Ryanair has lowered its full year profit guidance (excluding Laudamotion) from a current range of €1.25 billion – €1.35 billion, to a new range of €1.10 billion – €1.20 billion due to lower traffic and weaker close in fares in September, caused by 2 days of coordinated pilot/cabin crew strikes in Germany, Holland, Belgium, Spain …
Bombardier Business Aircraft has announced that its Global 7500 has been awarded Transport Canada Type Certification, which will enable it to enter into service this year. Certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) should follow in due course. “The certification of our clean-sheet Global 7500 business jet is …
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG approved the purchase of 27 short- and medium-haul aircraft. Purchase options for 24 Airbus A320neo and three A321neo will be converted into firm orders. With this decision, the Lufthansa Group is reacting to the positive market and earnings development and thus ensuring the necessary fleet size in the …
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Lufthansa Technik AG and MTU Aero Engines AG laid the cornerstone for their new joint venture EME Aero in Jasionka, close to Rzeszów city, on September 28, symbolically launching one of the biggest and most advanced GTF MRO service centers worldwide. Pratt & Whitney GTF engines power five regional and narrowbody aircraft platforms, with the …
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Airbus Helicopters has delivered one H135 to Health Commission of Qingdao in China’s Shandong Province, making this helicopter the first of 100 H135s to be delivered to China per a framework agreement signed in June 2016. The H135 was delivered in HEMS configuration, fully equipped with the latest medical interior, and will perform life-saving EMS …
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Alitalia has signed a contract with CrossConsense to implement the CROSSMOS® eTLB. The decision to implement an electronic techlog is part of the process of “paperless maintenance” and the reason for Alitalia for heading towards paperless maintenance is not only saving paper, environmental resources, time and money but also to accelerate the provision and transmission …
MTU Maintenance, a global leader in customized solutions for aero engines, signed a five-year V2500 contract with Asiana Airlines. The contract covers the maintenance, repair and overhaul of 40% and engine trend monitoring for all of Asiana Airline and its subsidiaries’ V2500 fleet. The deal is worth around €245 million. Asiana Airlines is a South …
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Chorus Aviation’s subsidiary, Voyageur Aviation Corp., has expanded its product offerings with the acquisition of a Q400 aircraft for their Voyageur Avparts division. Disassembly is scheduled for early November and the inventory will be available to support Q400 operators worldwide. Voyageur Aviation has previously acquired Dash 8-100, Dash 8-300 and CRJ200 inventory to support regional …
Alton Aviation Consultancy, a boutique aviation consulting firm, has further extended its global reach with the opening of a new office in the Shinagawa district of Tokyo. With its existing offices in New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Dublin, Alton now has a local presence in the world’s leading aviation and aerospace centres. The Tokyo …
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