21 March 2016

flydubai crash kills all 62 on board – flight recorders ‘significantly damaged’

Speculation still surrounds the crash of flydubai Flight FZ981 which crashed in Rostov-on-Don in the South Federal District of Russia on early Saturday morning, killing all 55 passengers and 7 crew on board. The Boeing 737-800 had reached the end of its flight from the United Arab Emirates but had aborted an initial attempted landing […]

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Avianor appoints new Vice President of Business Development

Rick Townsend has joined the Avianor team as Vice President of Business Development. Based in the United States, Mr. Townsend will be focused on developing new opportunities for Avianor in the U.S market, specifically targeting operators in need of Maintenance, Modification and Refurbishment (MRO) services for both Airbus and Boeing aircraft types initially. Mr. Townsend

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Avianor obtains STC for IFE integration into A330 Economy and Business Class seats

Avianor has received Transport Canada STC’s for its modification to Airbus A330 passenger seating. These modifications were designed by Avianor to allow easy removal of the previously installed (legacy) IFE system, replacing it with the state of the art “RAVE” system from Zodiac Inflight Innovations (Zii). As part of a larger project, the Y class

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Spirit Airlines and Flight Attendants reach tentative agreement

Spirit Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants – CWA (AFA), providing the airlines more than 2,200 Flight Attendants with a five-year contract. The agreement contains wage increases, healthcare and other benefits. The AFA Negotiating Committee will be sharing complete details of the agreement with Spirit’s Flight Attendant Leadership, and

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aircamo Aviation is awarded Part M subpart G & I “CAMO” approval by the UK CAA

aircamo Aviation is awarded Part M subpart G & I “CAMO” approval by the UK CAA. The Cheshire based organisation offers full continued airworthiness management including ARC recommendations and renewals for civilian/private operated Boeing, Airbus, Embraer 170/190 series and the BAE 146/RJ aircraft within the EASA jurisdiction. The organisation provides Technical Advisory Services and Aircraft

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Avtrade increases inventory availability in the Middle East

Avtrade is continuing its commitment to provide first class support and service to customers in the Middle East region by increasing its stock of aircraft spare parts in Dubai. Following selection of Kuehne + Nagel, a leader in Aerospace Global Logistics, to provide warehousing and distribution services from its Aerospace Hub in Dubai Logistics City

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Avolon delivers one Airbus A320-200 aircraft to PT Batik and one Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Fuzhou Airlines

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announced the delivery of one Airbus A320-200 aircraft to PT Batik and one Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Fuzhou Airlines, a subsidiary of the Hainan Airlines group. This is the second Avolon aircraft on lease to PT Batik and the third Avolon aircraft on lease to the Hainan Airlines group.

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Lufthansa Technik increases turnover and profit in 2015

Lufthansa Technik AG, headquartered in Hamburg, increased its turnover and profit in 2015, continuing its growth course. Sales revenues grew by 17.6% to around €5.1bn (up €762m). The company achieved 20% growth in its adjusted EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes) to €454m (previous year: €380m). “This is a strong result,” said the Chairman of

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