Airbus has confirmed that it has taken appropriate measures to comply with the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on subsidies for its A350 and A380 aircraft.The ruling by the WTO has cleared the way for the U.S. to impose sanctions at the end of what has been a dispute which has lasted 14 years. It […]
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Florent Chauvancy has been appointed Executive Vice-President, OEM Sales, succeeding Maxime Faribault who is retiring. Chauvancy is a graduate of the French National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon (Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering – 1999) and the Rotman Business School in Toronto (Executive MBA). Furthermore Giuseppe Curci has been appointed Executive Vice-President, Finance and
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With fuel coming second only to wages as an airline’s greatest outgoing, a period of critical planning awaits them with rising prices coinciding with the traditionally busy summer season. In 2018 alone jet fuel prices have risen 15 percent, while over the last twelve months they have risen by approximately 60 percent. With schedules and
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The Latvian airline airBaltic has launched a new route from Riga International Airport to Split Airport in Croatia on May 21. The new route offers a new summer holiday destination for travelers from the Baltics, as well as convenient travel options from Croatia to Riga and beyond to destinations in Scandinavia, the Baltics, and the
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Lufthansa Cargo has further increased its freighter network in China by adding direct services to and from Chengdu (CTU). Since 5 May 2018, a Boeing 777F with flight number LH8410 departs Frankfurt every Monday and Saturday and returns from Chengdu every Tuesday and Sunday. “We are very proud to now be serving the western Chinese
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Ryanair has reported a 10% increase in full year profit after tax to €1.45bn, as lower fares (down 3%) stimulated 9% traffic growth to over 130m guests and 95% load factor. Average fares last year declined by 3% and traffic grew 9% to over 130m with Germany, Italy and Spain being the 3 largest growth
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The breakthrough came with the borescope boss for the geared turbofan engine powering the A320neo; MTU Aero Engines is stepping up its efforts in the field of additive manufacturing. At the beginning of this year, a separate department, headed up by Dr. Jürgen Kraus, was set up to push this technology forward. “By pulling all
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Satair’s UK operation has benefited from a multi-million pound investment programme, resulting in the opening of a brand new facility close to London’s Heathrow Airport. The new facility, at Space Waye, North Feltham Trading Estate, became fully operational on March 19 and has six times the area and 11 times the cubic capacity of the
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Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and services supplier has collaborated with Vivo Energy to grow its network in Africa adding six new locations: Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU), Abidjan-Felix-Houphouet-Boigny International Airport (ABJ), Nelson Mandela International (RAI), Sal International Airport (SID), Agadir – Al Massira Airport (AGA) and Marrakesh – Menera Airport (RAK).
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Torsten Tamm, Managing Director, AviTrader CS GmbH explains the business model for the company’s new service in surplus inventory remarketing and parts auctioning. (interview AviTrader MRO magazine May 2018) AviTrader MRO: You recently founded AviTrader CS in Munich, Germany together with your business partners. Are you moving the Vancouver, Canada based AviTrader publication business to
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