According to data published on Friday in a report by Montreal-headquartered Airports Council International, or ACI, global airport traffic rose 6.4% to 7.2 billion passengers, its fastest rate of growth since 2010. Despite these promising figures, passenger growth this year will likely be tempered by the threat of militant attacks and geopolitical unrest, together with […]
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Thales, a global leader in space, avionics, and connected inflight entertainment, has signed two milestone agreements with SES, a leading satellite operator. With these agreements, Thales will offer airlines and their passengers FlytLIVE, the most efficient inflight connectivity experience over the Americas. FlytLIVE by Thales will start operating mid 2017 using in-orbit satellites. To meet
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RUAG Aviation has announced the extension of the EASA Part 145 Maintenance Organisation approvals to include line and base maintenance for the Gulfstream G550 at its facilities in Munich. This is the latest addition to RUAG Aviation’s expanded portfolio of business aviation MRO capabilities. Gulfstream G550 customers now have the opportunity of choosing a tested
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Low-cost carrier Volaris took delivery of its first A320neo, making the airline the first operator of the A320neo in North America. Volaris is Mexico’s largest Airbus customer, having ordered 74 A320 Family aircraft, including 30 A320neo. The all-Airbus operator became a customer in 2006, and since then has become Mexico’s biggest A320 Family operator with
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AAR has named Noreen Kabra as Vice President, International Business Development for the OEM Aftermarket Solutions – Defense group. Kabra, who brings to her new role extensive sales experience in the defense aviation aftermarket, will focus on expanding AAR’s OEM footprint via direct sales to foreign militaries, currently offering products from OEMs including Crane, Unison,
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RwandAir and Lufthansa Technik signed an agreement about the comprehensive technical support of the Airbus A330 fleet of the African carrier. Delivery of the two brand-new A330s, the first widebody aircraft for RwandAir, is scheduled for September. In the framework of a Total Technical Support TTS contract Lufthansa Technik will perform aircraft maintenance services, engineering
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Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Hürkuş tandem two-seat trainer has completed all flight testing and obtained Type Certificate (TC) from the Turkish Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) with its validation certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Each flight deck includes two Universal Avionics Radio Control Units (RCU) and two EFI-890R Advanced Flight Displays
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Southwest Airlines has reached a Tentative Agreement with the Transport Workers Union Local 556, the Union that represents the Company’s flight attendants. Dates for the ratification vote by flight attendants and other details have not been released.
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WestJet announced August 2016 traffic results with a load factor of 86.5% an increase of 1.9 points year over year. Traffic increased 11.3% year over year and capacity grew 8.8% over the same period.
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Allegiant announced the appointment of John Redmond as the company’s president. A former president and chief executive officer of MGM Grand Resorts, Redmond brings more than 30 years’ experience in executive management in the hospitality and leisure travel industry to the position. Redmond has also served for eight years as a member of Allegiant’s Board
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