November 26, 2018

British Airways enhances cabin crew training with new apprenticeship programme

British Airways continues its investment in customer service and has announced a programme to recruit more than 2,000 cabin crew in 2019. Successful candidates with no prior cabin crew experience will train through the airline’s new cabin crew apprenticeship programme. After completing an intense cabin crew training course at British Airways’ Global Learning Academy, including …

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Spirit AeroSystems Chief Financial Officer to retire

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Spirit AeroSystems has reported that Sanjay Kapoor, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire in the first quarter of 2019. Kapoor has been in this role since he joined the company in August 2013. Kapoor will continue in his role as chief financial officer and assist in the transition once a successor …

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Loftleidir Icelandic’s subsidiary submits binding offer for majority shares of Cabo Verde Airlines

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Loftleidir Icelandic, a subsidiary of Icelandair Group, will, together with Icelandic investors, submit a binding offer for a 51% of the shares in Cabo Verde Airlines on Cape Verde. Authorities in Cape Verde and Loftleidir Icelandic have been cooperating for some time. In August 2017, Loftleidir Icelandic signed a management agreement with the Cape Verde …

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Turkish Airlines now flying to Gambia

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Turkish Airlines has now added the Gambian capital, Banjul, to its schedule. The flights will be operated twice a week and will be in connection with Dakar flights. With this addition, Turkish Airlines has increased its flight network to 54 in Africa. .This means Turkish Airlines now reaches 123 countries with 305 destinations worldwide. Turkish …

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André-Hubert Roussel proposed CEO of ArianeGroup

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Joint shareholders Airbus SE and Safran have proposed to the Board of Directors of ArianeGroup André-Hubert Roussel, currently Head of Operations at Airbus Defence and Space, to succeed Alain Charmeau as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ArianeGroup, effective January 1, 2019. Alain Charmeau, an accomplished executive in the aerospace industry, will retire in 2019 after …

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SCAC and Adria Airways sign LOI for 15 SSJ 100 aircraft and MRO joint venture

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Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) and Adria Airways have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for 15 SSJ100 aircraft. Delivery will start at the beginning of 2019 under a long-term lease arrangement. In addition, both Parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding upon establishing an SSJ100 Maintenance and Repair Organization (MRO) at Ljubljana Airport (Slovenia). The …

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Airbus delivers first A330-900 to launch operator TAP Air Portugal

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TAP Air Portugal has taken delivery of the world’s first new generation widebody A330neo and, as the launch airline, will be the first to benefit from the aircraft’s unbeatable operating economics, increased range, and Airbus’ new Airspace cabin offering passengers the best in class comfort. The aircraft is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines. The …

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Piaggio Aerospace turns to Italian government with request to be put into receivership

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Owing to “the state of insolvency of the company,” Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace has turned to the Italian government with a request to be put into receivership. This comes despite a current firm order for eight P.1HH unmanned aircraft (a variant of the P-180 business aircraft) from the United Arab Emirates with deliveries expected to commence …

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United Technologies obtains final regulatory approval for Rockwell Collins acquisition