August 14, 2018

Alaska Air Group reports July 2018 operational results

Alaska Air Group has published July operational results on a consolidated basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiary Alaska Airlines and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air Industries and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines. On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported a 7.6% percent increase […]

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Bombardier continues African market penetration with pre-owned Q400

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Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has successfully placed three pre-owned Q400 turboprops with PassionAir from the Republic of Ghana. The airline acquired the aircraft through a dry-lease with a third party. “Our market penetration in Africa continues to intensify, and we are pleased to welcome Passion Air as the first commercial airline operating a Bombardier regional aircraft

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Boeing names Brendan Curran to head Boeing AvionX

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Boeing has named Brendan Curran president of Boeing AvionX, an organization formed last year to pursue the development and production of avionics and electronics systems. Curran, who has more than 20 years of aerospace industry leadership, joins Boeing from Crane Co., where he served as president of the Aerospace & Electronics Group. In this newly-created

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Viasat to outfit 100 new American Airlines A321neo aircraft with IFC and Wi-Fi entertainment systems

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Subsequent to the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, Viasat, a global communications company, was selected to outfit 100 new American Airlines Airbus A321neo aircraft with its IFC and Wi-Fi entertainment systems. Viasat will also provide logistics support and network monitoring for its systems on these aircraft. Delivery of these airplanes is

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STS AeroStaff and Technical Services merge operations

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STS AeroStaff Services, the staffing company that started it all for STS Aviation Group in 1984, rebrands amidst a merger of operations with its sister company, STS Technical Services. Moving forward, the consolidated companies will be known as STS Technical Services. The brand shift was made to better reflect the organization’s current visions and future

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Qatar Airways will introduce Boeing 787 Dreamliner service on route from Prague to Doha

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Qatar Airways has announced that commencing October 28, 2018, one of the two daily flights from Prague to Doha will be serviced with the different type of aircraft, increasing the overall capacity by approximately 46%. On flight QR292, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft for 254 passengers will be introduced, while the second daily flight QR290

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United reports July 2018 operational performance

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United Airlines (UAL) has reported July 2018 operational results. UAL’s July 2018 consolidated traffic increased 6.9% and consolidated capacity increased 4.0% versus July 2017. UAL’s July 2018 consolidated load factor increased 2.4 points to 89.3% compared to July 2017.

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Azul reports adjusted net income of R$238 million, up R$277 million year over year

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Azul, the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities and departures, has reported its results for the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18). Net income adjusted for non-recurring items totaled R$238.3 million, compared to a net loss of R$38.6 million in 2Q17. Adjusted operating income was R$75.8 million yielding a margin of 3.7% compared with

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