13 December 2017

Lufthansa acquisition of Niki collapses after EC blocks deal

Air Berlin subsidiary Niki is closing its flight operations, after the take-over by Lufthansa has failed. Niki has filed for insolvency and as of December 14, flights will no longer take off. The European Commission has refused to authorize the airlines’ acquisition by Germany’s largest carrier, Lufthansa. Despite offering to give up a number of […]

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StandardAero awarded multi-year contracts to provide APU, MRO services for Russian-based Yamal Airlines

StandardAero has been awarded two multi-year auxiliary power unit (APU) maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contracts to support Yamal Airlines, a Russian-based regional operator. The contracts include a three-year agreement to provide Honeywell GTCP36-150RJ APU MRO services for Yamal’s fleet of 10 CRJ-200LR aircraft and a five-year agreement supporting Honeywell RE220 APU MRO services on

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Air China and Air Canada strengthen Canada-China network in advance of full joint venture

Air Canada and Air China will expand their mutual codeshare services and lounge agreement in time for the 2018 Canada-China Year of Tourism, recognizing the importance of tourism and trade between the two countries. As Air Canada and Air China work toward finalizing their planned joint venture, while satisfying both countries’ applicable regulatory conditions, the

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AerSale to be new North American modification provider for 757-200PCF conversions

AerSale, a global supplier of mid-life aircraft, engines, used serviceable material (USM), and MRO services, has reached an agreement with Precision Aircraft Solutions (Precision) to provide 757-200PCF freighter modifications for the company at its Goodyear, Arizona, MRO facility. Additional services provided by AerSale will include regular maintenance checks, aircraft painting, and avionics modifications. Precision currently

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Bad weather continues to affect Finnair’s traffic in the coming days

The storm in Central Europe and the runway restrictions caused by heavy snowfall in Helsinki Airport on Tuesday congested Finnair operations at Helsinki Airport severely on Tuesday evening. An overtime working ban by Finnish aviation union also contributed partly to the situation. Finnair had to cancel over 60 flights and many flights were delayed. Finnair

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Norwegian purchases additional slots at London Gatwick

Norwegian has acquired an additional 28 weekly slots at London Gatwick Airport from summer 2018. The take-off and landing slots, purchased from Small Planet Airlines, will allow Norwegian to plan for continued growth at Gatwick. London Gatwick is at the heart of Norwegian’s fast-growing UK operation, where the airline already flies more than 4.6 million

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Ted Christie to become CEO of Spirit Airlines in 2019

Spirit Airlines has released that Ted Christie, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the position of President and will join the company’s Board of Directors effective on January 1, 2018. In his management role, Christie will have overall responsibility for the finance, revenue, operations, IT and human resources functions of Spirit’s business.

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