Ryanair has announced the exercising of 25 Boeing 737 MAX 200 “Gamechanger” options and in so doing now has 135 firm orders for the new higher-capacity variant of the 737 MAX 8. Ryanair first placed an order for 100 of the “Gamechanger” jets, with an option for a further ten, at the Paris Airshow in […]
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JetBlue Airways has reported its results for the first quarter 2018. JetBlue has reported diluted earnings per share of $0.27. This compares to JetBlue’s first quarter 2017 diluted earnings per share of $0.24 cents. Pre-tax income was US$110m, a decrease of 9.2% from the first quarter of 2017. Pre-tax margin was 6.3%, a 1.3 point
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United Airlines has taken delivery of its first 737 MAX 9 aircraft from the Boeing Delivery Center in Seattle, WA. The new aircraft reduces fuel use and CO2 emissions significantly compared with older generation aircraft. In honor of this more eco-friendly aircraft, United has given the MAX a new livery, similar to its fuel-efficient Boeing
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Alaska Air Group has reported first quarter 2018 GAAP net income of US$4m compared to US$93m in the first quarter of 2017. First quarter adjusted net income excluding special items such as merger-related costs, an employee bonus awarded in connection with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and mark-to-market fuel hedge accounting adjustments was US$18m,
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Vallair, the aircraft trading, leasing and specialist MRO organisation, has completed the acquisition of six Airbus A321-200 aircraft (MSN891, MSN677, MSN827, MSN835, MSN968 and MSN974). These aircraft will be attributed to short term lease programs within Vallair’s current portfolio and will serve as initial feedstock for the Company’s launch of the Airbus A321-200 P2F program.
ARGUS International has promoted John Illson to Executive Vice President of Professional Resources In System Management (PRISM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ARGUS International. In his new role, Illson will be responsible for providing leadership and direction for the five independent PRISM divisions that deliver multiple services to the air carrier, business aviation, helicopter and unmanned
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HAECO Americas, a subsidiary of the HAECO Group with headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, officially opened its newest and state-of-the-art fifth hangar at Piedmont Triad International (PTI) Airport, on April 24. The event was held inside the US$60M hangar, which spans 250,000 ft² and is the largest maintenance space within the HAECO Americas portfolio.
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Widerøe, Scandinavia’s largest regional airline, has completed the first scheduled passenger flight of an Embraer E190-E2 on April 24. The aircraft, registered LN-WEA and operating as flight WF622, departed Bergen Airport at 7:56 am and arrived at Tromsø Airport at 9:39 am local time. The flight marks the official entry into service of the first
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StandardAero has appointed Marc Drobny as President of the company’s Business Aviation division. Mr. Drobny replaces Marc McGowan who is retiring, after six years with StandardAero. Drobny most recently served as President of Executive Jet Management (EJM), the aircraft management and charter division of the Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary NetJets and one of the largest business
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Airbus Helicopters and Schiebel have tested Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) capabilities between an H145 platform and a CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS), thus becoming the first European helicopter manufacturers to demonstrate this technology with the highest level of interoperability (LOI°5). The companies carried out test flights with the support of the Austrian Armaments and
