The world’s passenger fleet will more than double to 48,000 aircraft in 20 years with traffic growing at a resilient 4.4% per year, driving a need for 37,390 new passenger and freighter aircraft according to Airbus’ new Global Market Forecast 2018-2037. Growth drivers include private consumption increasing 2.4 times in emerging economies, higher disposable incomes […]
The French Group, Sabena technics, has appointed Fabrice Dumas as the new Managing Director of its Nîmes site (France). He will be part of the Group’s Executive Committee. Fabrice Dumas, a graduate from ISEP, began his career in 1989 as engineer and brings along over 15 years of management experience. He has held a number
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Nicola Zaccheo, Sitael CEO, Vincenzo Giorgio, Altec CEO, and George Whitesides, Virgin Galactic CEO, signed at Sitael headquarters a framework agreement that intends to bring Virgin Galactic spaceflights to Italy. The agreement comes after two years of business discussions, government regulatory analysis, studies on potential operations and market assessment. In September 2016 Altec – a
Eirtech Aviation Services are the first Irish EASA Part M CAMO organisation to have gained approval for A320NEO Aircraft. This approval covers both engines types on the A320NEO, CFM LEAP and Pratt and Whitney IAW PW1100G. Eirtech leading the way in providing CAMO support for the next generation of A320 aircraft, the NEO series. Achieving
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SAS Scandinavian Airlines released traffic data for June 2018. Scheduled number of passengers increased by 2.6% to 2.7 million in June. Scheduled traffic for the month increased 2.8%, while capacity was up 1.5% compared to June 2017. The load factor increased 1.0 point to 81.8% compared to the previous year.
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A total of 3,497,286  passengers  chose to fly with Norwegian in June, 437,883  more than the same period last year. Total traffic increased by 44% and capacity increased by 43% compared to the same period in 2017. The load factor was 90.5%, up 0.8 points compared to the previous year.  
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Turboprop manufacturer ATR, has received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its new ATR 72-600 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) based at its headquarters in Toulouse. This new simulator is now open for reservations. Manufactured by CAE, it will enable ATR to provide its customers and operators with some 5,000 additional training hours
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Boeing and Brazil’s Embraer have jointly announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the formation of a strategic aerospace partnership. The proposed joint venture will see Embraer’s commercial aircraft and services business align, strategically, with Boeing’s commercial development, production, marketing and lifecycle services operations. The joint venture will see Boeing hold an
