October 9, 2018

AJW Group appoints Youssef Bahsoun as Technical Services Manager

AJW Group has appointed Youssef Bahsoun as Technical Services Manager. Youssef will be based at AJW Technique, the company’s state-of-the-art MRO facility in Montreal, and starts his new role on October 9. He will lead the key technical relationship with Bombardier Business Aircraft as part of AJW’s long-term repair management contract with them, and will …

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Boeing confirms acquisition of aerospace parts distributor KLX Aerospace Solutions

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Boeing has completed the acquisition of KLX Aerospace Solutions (KLX), a leading aerospace parts distributor, thus strengthening its position within the 10-year aerospace market which is projected to have a value of US$2.8 trillion. KLX, a major global provider of aviation parts and services in the aerospace industry, has a strong distribution and supply chain, …

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Groundbreaking ceremony for TurbineAero’s new building in Thailand, Robert Wilson named CEO

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TurbineAero announced the groundbreaking ceremony for a new building in the Free Zone of the AMATA CITY Industrial Estate, Chonburi, Thailand, outside of Bangkok. The 80,000 ft² new facility will house up to 250 employees and will handle high technological testing, maintenance, repair and overhaul activities for aircraft components and systems for its worldwide customers, …

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WestJet reports September load factor of 79.2%

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WestJet announced September 2018 traffic results with a load factor of 79.2%, a decrease of 1.2 points year over year. Traffic increased 9.7% year over year, while capacity grew 11.3% over the same period. WestJet welcomed an additional 137,000 guests in September, a year-over-year increase of 7.1%. Year-to-date traffic growth continues to outpace capacity additions.

ETC releases fiscal 2019 second quarter results

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Environmental Tectonics Corporation has released its financial results for the thirteen week period ended August 24, 2018 (2019 second quarter). Net income attributable to ETC was US$0.4 million in both the 2019 second quarter and the 2018 second quarter. Although most items contributing to net income attributable to ETC remained flat quarter over quarter, there …

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Lufthansa Technik performs first base maintenance layovers of Boeing 737 MAX

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Lufthansa Technik has performed the first major connectivity modifications on Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft of an undisclosed customer. The aircraft were modified at Lufthansa Technik Budapest. The airline customer is currently enlarging its all-Boeing 737 fleet with the newest member of this aircraft family and was looking for a partner to equip the fleet …

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Skyworld Aviation announces management changes

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Skyworld Aviation is undergoing a re-organisation following Peter Greensmith’s recent decision to step back from “day to day” operations of the company and play more of a project management role. Juliet Hewitt is stepping up to the role of Marketing Director and will become significantly more involved in the day to day running of the …

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Finnair’s overall load factor down 4.6 points in September

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In September, Finnair carried 1,159,400 passengers, 7.8% more than in the corresponding period of 2017. The number of passengers grew in Asian traffic 5.5%, in European traffic 10.0% and in domestic 3.1%, while it decreased in North American traffic by 1.0%. Finnair’s overall capacity increased in September by 13.2% year-on-year. Traffic grew by 7.2%, while …

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Partnership signed between ENAC and Air France for training of 72 cadet pilots per year

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Driven by natural departures and significant growth in Air France, Joon and Transavia capacity, Air France now needs to recruit 250 pilots per year. The company has therefore decided to reopen its cadet pilot programme 8 years after it was suspended. The first trainee pilots started at ENAC (French Civil Aviation School) this summer with …

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Airbus Board of Directors selects Guillaume Faury future Chief Executive Officer