobi (NBO), … Read more
André Wall has today assumed his duties as Iberia’s new Chief Technical Officer, responsible for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of the Iberia fleet as well as those of the more than 100 airline customers of Iberia Maintenance. A graduate in Industrial Engineering from Berlin’s TFH Technical University, Wall has had a long career in the … Read more
Historically passengers have had to wait until the aircraft reaches 10.000 feet before the Wi-Fi is switched on and it is switched off before landing. This new development on board Icelandair planes will mean the Wi-Fi is never switched off and also the use of electronic devices is now will be allowed during takeoff and … Read more
Pratt & Whitney officially opened its first manufacturing facility in Singapore, through its subsidiary P&W NGPF Manufacturing Company Singapore Pte Ltd, earlier today. The 180,000 square foot (approximately 16,000 square meters) facility, located at Seletar Aerospace Park, will produce fan blades and other key components for Pratt & Whitney’s new PurePower® Geared Turbofan(TM) (GTF) engine … Read more
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and PSA Airlines announced that the airline’s fleet has grown to 100 CRJ Series regional jets. The 100th aircraft, which is one of 24 CRJ900 regional jets ordered by American Airlines (American) in December 2014, will be operated under the American Eagle regional brand. PSA Airlines’ fleet is entirely comprised of CRJ200, CRJ700 … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Robert Heusmann will assume the position as Head of Fleet Planning of the hub airlines Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa and SWISS effective March 1, 2016. In this capacity he will be in charge of short- and medium-term fleet planning at the Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Zurich flight hubs. He will … Read more