In a situation not dissimilar to the one recently faced by Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair, American Airways faces having to cancel 15,000 flights between December 17 and 31, one of the carrier’s busiest periods of the year. The problem has arisen through a lack of available pilots as a result of a glitch in the …
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Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services, Inc. (AMES), a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group, has been chosen as a supplier by Leidos, a global science and technology company. AMES’ manufacturing division will produce components in support of an Army aircraft program. AMES will deliver wire harnesses, coaxial, and fiber optic cables for Army aircraft. This …
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AviaAM Leasing, a Warsaw Stock Exchange listed aircraft leasing company, has recently handed in two brand-new Airbus A320s to the Russian flag carrier Aeroflot. The buyer and lessor of the Airbus A320-214s aircraft is SkyCo International Financial Leasing. In November, two deliveries of Airbus A320-214s (MSN 7902 and MSN 7932) were arranged by AviaAM Leasing. …
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Commsoft’s MRO IT system, OASES, has been chosen by new Cypriot airline, Tus Airways (Tus Air). Designed by engineers for engineers, OASES is one of the most successful aviation engineering and maintenance systems. Easy to use whilst being functionally highly sophisticated, it is structured in a modular format to allow for scalability and Tus Air …
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Lufthansa Technik AG has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for modifications on the Airbus A320 Family aircraft to fit them with second-generation “Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast” (ADS-B) transponders. Completion of this modern airspace surveillance technology modification by 2020 has been prescribed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency …
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Embraer has received a firm order of six A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training aircraft from the Philippine Air Force (PAF). After a comprehensive public bidding process participated by several manufacturers from around the globe and complying with the stringent evaluation processes the Super Tucano was selected as part of the PAF’s ongoing …
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Air Transport Services Group has announced the signing of a new lease agreement with Air Incheon for one Boeing 767-300 converted freighter and an option for a second, both for 2018 delivery, along with the expansion of its dry-leased 767-300 freighter fleet with three deliveries in November. The company said that its ATSG West Leasing …
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HAECO ITM, a member of the HAECO Group, has reached an agreement with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) to provide inventory technical management support for the airline’s Boeing 747-8 freighter fleet. The scope of the agreement includes component inventory access, component exchange, component repair management, component engineering and AOG support at guaranteed service level to ensure …
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With a decrease of 11.9% compared to October 2016, passenger numbers at Berlin Tegel have fallen significantly. Despite slight growth at Schönefeld (+ 3.3%), the total number of passengers at both Berlin airports has fallen by 6.2% compared to the same month of the previous year. As a result, the airberlin crisis has had a …
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Final assembly of the newest member of the A330neo Family, the A330-800, has started and is on track for the first flight planned in mid-2018. The A330-800 complements the A330-900, the largest member of the A330neo Family. With its 242-tonne Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) as base variant, the A330-800 can operate routes of up to …
