Porter Airlines reported July load factor of 66.8%, 4.8 points better than the previous year. Capacity was up 16.9% and traffic increased 26.1% compared to July 2010.
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Five new Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets have arrived at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley, expanding the RAAF’s fleet of the advanced multirole fighters to 20. Three aircraft landed at the base on July 14 and were joined by two additional Super Hornets on Aug. 3. The RAAF is acquiring 24 Super Hornets under
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BAE Systems and new aircraft asset manager Falko have signed a long-term agreement for the provision of a comprehensive range of support and engineering services for the BAE Systems-built aircraft in the Falko lease portfolio. Under the agreement BAE Systems Regional Aircraft, as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Type Certificate holder, will continue to provide
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Indonesian charter operator, PT Aviastar Mandiri is adding a further BAe 146-200 to its fleet with the purchase from Falko of a late model aircraft bearing manufacturer’s serial number E2227. When delivered in the next few weeks, the aircraft will join the airline’s two other BAe 146-200s that are based at Jakarta and Denpasar. These aircraft
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New aircraft asset manager, Falko, announced its senior executive team that includes the five members of the management buy-in group that has acquired the previous BAE Systems Asset Management business with the support of affiliates of funds managed by Fortress Investment Group LLC. Jeremy Barnes, Chief Executive Officer of Falko leads a team of the following
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Boeing and GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) have finalized a firm order for two 747-8 Freighters and eight 777-300ERs (extended range) airplanes. The order marks the completion of an agreement originally announced during the Paris Air Show in June. At list prices, the order is valued at $2.9 billion.
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FL Technics, an integrated aircraft maintenance and repair services provider, continues to extend its capabilities’ list by undertaking the provision of Bombardier CL600-2B19 aircraft planning and engineering services. All the required compliance checks were performed by the Administration of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Lithuania which issued the company with the EASA Part-M certificate.
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Aeronautical Engineers, (AEI) has been selected by an undisclosed customer to provide one B737-400SF, 11 Pallet Configuration Passenger to Freighter Conversion. The aircraft, a Standard Gross weight B737-400 was built in 1991 and is currently undergoing freighter modification and heavy maintenance at Commercial Jet, one of AEI’s authorized conversion centers.
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The new Boeing 747-8 Freighter successfully completed its certification flight test program on August 2nd, with two airplanes landing at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Flight test airplane RC522 completed testing of the flight management computer (FMC) and RC523 completed function & reliability (F&R) testing. The first 747-8 Freighter is scheduled to be delivered to
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