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Gate Gourmet wins SAS Group's Scandinavian catering business

Gate Gourmet, a member of gategroup, has finalized an agreement with SAS Scandinavian Airlines to cater the airline’s flights from its three main hubs at Copenhagen, Stockholm/Arlanda and Oslo and several other key locations in Scandinavia. The five-year contract takes effect in the second quarter of 2009 with an option for SAS Group to extend it for a further two plus two years. In addition to catering in SAS’ three hubs, the agreement also covers provisioning in Gothenburg and Malmoe in Sweden and Bergen in Norway.

Global Airlines takes step closer to becoming operational with acquisition of first A380

Tuesday May 30, 2023

Global Airlines is getting ready for launch this summer with its first Airbus A380

Global Airlines has announced that it is to acquire its first Airbus A380 from Doric Aviation, looking to redefine the long-haul travel experience for its passengers. The new carrier has chosen to purchase its first four aircraft, all A380s, as opposed to goin... Read More »

airBaltic receives 42nd Airbus A220-300 aircraft

Tuesday May 30, 2023

On May 27, airBaltic, the national airline of Latvia, celebrated the arrival of its 42nd Airbus A220-300 aircraft, bearing the registration YL-ABP, in Riga. This marked the third delivery of an Airbus A220-300 to airBaltic in 2023, as part of its order for a t... Read More »

Allegiant and IBT ratify dispatchers contract agreement

Tuesday May 30, 2023

Allegiant and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), representing Allegiant dispatchers, have ratified a new contract agreement on a two-year extension to the union’s initial collective bargaining agreement. The tentative agreement, ... Read More »

Elbe Flugzeugwerke to supply Airspace L Bins for Airbus A320 family

Tuesday May 30, 2023

Elbe Flugzeugwerke will supply Airspace L Bins for the Airbus A320 family

Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), competence centre for Airbus Aircraft Conversions (P2F) and for lightweight components, has been appointed by Airbus as supplier and manufacturer of upsized overhead bins, the Airspace L Bins, a new retrofit solution for single-a... Read More »

HAECO appoints Richard Sell as new Chief Executive Officer

Tuesday May 30, 2023

Richard Sell will assume the role of CEO for HAECO Group on July 1. 2023

HAECO Group, a leading global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has appointed Richard Sell as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will assume the role on July 1, 2023, succeeding Frank Walschot, who will remain as an advisor to ... Read More »

Swiss-AS and Volocopter sign landmark multi-year contract for AMOS

Tuesday May 30, 2023

Swiss Aviation Software (Swiss-AS) and Volocopter have co-signed a landmark multi-year contract for AMOS, Swiss-AS’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) software. AMOS will be used to manage Volocopter’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTO... Read More »

AMETEK MRO AEM expands heat exchanger repair capabilities at Ramsgate, UK

Tuesday May 30, 2023

AMETEK MRO AEM, a provider of aviation MRO services, has expanded heat exchanger capabilities at its Ramsgate facility in the UK. This is due to increased customer demand from operators of A320, B737 and B757 aircraft fleets. These are all platforms currently ... Read More »

China’s equivalent to the A320 and B737, the COMAC C919 makes first commercial flight

Monday May 29, 2023

China’s first ‘home-grown’ commercial airliner the C919

Delivered to launch customer China Eastern Airlines in December 2022, and after considerable flight testing, the COMAC C919 has completed its first commercial flight. Built by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) the narrow-body C919 left Shanghai ... Read More »

Embraer appoints Frederico Lemos CCO for Defense & Security international businesses

Monday May 29, 2023

Frederico Lemos has been appointed CCO for Defense & Security international businesses

Embraer has appointed Frederico Lemos to the position of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for international businesses of Embraer Defense & Security. Following the appointment of Bosco da Costa Junior as President & CEO of Embraer Defense & Security ... Read More »

Qantas prepares to farewell Boeing 717

Monday May 29, 2023

All of QantasLink’s 20 Boeing 717s will be gradually replaced

Qantas will mark the end of an era with the departure of one of its Boeing 717 jets, the first of its type to be registered and flown in Australia. The departing 717 (registration VH-NXI) holds a special place in the Qantas Group’s modern history, having ope... Read More »

Boeing and ST Engineering sign P-8A Poseidon sustainment MoU

Monday May 29, 2023

Torbjorn Sjogren, VP and GM, Government Services, Boeing Global Services and Sarbjit Singh, President, Defence Aerospace, ST Engineering

Boeing and ST Engineering have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to outline potential areas of collaboration in systems integration, training, local parts distribution, support and sustainment work for the P-8A Poseidon. Boeing and ST Engineering have... Read More »

Eve Air Mobility continues to advance eVTOL testing phase

Monday May 29, 2023

Eve Air Mobility began testing its vertical lift rotors aboard a new custom truck-mounted platform

Eve Air Mobility (Eve) has released that it continues to advance its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) testing phase as it continues to make strides toward key programme milestones. The various tests performed throughout this phase are part of Eve... Read More »

ITA Airways takes delivery of first A330neo aircraft

Monday May 29, 2023

ITA has taken delivery of its first A330neo aircraft during a ceremony held in Toulouse, France

ITA Airways, Italy’s national carrier, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330neo aircraft, on lease from Air Lease Corporation (ALC). The A330-900 will join the ITA Airways’ fleet in June to serve its long-haul routes and new intercontinental dest... Read More »

Lufthansa to acquire 41% stake in Italy’s ITA Airways

Friday May 26, 2023

Deutsche Lufthansa AG will acquire a minority stake in ITA Airways

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Lufthansa) has agreed with the Italian Ministry of Economy (Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, MEF) to acquire a 41% stake in ITA Airways through a capital increase of €325 million (£283 million). As part of the agreement, the... Read More »

Ministry of Defence of Malaysia signs contract with Leonardo for two ATR 72MPA

Friday May 26, 2023

The Ministry of Defence of Malaysia has signed a contract with Leonardo to supply two ATR 72 MPA (Maritime Patrol Aircraft) platforms. A signing ceremony took place at LIMA 2023, a key maritime and defence exhibition in the Asia-Pacific region held in Langkawi... Read More »

SkyWest Airlines to use GE’s 360 Foam Wash system

Friday May 26, 2023

GE’s 360 Foam Wash is an alternative to water wash for engine maintenance

SkyWest Airlines, a subsidiary of SkyWest, has been awarded a technical license from GE to use its 360 Foam Wash system on its CF34 aircraft engines, making SkyWest the first North American operator to license the patented engine cleaning system. Estimates are... Read More »

Spirit AeroSystems finalises MRO services contract with MAB Engineering

Friday May 26, 2023

Signing ceremony of the MRO services agreement between MAB Engineering and Spirit AeroSystems

Spirit AeroSystems (Spirit) has finalised a partnership agreement with MAB Engineering Services (MAB Engineering) to provide MRO services for nacelle and flight control surfaces to Malaysia Airlines and other operators at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Se... Read More »

Geoff Shearer becomes AJW Group's representative for Australasia

Friday May 26, 2023

AJW Group appoints Geoff Shearer as representative for Australasia region

Geoff Shearer is to become AJW Group‘s new representative for the Australasia region. In this role, Shearer will be responsible for nurturing relationships with key customers, maximising opportunities arising from the Group’s presence in the region... Read More »

Brazil and Costa Rica join International Transport Forum (ITF)

Friday May 26, 2023

Brazil and Costa Rica have joined the International Transport Forum (ITF) as the organisation’s 65th and 66th member countries. The ITF’s highest statutory body, the Council of Ministers of Transport, voted to admit both Latin American nations on May 24, 2... Read More »

France activates ban on short-haul flights to cut CO2 emissions

Thursday May 25, 2023

Effective May 23, France has activated a ban on all short-haul flights to destinations where there is an existing train connection that can be reached within two-and-a-half hours. However, the train service has to offer the same degree of flexibility as a flig... Read More »