Norwegian released that traffic for the month of August was up 30%, while capacity was up 31%. The load factor was 79.2%, down 1.2 points when compared to the same month last year.
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Ryanair released that August traffic increased by 1% year over year while the load factor increased 1.0 point to 89% compared to the same period in 2012 .
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AgustaWestland has appointed Sino-US of China as an official non-exclusive distributor for AgustaWestland civil helicopters in China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau. The relevant distributorship agreement was signed during an official ceremony held at China Helicopter International Exhibition in Tianjin (5th – 8th September) and includes orders for twenty helicopters comprising AW119Ke single engine, GrandNew
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For the month of August, Air Canada reported a record system load factor of 89.5%, versus 87.9% in August 2012 , an increase of 1.6 points. System traffic increased 4.7% on a system-wide capacity increase of 2.9%.
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Sikorsky Aircraft and Changhe Aircraft Industries Corp. signed an agreement for Changhe to produce S-76D commercial helicopter cabins for Sikorsky. The S-76D helicopter is Sikorsky’s newest aircraft. Changhe had previously provided cabins for the predecessor S-76C++ helicopter, under an agreement signed by the two companies in 2007. Changhe will now serve as a second source
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has extended Lockheed Martin’s work providing flight planning and safety support to pilots under the Automated Flight Service Stations (AFSS) contract. The contract option period begins October 1st with a total value of $221m over two years. Since 2005, Lockheed Martin Flight Services has modernized and improved delivery of general
Finnair took delivery of an Airbus A321 aircraft, equipped with new, fuel-saving Sharklet wing tip devices. The five A321s with Sharklets will replace Finnair’s four Boeing 757s that have been used mainly for leisure and charter flights, enabling more flexibility and interoperability between European scheduled and leisure flights, driving up aircraft utilisation and thus improving
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Finnair traffic rose by 12.3% and the overall capacity grew 6.4% year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor improved by 4.5 points and was 85.2%.
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Henan New Continental Business Aviation of China will acquire two VIP passenger transport helicopters from Eurocopter to commence its chartering business – an exclusively designed EC145 Mercedes-Benz Style, which will also be the first such model to be sold in Asia; as well as an AS350 B3e from the Ecureuil family. These two rotorcraft will
