The combination of Airbus deliveries increasing 28% for the first half of 2019 and Boeing deliveries falling 38% for the same period will likely see Airbus take over the crown of the world’s biggest plane maker by the end of the year, reversing the trend of the past eight years. Boeings reversal of fortune rests […]
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Qatar Airways and GE Aviation have signed multiple agreements for GE engines. As part of the agreements, Qatar Airways selected the GEnx engine to power its 30 new Boeing 787-9 aircraft along with a TrueChoiceTM Flight Hour agreement to cover the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of the engines. Qatar Airways also signed a TrueChoiceTM
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Effective July 1, 2019, John O’Donnell has been named Chief Executive Officer of Safran Aerosystems. O’Donnell started his career in 1987 at Air Cruisers, successively holding the positions of design engineer, manufacturing engineering supervisor and Vice President of Engineering. In 2008, John O’Donnell was named President of Air Cruisers Company (now Safran Evacuation Systems). From
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CAE is expanding its training capability in Europe with a new flight training location based in Oslo, Norway. “This expansion of our global training network will support the impressive pilot demand of airlines and operators based in the region – we estimate that there will be a need for more than 90,000 new professional pilots
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Munich Airport posted significant gains in passenger numbers in the first six months of the 2019 operating year. The latest figures set a new half-year record of 22.7 million passengers – an increase of approximately 5% as compared to the first six months of 2018. The number of take-offs and landings was also higher, increasing
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Boeing and Qatar Airways have finalized an order for five Boeing 777 Freighters on July 9. The order, worth $1.8 billion at current list prices was previously announced as a commitment at the Paris Air Show in June. Qatar Airways has rapidly grown its air cargo operations to serve more than 60 global destinations, becoming
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Helvetic Airways has sold its fleet of Fokker 100 aircraft and the entirety of Helvetic’s spare engines, spare parts and tooling to Alliance Aviation Services Limited, of Australia. The five aircraft will support the current Alliance fleet of 44 Fokker aircraft. Helvetic Airways currently operates a standardized fleet of eleven Embraer E190-E1 aircraft. From this
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Starting July 10, Air Italy has added Athens as a new destination to its network, thanks to the signing of a new Special Prorate Agreement with Aegean Airlines. Air Italy passengers travelling from its four US destinations – Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and New York – and from Toronto can now easily reach the
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The European Commission has formally approved Connect Airways’ acquisition of Flybe, Stobart Air and Propius. With Connect Airways taking over full management control of the business, Mark Anderson CEO of Connect Airways, with the leadership teams from Flybe and Stobart Air, will now focus on plans to grow Flybe’s regional network, as well as expanding
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In a move that will bring in substantial investment at an optimum time, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is to merge with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp (SCH), a special purpose acquisitions company. SCH will hold a 49% stake in the company while Virgin Galactic will retain a 51% stake and the new company plans
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