Norwegian Air International (NAI), the Irish subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS), has ended its three-year struggle against labor unions and competitors with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) granting the carrier permission to fly into and out of the United States, the decision effective from December 2, 2016. Heavy opposition to the granting of […]
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Airbus Corporate Jets has won another commitment for an ACJ320neo. The latest deal adds to the seven orders already won by the ACJ320neo Family, taking total orders and commitments to eight, comprising six ACJ320neo and two ACJ319 neo aircraft. Capitalising on new-generation engines and Sharklets at the wingtips, plus other improvements, the ACJ320neo Family delivers
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Lufthansa Technik and GE selected the Legnica Special Economic Zone in Środa Śląska, Poland as the site for its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture for GEnx-2B and GE9X engines. The joint venture, called XEOS, will invest about US$267m in the new facility. Ground breaking on the 350,000 ft² facility will begin in the
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Satcom Direct is now authorized by Inmarsat’s Global Government Business Unit to provision and resell Inmarsat’s Ka-band Global Xpress (GX) service to global government customers for use in military, head-of-state and other government operations. Satcom Direct (SD) has been appointed a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Inmarsat’s GX mobile global broadband satellite network. GX delivers
Embraer reached another milestone on December 2. with its E-Jets program – the delivery of the 1,300th aircraft. The E-Jet, an E195, was handed over to China’s Tianjin Airlines in a ceremony at the factory in São José dos Campos. This delivery brings the Tianjin Airlines E-Jet fleet to 45, the largest in Asia. During
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United Airlines released that the company’s technicians, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), have voted to ratify a new joint collective bargaining agreement. With this announcement, United has reached new agreements with every domestic unionized work group in 2016. The IBT agreement brings together the airline’s more than 9,000 technicians and related employees
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Hawaiian Airlines will add three new aircraft to its fleet with the purchase of one A330-200 and the lease of two additional A321neos. The newly ordered planes will enable Hawaiian to early retire its fleet of Boeing 767 aircraft by the end of 2018 while supporting measured, sustainable growth of its unique medium and long-haul
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Delta Air Lines (DAL) reported financial and operating performance for November 2016. Total traffic was up 0.3% compared to the previous year, while capacity was down 0.7%. Consolidated load factor for the month was up 0.9 points to 85%.
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AerCap Holdings has announced the delivery of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner for Air France. The 787-9 airplane will be deployed on Air France’s Paris to Cairo route, starting in January 2017. The aircraft, on long-term lease to Air France from AerCap’s order book with Boeing, is the lessor’s 50th Dreamliner.
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Alaska Air Group reported November operational results on a consolidated basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiary Alaska Airlines and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air Industries and third-party regional carriers, SkyWest Airlines and PenAir (Regional). On a combined basis, Air Group reported a 7.0% increase in traffic on a 2.8%
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