June 11, 2018

Dreamliners further affected as Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 develops more problems

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The Rolls-Royce 1000 Trent engine which powers the Boeing Dreamliner has developed further problems, which has caused concern over safety and which has created potential disruption for carriers including British Airways and Norwegian. Having currently focused its attention on trying to fix durability problems with the ‘Package C’ version of the engine, 166 of its […]

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CEO of RUAG Aerostructures to step down

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At the end of June, Dr. Alexander Toussaint will step down from his position as CEO of RUAG Aerostructures at his own request in order to pursue a new challenge outside the company. Dirk Prehn, Head of Programs & Sales and a member of the Executive Board of the RUAG Aerostructures division, will assume the

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HT Aerotech completes CAMO approvals with EASA National Authority

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HT Aerotech was granted CAMO approval by the IAA for all Airbus narrow-body Series aircraft, Airbus A330 aircraft, Boeing 737 Classic and 737 NG aircraft as well as the Embraer Aircraft Series. This complements the Bermuda (BCAA) CAMO approvals for these same aircraft types previously granted in 2016. The IAA approvals have already been utilised

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SAS releases traffic figures for May 2018

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SAS Scandinavian Airlines has reported traffic results for May 2018. Scheduled traffic increased 1.6% compared to the previous year, while capacity increased 1.5%. The load factor increased to 74.1%, up 0.1 point versus last year.

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FPG Amentum arranges sale of two Germania A319s

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FPG Amentum, the Dublin-based aircraft leasing / management company announces the sale of two Airbus A319-112s (MSNs 3533 and 3560). The aircraft were sold on behalf of FPG Amentum’s investor customer Global Aircraft Fund I.

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Southwest Airlines reports May traffic

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Southwest Airlines has reported its May traffic statistics. Traffic in May 2018 increased 4.2% compared to May 2017, while capacity increased 5.2%. The May 2018 load factor was 84.6% compared with 85.4% in May 2017.

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First of six Philippine Airlines A350 XWBs enters final production phase

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Airbus has announced from its production facility in Toulouse, France that a new A350-900 destined for Philippine Airlines has taken its first flight as part of the final production process. The aircraft will be ready for delivery within the next few weeks. This is the first of six A350-900s, or XWBs on order – XWB

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More management reshuffling at IAI

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The board of directors of ELTA, subsidiary and division of Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI), which is headed by CEO Joseph Weiss, has approved the nomination of Yoav Turgeman to ELTA CEO and IAI EVP. Turgeman has been serving in managerial positions at IAI for the past 11 years, the most recent one as general manager

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ST Engineering’s Aerospace sector expands MRO Network with new facility in the USA