As announced in July, Air France plans to reorganize its Point-to-Point activity, currently managed by Air France and HOP! As from September 8th, 2014, Lionel Guérin, currently Chairman and CEO of HOP!, will be appointed project manager in charge of defining in detail and implementing this new unit grouping all the Air France Group’s Point-to-Point activity […]
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Lufthansa Cargo AG will launch a strategic air cargo joint venture on routes between Japan and Europe and vice versa. This is the first worldwide cargo joint venture of its kind. ANA has received antitrust immunity, i. e. approval for the joint venture from the Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure
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Norwegian reported that traffic in August increased by 44% and capacity increassed 37%, when compared to August 2013. The load factor was up by 4.4 points to 83.6%.
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Ryanair reported August 2014 traffic increase of 4.0% when compared to the same period in 2013, while the load factor was up 4.0 points to 93%.
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Antonov Company, Kiev (Ukraine), has selected Liebherr-Aerospace to supply a prototype of an integrated air management system for its AN-178 demonstrator aircraft. The prototype comprises an engine bleed air system, an air conditioning system, a cabin pressure control system as well as integrated electronic controls of these systems. The AN-178, a multipurpose transport aircraft derived
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International Airlines Group reported that August 2014 traffic increased by 8.7% versus August 2013, while Group capacity rose by 9.5%. The load factor dropped slightly 0.6 points, to 84.7%.
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Jet Aviation Moscow Vnukovo has signed a new agreement with Bombardier for additional spare parts. Further to the spare parts agreement signed in 2012, Jet Aviation Moscow Vnukovo and Bombardier have agreed to increase the inventory of critical spare parts at Jet Aviation’s line maintenance and AOG facility in Moscow. Under the agreement, Jet Aviation
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United Airlines has become the first North American carrier to take delivery of the Boeing 787-9, powered by GEnx-1B-engines, a stretched version of the Dreamliner that will allow the airline to accommodate more customers and further capitalize on its worldwide route network. The aircraft is the first of 26 of the newest member of the
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WestJet announced August 2014 traffic results with an all-time record load factor of 89.3%, an increase of 1.4 points year over year. Traffic increased 7.4% year over year, and capacity grew 5.7% over the same period.
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Boeing projects in China a demand of 6,020 new airplanes over the next 20 years, valued at $870bn. The company released its annual China Current Market Outlook (CMO) on September 4th in Beijing which shows Chinese carriers will take delivery of nearly 45% of the total demand for airplanes in the Asia Pacific region during
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