July 9, 2017

Delta continues Boston expansion with new service to Pittsburgh, New Orleans

Beginning Oct. 1, Delta will operate twice-daily nonstop flights from Boston to Pittsburgh. Seasonal service to New Orleans will start on Feb. 10, 2018. With the new routes, Delta and its partners will serve a total of 47 destinations worldwide from Boston, including nonstop international flights to London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin. The airline has […]

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NAC delivers one ATR 72-600 to Far Eastern Air Transport Corporation

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Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has delivered one ATR 72-600, MSN 1110, to Far Eastern Air Transport Corporation on lease. Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) is a privately-owned airline providing scheduled international passenger and cargo services from its Taipei base to destinations in China and Taiwan, as well as scheduled domestic services linking Taipei and Kaohsiung

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AWAS to place Boeing 737-800 with Ukraine International Airlines

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AWAS has completed a lease agreement with Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) for a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The aircraft comes from AWAS’ existing fleet and is expected to deliver to the airline in Q1 2018. The addition of this Boeing NG aircraft will support the airline’s 2018 fleet strategy as it looks to expand operations in

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Rockwell Collins increases share repurchase authorization by US$200m

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The Board of Directors of Rockwell Collins has approved the purchase of an additional US$200m of Rockwell Collins common stock. With this additional authorization, total share repurchases authorized as of July 7, 2017 is US$285m. “This additional authorization demonstrates the Board of Directors’ continued confidence in our ability to generate cash flow needed to achieve

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Boeing partners with China Airlines to enhance maintenance, engineering, training capabilities

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Boeing and China Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development of the airline’s capabilities to serve the growing maintenance, repair and overhaul market in Asia. Boeing anticipates providing technical support and maintenance training to China Airlines to enhance its ability to service Boeing products. In addition, Boeing intends to work

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IndiGo expresses interest in Air India’s international operations

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IndiGo, the Indian budget airline has expressed a keen interest in acquiring the international operations of fellow national carrier, Air India. However, IndiGo has made it clear from the onset that it would not be interested in any form of joint venture with the Indian government. IndiGo’s founders, Rakesh Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia, have also

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BAA Training will provide ATR 42/72 type rating training for Tanzanian airlines

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BAA Training, European standard aviation training centre, has announced gaining an approval to provide ATR 42/72 FFS services for Tanzanian aviation companies. After successful audit by Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA), ATR 42/72 type rating training and full flight simulator dry or wet lease is allowed to be provided at the training center in Vienna,

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Delta reports June load factor of 88%

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Delta reported June 2016 system traffic increased 2.8% while system capacity was up 1.8%. The load factor of June was up 0.8 points to 88.5% compared to June 2016.

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SAS traffic figures June 2017

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SAS reported June 2017 scheduled traffic increased 6.2% and the capacity was up 7.1 compared to the same period in 2016. The load factor decreased by 0.7 points versus last year to 80.8%.

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Airways NZ appoints Graeme Sumner to the role of CEO

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Airways NZ has reported the appointment of Graeme Sumner to the role of CEO. Graeme, an experienced CEO, brings 27 years’ experience from the energy, transport, telecommunications, mining services and medical technology industries. Graeme is currently Managing Director of Advanced Braking Technology based in Melbourne. Prior to this Graeme held CEO roles with Service Stream

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