CTS Engines, a leading independent engine MRO, announced the hiring of two industry veterans into key management roles at the company. Michel Nanninga, formerly of KLM Engineering & Maintenance, has been named Vice President of Sales, and James P. Green, formerly of Volvo Aero Services, has been named Director of Purchasing.
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FL Technics, integrated aircraft Maintenance and Repair Organisation (MRO), expanded its services at Krasnodar airport (KRR) by adding line maintenance services for Yakutia Airlines’ Boeing 757-200 and Boeing 737 NG aircraft.
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ATR, the European manufacturer of turboprop aircraft, announced the opening of a new pilot training center in Paris. The new center, based near Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy, is equipped with a brand new Full Flight Simulator (FFS). This simulator, developed and manufactured by Thales, will allow crew members to be trained on the
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Ryanair reported a 6% traffic increase for the month of August 2011 and a load factor of 89%, the same as in August 2010.
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For the month of August 2011 Norwegian reported a traffic increase of 26% compared to the same month in 2010, while capacity increased 21%. The load factor for the month reached 82%, up 3.0 pts compared to the previous year.
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International Airlines Group (IAG) released that group traffic in August 2011 rose by 2.2% versus August 2010 and capacity was up 2.1%.
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Air Transport Services Group announced that its Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) subsidiary has committed to purchase a Boeing 767-300-series extended-range aircraft from Qantas. ATSG said it anticipates that CAM will take delivery of its fifth 767-300 aircraft from Qantas in the fourth quarter, and schedule it for conversion from passenger to standard freighter configuration by mid-year 2012.
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LAN Airlines S.A. and its subsidiaries reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for August 2011. System passenger traffic increased 14.1% as capacity rose 12.7%. As a result, the Company’s load factor for the month increased 0.9 points to 78.7%.
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Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners’ Shanghai Engine Center recently delivered its first overhauled CFM56 engine to Vietnam’s first low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific Airlines. The engine is the first the Shanghai Engine Center has delivered to an overseas customer in the Asia Pacific region. The engine was delivered with improved performance within 57 days.
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Porter Airlines has opened a crew base for pilots and flight attendants in Halifax, doubling its employees in the city to 80 by creating 40 local jobs. The new crew base, located at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, is the first to be added outside of Porter’s Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport headquarters. A result of
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