Despite the fact that it is believed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set to approve the updates to the 737 MAX in June, other agencies intend to carry out their own assessments. This has resulted in the likelihood worldwide approval for the lifting of the ban, which was instigated after two fatal crashes involving […]
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CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing has announced the latest addition to its global commercial team; Luís da Silva has been appointed as Head of Commercial, the Americas. Da Silva has over two decades of experience in aviation and aircraft leasing, with his career predominantly focused on marketing
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Collins Aerospace Systems celebrated its 45-year relationship with Airbus by delivering the 1,000th nacelle for the A320neo program, delivering the 9000th V2500 nacelle, and continuing to support the ramp-up of the A220 nacelle program. The relationship with Airbus dates back to the A300, the first Airbus aircraft. The milestones achieved are due to the strong
Etihad Airways will launch additional daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) starting October 27. According to the carrier, the increase in flight frequency comes from the popularity and success of regular Abu Dhabi – DME operations. Etihad Airways and Moscow Domodedovo Airport have been cooperating since 2008. In this period the
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With the continuous news on airlines dealing with a global pilot shortage BAA Training, one of the TOP 3 biggest independent aviation training centres in Europe and part of Avia Solutions Group, plans to expand its full flight simulators’ fleet with 6 additional units in Europe and Asia. Preliminary investments may reach €60 million. With
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BOC Aviation has taken delivery of its 350th Airbus aircraft. The aircraft is an Airbus A320neo and is leased to TAP Portugal. The aircraft is powered by CFM Leap engines. “We congratulate BOC Aviation on its 350th Airbus aircraft. Great to celebrate this achievement with the best-selling A320neo aircraft,” said Christian Scherer, Airbus Chief Commercial
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for April 2019 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 4.3% compared to April 2018. April capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 3.6%, and load factor climbed 0.6 percentage point to 82.8%, which was a record for the month
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The Spanish Air Force has become the first air force worldwide to support the development of Airbus’ drone and augmented reality-based maintenance inspection services, with the aim of drastically reducing maintenance inspections for large military aircraft and increasing overall fleet availability. This digital innovation technology will initially be trialled on Spanish Air Force A400M aircraft
Air Partner Remarketing, a division of global aviation services group Air Partner, has been mandated to remarket two ATR72 cargo aircraft. Both aircraft are EASA compliant, and have good airframe, engine, propeller and landing gear times remaining. The aircraft are serial numbers 369 and 499, which were manufactured in 1993 and 1997, respectively. Air Partner
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The major provider of broadband connectivity products for aviation, Gogo, has announced its intention to create a contiguous U.S. and Canada air-to-ground (ATG) network which will be designed for use by business aviation aircraft, commercial regional jets and smaller mainline jets. It is anticipated the network will be operational for business and commercial aviation by
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