Having had their offer accepted back in June this year, the Atlantic Gateway consortium led by JetBlue Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines founder David Neeleman, together with Portuguese bus company Barranquiro Group, have been given the go ahead by the Portuguese anti-trust regulator Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC) to acquire a 61% stake in TAP Portugal, […]
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Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that it has delivered two Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. The order for the aircraft was announced in March 2014 and the first aircraft was delivered in May 2014. The second aircraft, which was unveiled today in St. John’s, Newfoundland, was delivered in September
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Spirit Airlines, a low-cost carrier based in Miramar, Florida, is preparing for the installation of the first Airbus Competence Training (ACT) classroom in the Americas. This state-of-the-art maintenance training suite is being set-up at Spirit’s new maintenance facilities in Detroit, Michigan (U.S.). Spirit’s maintenance personnel and engineers will receive initial and recurrent training in the
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Jet Aviation Singapore has appointed Faizal Khan to FBO senior manager, effective October 1st, 2015. As senior manager, Khan will be responsible for Jet Aviation Singapore’s day-to-day FBO operation, Aircraft Parking and Tenancy services. He is succeeding Bernard Loo, who has left the company.
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Crane Aerospace & Electronics was chosen by Airbus to provide the Door Control and Monitoring System (DCMS) for the new Beluga airlifter, a special derivative of the A330 widebody aircraft. The Crane DCMS will monitor, communicate and control the position of the main cargo doors, as well as monitor the position of the aft cargo,
L-3 Communications has been awarded a US$30m contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to missionize two C-130J aircraft using a next-generation mission system suite. The total value of the contract, with all options exercised, is approximately US$93m. Work will be performed by L-3 Platform Integration in Waco, Texas. The government-owned mission system was developed jointly
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Hawaiian Airlines reported September traffic increase of 2.3% compared to the preivious year, while capacity was up 3.1%. The load factor for the month was slighty down by 0.4 points, to 82.1%.
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Omni Air International and AFI KLM E&M have inked a renewal of their existing long-term contract under which AFI KLM E&M handles maintenance and repair of the CF6-80C2 engines powering the carrier’s fleet of Boeing 767-200ERs and 767-300ERs – a total of ten aircraft. Omni Air International is a privately-owned US airline operating domestic and
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Macquarie AirFinance, a global aircraft leasing company based in Dublin, Ireland, reported that Mr. Liam Kavanagh will be its new Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, effective December 1st, 2015. Mr. Kavanagh will take over from Harry Forsythe who will be retiring from Macquarie AirFinance and leaving San Francisco to return to his family home
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