5 June 2015

European airlines to join Gulf airline subsidies row at IATA meeting

The forthcoming International Air Transport Association (IATA) meeting is likely to get off to a heated start this Sunday as the row over accusations of Gulf airlines benefitting from unfair subsidies rolls on. However it is not now just the three main US carriers who started the row (Delta, United and American Airlines) who are […]

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Cessna Citation Latitude awarded FAA certification

Cessna Aircraft Company reported that the Citation Latitude business jet has achieved type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year. FAA certification follows the aircraft’s first Atlantic crossing and European debut at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in May. Customer

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Delta names Peter Carter Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Delta Air Lines has named Peter Carter Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, effective July 13th. He will replace Richard “Ben” Hirst who will retire in February 2016. Carter joins the airline from the international law firm of Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis where he served as chairman of the board and as a

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Lion Group takes milestone delivery of 50th ATR 72-600 aircraft

Indonesia’s Lion Group, ATR’s largest customer, took delivery of its 50th ATR 72-600 of the 100 aircraft ordered to date. The ATR 72-600 will enter service this month with Lion Group’s regional subsidiary company, Wings Air, which already operates a fleet of 40 ATR aircraft in Indonesia. The remaining 50 ATR 72-600s will be delivered

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