A concept of a future variant of BAE Systems’ highly successful Hawk aircraft has flown for the first time at the Company’s military aircraft facility in Warton, Lancashire. Equipped with a new type of pilot display, a redesigned wing and defensive aids, the Advanced Hawk will meet market requirements for the next generation of fast […]
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American Airlines Group’s total traffic for May was up 2.6% versus May 2016, while total capacity was improved 2.3% versus May 2016. Total passenger load factor was 82.1%, up 0.2 points versus May 2016.
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Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has concluded a firm order for five Q400 aircraft with an undisclosed customer. Based on the list price of the Q400 aircraft, the order is valued at approximately US$162m.
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Cusco Aviatio, an aircraft leasing company focusing on a portfolio of 20 midlife narrowbody aircraft based in the San Francisco Bay Area, released that David Thompson and Amelia Mafe join Cusco Aviation as Senior Commercial advisor and Operating and Technical advisor, respectively. They both bring over 50 years of combined experience in the Aircraft Leasing
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The E190 has received type certification from South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority. Airlink, southern Africa’s largest privately owned regional airline, recently took delivery of their first E190 which will soon go into service. Airlink’s E190 will make its public debut in South Africa at the Adrenaline Air Show, Wonderboom National Airport in Pretoria to be
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Vector Aerospace Corporation has reported that its Component Services team, based in Almondbank, Perth, has been officially accepted onto the UK’s Sharing in Growth (SiG) programme. SiG is an ambitious transformation programme which raises the capability of UK aerospace suppliers in order to share in the growth of aerospace and other global markets. The £250m
PPG has named Tim Behmlander aerospace general manager for the Americas and Reiner Stamm to succeed him as aerospace general manager for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Behmlander replaces Dave Morris, who retires July 1, as aerospace vice president and general manager for the Americas after nearly 50 years in the aerospace industry.
Air Astana will launch direct flights from Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan to New Delhi, the capital of India starting on July 2, 2017. The service will be operated three times a week using Airbus A320 and Embraer 190 aircraft. Air Astana continues to operate daily flights between Almaty and New Delhi, launched back in
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KLM UK Engineering has added CASA Part 145 approval to its portfolio from June 2017. A European leader in the regional jets & narrow body aircraft market and having an internationally acknowledged expertise on the Embraer 170/190, BAe146/Avro RJ, Fokker 70/100, Boeing 737 & Airbus A320 Family, KLM UK Engineering has extended its services to
The world’s passenger aircraft fleet above 100 seats is set to more than double in the next 20 years to over 40,000 planes as traffic is set to grow at 4.4% per year, according to Airbus’ latest Global Market Forecast 2017-2036. Over this period, increasing numbers of first time flyers, rising disposable income spent on
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