JetBlue loses out as Alaska Air agrees to buy Virgin America for US$2.6bn

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Virgin America has accepted an offer of US$2.6bn (US$57/share) from rival airline, Alaska Air, a figure which, including Virgin America’s debt and aircraft lease obligations, values the transaction at approximately USD$4bn. Virgin America began operating in August 2007 and which was set up by Sir Richard Branson in a similar vein to Virgin Atlantic, a […]

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Mesa Airlines names John Selvaggio Chief Operating Officer

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Mesa Airlines has appointed John Selvaggio to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Most recently serving as the Company’s Vice President of Customer Service and Station Operations, Selvaggio joined Mesa in 2014 as Vice President of Business Development and Resource Planning and was later named Vice President of DFW Operations.

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Intrepid sells Airbus A330-300

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Privately held commercial aircraft lessor Intrepid, confirmed the sale of one Rolls-Royce powered A330-300 aircraft to an affiliate of Banco Santander S.A. The aircraft was acquired new by Intrepid in December 2015 and delivered under a long-term operating lease to Evelop Airlines, based in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

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Ryanair celebrates milestone delivery of airline's 400th Next-Generation 737-800

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Ryanair marked a milestone on April 4th, with the delivery of the airline’s 400th Next-Generation 737-800. The Irish low-cost carrier operates the largest fleet of Next-Generation 737-800s. Ryanair pioneered the low-cost model in Europe more than 30 years ago, with the Next-Generation 737-800 providing the optimal platform for its continued growth. Ryanair is the largest

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Delta reports operating performance for March 2016

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Delta reported March 2016 system traffic improved 1.2% year over year, while capacity for the month was up 1.5%. The load factor for March was slightly down, 0.2 points to 84.8%.

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Flying Colours completes first of eight Sparkle Roll CRJ200 conversions

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Flying Colours Corp., the North American MRO, completion and refurbishment specialist, has announced the first of eight CRJ 200 conversions, will be re-delivered to Joint Venture partner Sparkle Roll Jet (SRJ) before the end of April. The multi-class format required a new STC for China which the Civil Aviation Administration of China, CAAC, certified at

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MAEL concludes airframe heavy maintenance for airblue

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Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), the engineering division of Monarch, has concluded a number of airframe heavy maintenance checks for airblue at its London Luton Airport facility. As part of the comprehensive heavy maintenance agreement, Monarch Aircraft Engineering completed work on four airblue Airbus A321 aircraft including three back to back C Checks and a

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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise reports 2015 net income of US$610.4m

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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) reported net income for 2015 of US$610.4m (AED2,243m), an increase of 283% from US$159.5m (AED586m) in 2014. Revenue for full year 2015 increased to US$408.0m (AED1,499m) from US$389.5m (AED1,431m) for full year 2014. Revenues for 2014 are restated to exclude the results of StandardAero, which was sold in July 2015. DAE

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Air BP strengthens Brazilian footpring following signing with Azul Linhas Aéreas

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Air BP has considerably strengthened its position in the Brazilian aviation fuelling market following the signing of a deal to supply the airline Azul Linhas Aéreas at four airports. Under the terms of the new contract, Air BP is now fulfilling the airline’s fuel requirements at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport (GRU/SBGR) and Eurico de

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Aura Aviation makes its mark in India with appointment of Srinivasa Rao.