Allegiant Travel Company announced its intention to lease nine Airbus A319 aircraft from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and to lease and eventually purchase ten Airbus A319 aircraft from Cebu Pacific Air. The introduction of the A319 aircraft will support Allegiant’s growth opportunities. Allegiant plans to have the first two of these aircraft in operation […]
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Air France/KLM reported that total revenues for the first half 2012 amounted to €12.14bn (+5.2% of which a positive currency effect of 1.9%). Operating costs rose 2.7% ex-fuel and by 5.9% including fuel. The main change came from the fuel bill, up €469m. Employee costs of €3.88bn were up 3.9%, including the additional pension charge
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Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Ltd. (JorAMCo), a leading aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility based in Amman, Jordan, announced the appointment of Osama Fattaleh as Chief Executive Officer. A veteran business leader, Mr. Fattaleh brings to JoAMCo over 25 years of experience in diverse industries. In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing
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Rolls-Royce and Snecma (Safran Group) have signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence to undertake studies into the next generation of UK and French combat aircraft engines, through their 50:50 Rolls-Royce Snecma Ltd joint venture, established in 2001. Rolls-Royce and Snecma have also announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement with BAE
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Bombardier announced the delivery of a Global 5000 jet to Jana Aviation. The aircraft will be managed by Executive Aircraft Services and based in Beirut, Lebanon. This aircraft joins a Challenger 300 jet already in operation in Executive Aircraft Services’ fleet.
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Delta Air Lines (DAL) announced its subsidiary, Comair, will cease operations after Sept. 29, 2012. In a memo issued on July 27th to the Officers and Directors of Delta Air Lines, Don Bornhorst, Senior Vice President of Delta Connection, said: “While regional flying has and will remain a key component of Delta’s network, customer expectations
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CIRCOR Aerospace announced the appointment of Steve Alford as the Vice President/General Manager for the CIRCOR Aerospace California businesses. Alford will have full responsibility for the implementation of CIRCOR’s growth, productivity and factory execution strategy across the California businesses.
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Pattonair, a leading global aerospace and defence supply chain service provider, reported the signing of a major new contract to supply a range of nuts across all Airbus platforms. This is a significant new development for Pattonair, building on the company’s 25 year relationship with Airbus. Under the terms of the seven figure, five year
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JSC “Sukhoi Civil Aircraft“ (SCAC) delivered its tenth production Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) MSN 95017, the ninth to enter into service with Aeroflot. On completion of Technical acceptance procedure, SCAC and Aeroflot signed the Act of Delivery & Acceptance for this aircraft at Ulyanovsk on July 28, 2012. The aircraft is planned to fly from
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The French DGA armament procurement agency has taken delivery of its second NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) and seventh NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter (NFH), marking an important step forward in the largest European helicopter program launched to date. The NH90 TTH delivered to the DGA will be handed over to the French Army Air Corps
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