In what Carsten Spohr, chief executive of Lufthansa, said was a “great day” for his company, Germany’s largest carrier has agreed to purchase the lion’s share of Air Berlin, which filed for bankruptcy protection on August 15. The purchase price of €210m (US$245m) will see Lufthansa looking to acquire 80 of Air Berlin’s 144 aircraft, […]
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United Airlines (UAL) has reported September 2017 operational results. UAL’s September 2017 consolidated traffic decreased 1.6% and consolidated capacity increased 1.7% versus September 2016. UAL’s September 2017 consolidated load factor decreased 2.7 points to 80.5% compared to September 2016.
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Hawaiian Airlines has announced its system-wide traffic statistics for the month of September. Traffic for September increased 6.3%, while capacity was up 4.3% compared to the previous year. The load factor increased 1.6 points to 86.6%.
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Alaska Air Group has reported September operational results on a consolidated basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiaries Alaska Airlines and Virgin America and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines. On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported an 8.4%
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Southwest Airlines has shared plans to begin selling tickets in 2018 for service to Hawaii and also announced its intention to launch an application process for Federal Aviation Administration authorization for Extended Operations (ETOPS). At the beginning of this month, Southwest became the first airline in North America to launch scheduled service utilizing Boeing 737
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In September 2017, some 6.2 million passengers traveled through Frankfurt Airport (FRA) – an increase of 5.4% on the previous year. This was the first time that FRA exceeded the six-million-passenger mark in a September month. With a total of 225,801 passengers served on September 29, 2017, a new daily passenger record was also reached.
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Sepang Aircraft Engineering (SAE), an MRO centre based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, partially owned by Airbus since 2011, has become a fully owned Airbus subsidiary, following the acquisition by Airbus of its remaining shares. With this acquisition, SAE becomes an integral part of the Airbus Customer Services network and is set to represent a key
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Monarch Aircraft Engineering has signed a new base maintenance agreement with Icelandair. The airline is a new base maintenance customer for MAEL who will carry out C check for Icelandair’s Boeing 757 cargo aircraft. The maintenance work will be carried out at Monarch Aircraft Engineering’s Luton Airport hangar and is due to commence at the
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GECAS has acquired a 747-8 freighter (MSN 63378) from Boeing Capital Corporation and will continue the existing aircraft lease with AirBridgeCargo. This transaction expands GECAS’ decade-long relationship with the airline, who operate an all-747 fleet including two 747-400ERFs from GECAS. “We are pleased to continue our support of AirBridgeCargo Airlines with this acquisition,” said Richard
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AJW Group has announced two senior appointments in North America to support and strengthen its continued growth in providing supply chain, asset management and channel partner solutions to transform aviation efficiency. Brian Beair has been appointed VP of Business Development, while Jordan Green has been appointed Regional Sales Director. As a result of the continued
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