Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s chief executive has revealed that a combination of the tragic bombing incident at Brussel’s Zaventem Airport, combined with air traffic control strikes would likely see a hole of between €10m and €20m created in the airline’s year-end profits for 2016. Ryanair is not the only airline to openly admit to the effect […]
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TrueAero, as part of its on-going commitment to providing engine material to its strategic customers, has purchased another CF6-80C2 engine. This engine has been positioned at a major MRO where it will be disassembled. The parts will be routed to the MRO’s repair shops and then used in meeting the MRO’s engine build requirements.
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Boeing and TAAG Angola Airlines, the national airline of Angola, celebrated the delivery of the airline’s newest 777-300ER (Extended Range). The latest addition to TAAG’s fleet touched down in Luanda on May 3rd, following a non-stop 8,709 nautical mile (14,015 kilometers) delivery flight from Boeing’s Delivery Center in Everett, Wash. The latest 777-300ER enables TAAG
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Star Alliance partners Air Canada and Avianca Brasil announced today they have implemented the first stage of a codeshare agreement. The agreement includes flights to and from BrasÃlia, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza , Porto Alegre , Recife , Rio de Janeiro (Antonio Carlos Jobim-Galeao airport), Salvador and São Paulo (Guarulhos airport). Air Canada customers will enjoy
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Aircastle reported first quarter 2016 results with total revenues of US$183.7m, a decrease of US$10.6m, or 5% from the previous year, driven by a US$16.8m decrease in maintenance revenues. During the first quarter of 2015, Aircastel recorded US$18.1m of maintenance revenue, primarily from two scheduled lease expirations with significant return compensation payments. Adjusted EBITDA for
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In the first quarter of 2016, some 13 million passengers passed through Frankfurt Airport (FRA), representing an increase of 3.3 percent year-on-year. On the back of that growth, Fraport achieved higher revenue from airport and infrastructure charges as well as from aircraft handling. Simultaneously, net retail revenue per passenger declined from €3.93 to €3.62 on
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In line with the letter of intent signed in September 2015, SAS and Aviator Airport Alliance Europe AB (Aviator) have agreed to continue negotiations in respect of the transfer of SAS Ground Handling’s line stations in Gothenburg and Malmö to Aviator. However, SAS has decided not to outsource ground handling at the main airports of
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CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1B engine was simultaneously awarded Type Certificates by both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), paving the way for entry into commercial service in 2017. CFM is the only engine manufacturer to gain dual original certification from both agencies, rather one lead agency issuing a
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Air Partner, the global aviation services group, released that Mike Hill has been appointed as Director of Freight, with responsibility for freight across the entire Air Partner Group. Mike has been with the Group since 2007, when he joined to set up Air Partner’s freight office in Germany from scratch. In 2014 he was promoted
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EDM, a global provider of training simulators to the civil aviation and defence sectors, has been selected by China Southern Airlines to provide two new cabin crew training simulators. The order comprises of an A330 Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET) and A320 Door Trainer (DT). Mounted on a hydraulic motion platform, the CEET will provide
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