easyJet’s first half 2018 passenger numbers increased by 3.0 million to 36.8 million, including 0.7 million from easyJet’s new Berlin Tegel operations launched in January. Capacity increased by 7.8% as easyJet grew its existing network by 4.6% and added an additional 1.2 million seats at Tegel. Load factor grew by 0.9 points to 91.1% (91.9% […]
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Fly Leasing, a global leader in aircraft leasing, has announced that all agreements relating to FLY’s acquisition of 55 Airbus narrow-body aircraft and seven CFM engines on operating lease, and the option to purchase an additional 20 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, were approved by the shareholders of AirAsia Group Berhad (“AirAsia”) at their extraordinary general
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Avantto Aircraft Administration, in collaboration with Air BP, has announced a pioneering program in Brazil to offset carbon emissions in the business aviation sector. The carbon emissions related to the use of all of the aviation fuel supplied by Air BP to Avantto for the next 12 months will be offset via BP Target Neutral,
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Doric has acquired a new Boeing 787-9 – a Dreamliner – for Shinhan Aviation MSN 62742 Limited in a sale and lease-back transaction. The aircraft is leased to the TUI Group for a term of 12 years. The purchase of the aircraft was financed by long-term bank debt and the issuance of notes. Commerzbank, HSBC
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Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Limited have signed definitive agreements paving the way forward for their expanded trans-Atlantic joint venture: The Joint Venture Agreement signed between Air France-KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic sets out the governance as well as the commercial and operational terms of the expanded trans-Atlantic Joint Venture. Upon completion,
SAS is launching new high speed WiFi on its short and medium haul routes between Scandinavia and Europe. This means that passengers can now stream their favorite movies, use social media, send images from their seat or answer their emails. SAS’ WiFi is based on a satellite communication system supplied by Viasat Inc.; a global
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The UK air traffic management service provider, NATS, has announced it has invested in Aireon, the company pioneering a space-based air traffic surveillance service set to revolutionise the aviation industry. Through a network of 66 low earth orbiting Iridium® NEXT satellites, AireonSM will monitor the location of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipped aircraft flying anywhere
