It was at midnight last night (Thursday) that a substantial fire broke out in an electrical cabin that was undergoing maintenance in terminal 3 at Rome’s Fiumicino airport. The fire was so severe that the whole airport was closed for a period of time, involving the cancellation of several dozen flights and which left hundreds […]
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Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) announced that SWISS will be the first customer to take delivery and operate the CSeries aircraft when the CS100 aircraft enters service in the first half of 2016. Bombardier also confirmed that the CSeries aircraft will make its world debut at the International Paris Air Show
Bombardier reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2015. Revenues totalled US$4.4bn for the quarter, compared to US$4.4b for the same period last fiscal year. For the first quarter ended March 31, 2015, earnings before financing expense, financing income and income taxes (EBIT) totalled US$228m, or 5.2% of revenues, compared to US$207m or
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Virgin America reported its preliminary operational results for April 2015. The airline’s traffic increased 2.8% on capacity that was 1.2% higher than the same month in 2014.Load factor was 85.4%, up 1.3 points from April 2014. Southwest Airlines reported that traffic in April 2015, increased 8.6%Â compared to the same month in 2014, while capacity
Avolon (AVOL), the international aircraft leasing company, announced the delivery of one new Airbus 320-200 aircraft to VivaAerobus. This is the the first of four aircraft due to deliver to VivaAerobus.
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Air Lease Corporation (ALC) reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2015. Revenues increased 13% to US$278m for the three months ended March 31st, 2015 as compared to US$246m for the three months in 2014. On April 22nd, 2015, the Company settled the litigation with American International Group, and International Lease Finance
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Aircelle (Safran) announced four appointments to its leadership team: Pierre Jorant has been named Vice President of Programs, Gilles Poilvet has been named Vice President of Administration and Finance, Francis Gauvain has been named Vice President of Human Resources and facilities and Philippe James has been named Continuous Improvement Vice President of Aircelle.
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BOC Aviation announced the addition of staff to the Dublin, London and Tianjin subsidiaries as it continues to build its global presence. In Dublin, Volker Fabian joins as Executive Vice President of Airline Leasing & Sales for Europe & Africa, after a 20-year career in aviation finance and leasing. Joining the Dublin team from Singapore
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SkyQuest International, has arranged the successful acquisition of one Boeing 737-300QC (-33A) aircraft on behalf of FSG Aviation of Hamilton, Bermuda. The aircraft has been sold by Air Panama of Panama City, Panama. The 1992 aircraft, Serial Number 25744, is powered by CFM International CFM56-3C1 engines and is fitted with a convertible 144 passenger or
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GE Aviation held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new expansion at its facility in Hooksett, N.H. GE Aviation began building a 55,000 ft² expansion to increase capacity driven by a record backlog in its commercial engines business. This will represent a nearly US$50m investment in Hooksett over the next decade. GE has a significant presence
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