Just over 18 months after the Japan-based low cost carrier subsidiary of China’s Spring Airlines began operations, it is to receive a welcome capital boost in the form of JPY18 billion (US$151 million) from local Japanese investors, including a major real estate company and consumer electronics retailer Bic Camera. Under current legislation, as the airline […]
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Air France Industries will upgrade four Airbus A330 aircraft for one of its customers with Rockwell Collins’ PAVES Passenger Services System (PSS). The standalone, cost-effective reading light and cabin crew call system with USB charging port brings several benefits, including a significant reduction in aircraft weight. Depending on the system it replaces, PAVES PSS can
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will upgrade its fleet of Boeing 777 airplanes with Astronautics’ Block Point 4 (BP4) Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). “The newer EFB will enable the storage of more information including detailed charts, maps, documents and databases, allowing operators to enhance airplane performance and improve operational efficiency,” said Larry Levine, vice president, Business Development,
Volaris, the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico, the United States and Central America, reported December 2015 traffic results. During December 2015 Volaris increased total capacity by 18.2% year over year, while traffic increased 23.2%. Volaris posted a load factor of 85.6%, an increase of 3.5 points year over year.
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Ascent Aerospace, a leading integrator of aircraft assembly line solutions, has bolstered its automated assembly capabilities with the addition of Gemcor. Gemcor is a global leader in developing and manufacturing automated fastening systems that are used by virtually every airframe manufacturer throughout the world. Gemcor systems are used in the sub-assembly of aircraft wings, fuselages
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Aviation Technical Services (ATS) and Volotea Airlines (Volotea) are working together on an aircraft integration program for the introduction of several mid-life A319 aircraft into Volotea’s fleet. Volotea will focus on aircraft acquisition and operations while ATS will provide turnkey technical fleet integration services. These services include overall program management, detailed aircraft records review, engineering
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Minsheng Financial Leasing has announced the closing of a seven aircraft financing facility led by DVB. The aircraft portfolio consists of three A320-200s and four 737-800s on long-term operating leases to airlines from Turkey, Spain, China and Indonesia. DVB is the Arranger, Security Trustee and Facility Agent and also the Original Lender alongside Helaba (Landesbank
Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, announced extended coverage from its UK facility for Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW300 turbofan engine. Vector Aerospace’s Fleetlands site in Gosport has been a Designated Overhaul Facility (DOF) for the PW307A (Dassault Falcon 7X), PW308A (Hawker 4000) and PW308C (Dassault Falcon
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