Airbus plans to build a second plant in China after winning an order for at least 45 jets that underpins its production goals for the wide-body A330, chief executive Fabrice Bregier said on Tuesday. Airbus has been negotiating for about 18 months to establish an A330 ‘cabin completion centre’ in China alongside an existing final […]
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GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft financing and leasing arm of GE, has announced it has completed a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with a new customer, PT Batik Air Indonesia, for four new Airbus A320 aircraft. GECAS delivered the first aircraft earlier this month. The remaining three aircraft will deliver throughout the rest of
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AWAS has released that it has delivered one new A320 passenger aircraft to long-time customer Aegean Airlines. This aircraft was previously ordered by the airline directly from the manufacturer and is part of a Purchase and Leaseback transaction with AWAS. This is the second of three A320s from this deal agreed earlier this year. Core
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Pegasus, one of Turkey’s leading low cost airlines, has chosen AJW Aviation to provide full power-by-the-hour services for its current fleet of A320s. The multi-year contract has the option to expand with the fleet over the next decade. AJW will also locate extensive main base kit at the Pegasus facility in Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport,
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The impending strike of cabin crew at Lufthansa scheduled to start on the 1st July has been avoided, albeit temporarily. The strike was originally set to commence tomorrow on the basis that negotiations between the airline’s board and the flight attendants’ union, UFO had broken down over pay and pensions. A series of one day
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The operator base for Airbus’ new-generation A350 XWB is extending to East Asia with handover of the Xtra Wide Body jetliner to Vietnam Airlines. This aircraft will enter commercial revenue service later in the week, operated on lease from AerCap. This delivery makes Vietnam Airlines the world’s second A350 XWB operator after the jetliner’s introduction
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Apigee, developer of an intelligent API platform for digital business, has announced that Transavia, the Dutch low-cost carrier airline and a division of the Air France KLM Group, has selected Apigee’s API management software to help fulfill its vision of becoming one of the best digital airline in Europe. This vision includes a complete rebrand
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Alaska Airlines has reported two new routes from Los Angeles, and one new route from Boise, Idaho. New daily roundtrip service between Los Angeles and Monterey, California; and Boise, Idaho and Reno, Nevada begin Nov.5th. A new seasonal flight between Los Angeles and Gunnison/Crested Butte will shuttle skiers and snowboarders from California to Colorado starting
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Boeing (BA) and Embraer have posted that they intend to collaborate to test environment-focused technologies through the ecoDemonstrator Program in a joint effort to improve aviation’s environmental performance. This expands ongoing cooperation between two of the world’s largest airplane manufacturers. Boeing has launched its ecoDemonstrator Program in 2011 to accelerate testing and use of new
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Fulcrum BioEnergy and United Airlines, has published that United Airlines has invested US$30m in Fulcrum and will have the option to directly participate in Fulcrum’s waste-to-jet fuel plants across North America. United will also have the opportunity to purchase 90m gallons per year of Fulcrum’s cost-competitive, sustainable jet fuel under long-term offtake agreements, subject to
