January 7, 2019

London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports invest millions in anti-drone equipment

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After the chaos caused by drone sightings at London Gatwick Airport between December 19 and December 21 last year, both London Heathrow and London Gatwick Airport have invested heavily in military-grade anti-drone equipment to ensure that further levels of disruption from the presence or suspected presence of drones can be avoided. There were sightings of […]

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C&L Aviation Group signs service agreement with Embraer Netherlands

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C&L Aviation Services, a C&L Aviation Group company, has signed an Aircraft Maintenance Service Agreement with Embraer Netherlands (ENL), who is responsible for the asset management of the Embraer commercial aircraft portfolio, to perform heavy maintenance, interior refurbishment, paint, and other services on the pre-flown ERJ 135/145 aircraft which they refurbish and remarket to their

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Qatar Airways Cargo commences transpacific freighter service to Guadalajara from Macau

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Qatar Airways Cargo has commenced freighter services to Guadalajara, Mexico, expanding its network in the Americas region. The new destination is being served by the airline’s Boeing 777 freighter. Guadalajara has been added as a new destination on the cargo carrier’s high demand transpacific freighter route, commencing January 6, 2019. The twice-weekly freighter departs directly

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Norwegian carried over 37 million passengers in 2018

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Norwegian has reported its highest ever passenger figures in a single year with more than 37 million passengers and a load factor of 86% in 2018. December 2018 was also characterised by passenger growth as Norwegian carried 2,402,005 passengers, up 15% from the same month previous year. Capacity was up 34% and traffic increased 24%

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AerCap leased, purchased and sold 436 aircraft in 2018

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AerCap Holdings N.V. has announced its major business transactions during the fourth quarter and the full year 2018. AirCap has signed lease agreements for 257 aircraft and purchased 76 aircraft during 2018. The company has executed sale transactions for 103 aircraft and has signed financing transactions for US$6.9 billion. During the fourth quarter 2018 AerCap

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AIAA names new Managing Director of Member and Market Development

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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), has named Katie Taplett as managing director of Member and Market Development. Taplett brings almost thirty years of sales, business development, and market/partnership development experience in the field of media and information services, working specifically with various business-to-business content providers and trade publishers within the aviation and

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TAG Aviation receives renewed Wyvern Wingman operating status

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TAG Aviation (UK) has successfully received renewed accreditation to the Wyvern Wingman Standard safety program following a rigorous on-site safety audit conducted by Wyvern. The Wingman Standard is globally acknowledged as the industry’s benchmark in aviation safety and reflects a commitment to current aviation best practice and the highest level of safety and protocol. Wingman

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HAECO Privat Jet Solutions signs collaboration agreement with Eight Partnership

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HAECO Private Jet Solutions (HAECO PJS), HAECO Group’s private jet cabin completion specialist, has entered into a collaboration agreement on private jet cabin designs with Eight Partnership (Eight), one of Asia’s leading design firms, with a diverse portfolio in luxury markets, including ultra-high-end hospitality and luxury residential real estate in the region. The scope of

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Rolls-Royce and Avolon sign LifeKey agreement

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Rolls-Royce has announced Avolon as a new customer for LifeKey, its pioneering asset management offering, available exclusively to its LessorCare customers. LifeKey is a central component of LessorCare, which was launched a year ago offering a single, comprehensive agreement for all Trent engine types. LessorCare provides faster and easier access to lessor services, offers the

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GA Telesis appoints Alex Tuttle to COO and Andreas Bauer to SVP Operations, Logistics and Quality – Component Solutions Group