It has been announced by the United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration that Kenya has been awarded a Category 1 rating as it has complied with international safety standards under the agency’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program. This means that Kenyan carriers can now secure the required FAA and DOT authority to […]
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Jean-Brice Dumont, currently Head of Engineering at Airbus Helicopters, has been appointed Head of Engineering at Airbus Commercial Aircraft, following the decision by Charles Champion, to retire by the end of this year. Dumont will join Airbus on September 1, 2017 and take over from Champion in December 2017, following a transition phase. He will
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AerCap announced the delivery of a new Airbus A350-900 to Air Caraïbes, the first of three new A350 aircraft deliveries on long-term lease from AerCap’s order book with Airbus. The aircraft was transferred to the French carrier at a ceremony in the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse. A second A350-900 aircraft is scheduled for delivery
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International Airlines Group reported operating profit before exceptional items for the year to December 31, 2016 of €2,535m (2015: €2,335m), up 8.6%. Net foreign exchange operating profit impact for the year adverse €460m. Revenue for the year was down 1.3% to €22,567m and passenger unit revenue for the year was down 5.4% at constant currency.
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Ryanair has launched its first Frankfurt Main winter schedule (2017), with 7 based aircraft (an investment of US$700m), 20 new routes to Athens, Barcelona, Brindisi, Catania, Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Krakow, Lanzarote, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Pisa, Porto, Seville, Tenerife, Toulouse, Valencia and Venice (24 routes in total), which will deliver over 2.3m customers p.a.
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Aviation Partners (API) and Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) reported that its unique Blended Winglet and Split Scimitar Winglet technologies have now saved the world’s commercial and business jet operators an estimated 7 billion gallons of jet fuel, resulting in a corresponding global reduction of 74 million tons of CO2 emissions. Blended Winglets are additions to
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Air Lease Corporation has signed a long term lease agreement with Aeromexico for one new Boeing 787-9 aircraft with General Electric engines. The aircraft is from ALC’s order book with Boeing and is scheduled for delivery in June 2018. “When ALC began in 2010, Aeromexico was our first customer in Latin America. This will be
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John W. Lampl, a 40 year veteran of the international airline industry, has been appointed Vice President Corporate Communications for the USA based international air carrier Baltia Air Lines, which is currently undergoing restructuring. The announcement was made by President, Anthony D. Koulouris. Baltia Air Lines, based in New York, with operations in Michigan has
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Honda Aircraft Company said it will showcase the HondaJet at the 2017 Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE), April 11-13 in Shanghai, China. The appearance at the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport will mark the first-ever static display of HondaJet in China. “We have received strong interest from prospects in the Asia region and showcasing
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Airbus has finalised the sale of its Germany-based Defence Electronics business to KKR, a leading global investment firm, following the receipt of regulatory and other approvals, including from the German government. The France-based portion of the business will be transferred to KKR once the carve-out of the French entity in Elancourt, near Paris, is completed.
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