December 20, 2018

The first Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Da Nang, Vietnam touched down on December 19, at Da Nang International Airport, where it was welcomed with a celebratory water cannon salute. H.E. Mr. Al Baker said: “Qatar Airways is very pleased to extend its reach into Vietnam by launching our third gateway into this beautiful

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SmartLynx selects NYCO’s turbine oil for its fleet of Airbus A320

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SmartLynx Airlines, based in Riga, Latvia, has selected NYCO Turbonycoil® 600, a synthetic standard turbine oil, for use on its fleet of Airbus A320 powered by CFM56-5B and V2500. The ACMI provider and charter company is in full growth with annual passengers carried increasing from 1.6 million in 2015 to 2.5 million in 2017. SmartLynx

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Airbus Helicopters VSR700 demonstrator flies unmanned

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The Airbus Helicopters VSR700 demonstrator took off for a fully unmanned autonomous flight at the military airbase in Istres in the south of France. The purpose of the flight was to establish compliance with the demanding regulatory and safety systems necessary for future unmanned flight in France. During the exercise the demonstrator performed a 30

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LCI bolsters Asia operation with appointment of Chris Lloyd as VP Marketing

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Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of the Libra Group, has appointed Chris Lloyd as Vice President Marketing. He will be based at LCI’s Singapore office, with responsibility for the South East and North East Asian markets. Lloyd, who joined LCI in early December, has 25 years’ experience in the international helicopter market, with

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ATSG to acquire fleet of 20 Boeing 767-300ER through 2021

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Air Transport Services Group has signed an agreement with Jetran to acquire twenty Boeing 767-300 extended-range passenger aircraft from Jetran over the next three years. The aircraft covered by this agreement are currently operated by American Airlines. They were manufactured between 1993 and 2003, and are powered by General Electric CF6-series engines. ATSG currently expects

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Embraer and Republic Airways firm up order for 100 E175s

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Embraer and Republic Airways have signed a contract for a firm order of 100 E175 jets. This agreement was announced as a Letter of Intent (LoI) at the Farnborough Airshow, in July. The firm order has a value of US$4.69 billion, based on current list prices, and will be included in Embraer’s 2018 fourth-quarter backlog.

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Mika Stirkkinen to head Finnair’s commercial unit on an interim basis

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As Finnair communicated earlier this year, Juha Järvinen, Finnair’s Chief Commercial Officer will leave Finnair as of December 31, 2018. Finnair has appointed Mika Stirkkinen (MSc. Econ) as the interim head of Finnair’s commercial unit. He will also be a member of Finnair’s Executive Board during this interim period. Finnair has already started the recruitment

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Air Madagascar selects ADSoftware MRO IT solution

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ADSoftware has announced its collaboration with Air Madagascar and its subsidiary, Tsaradia. The contract covers the complete fleet of 10 aircraft (Airbus A340-300, Boeing 737-800 NG, ATR72-500, ATR72-600 and TWIN OTTER). Maintenance and procurement personnel will be using the software on a daily basis to manage all aspects of maintenance operations. Air Madagascar joins ADSoftware’s

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SkyWorks grows global platform with aircraft equity vehicle

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Building on the success of its global platform, in 2018 SkyWorks Holdings (SkyWorks) significantly expanded its investment and asset management businesses while simultaneously increasing its commitment to the advisory business. SkyWorks has established a dedicated aircraft servicing platform, SkyWorks Leasing (Ireland) Limited, in its Dublin Ireland offices. In addition, SkyWorks created a new equity vehicle,

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London Gatwick Airport paralyzed by drones in “deliberate act” of disruption

Qatar Airways touches down for the first time in Da Nang, Vietnam