The world’s passenger and freighter aircraft fleet is set to more than double from today’s nearly 23,000 to almost 48,000 aircraft by 2038 with traffic growing at 4.3% annually, also resulting in a need for 550,000 new pilots and 640,000 new technicians. By 2038, of the forecast 47,680 fleet, 39,210 are new aircraft and 8,470 […]
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Virgin Atlantic (Virgin) announced Wednesday, September 18, that it wants to add 80 new routes and 84 destinations to its current network once the third London Heathrow runway is completed, a major increase to its current 19 destinations. While the runway is not scheduled for completion until 2026, for Virgin to acquire the necessary additional
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Astronics Corporation has released details of the Board of Directors’ approval of their new share repurchase program, authorizing the Company to repurchase in the aggregate up to US$50 million of its outstanding common stock. This follows the completion of the US$50 million share repurchase program approved by the Board in December 2017. This program has
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SAS is now launching a new ancillary product that gives travelers the option to reduce their climate impact. This means that travelers can purchase biofuel when booking a ticket, or at any time before departure. Biofuel, which reduces climate-affecting CO2 emissions by up to 80% compared to conventional jet fuel, is a key enabler to
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Weston Aviation, the U.K.- and Ireland-based FBO and business aviation services company has agreed terms to launch a new FBO and ground handling services at Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC). The new services, which have already commenced operation, will bring Weston Aviation’s current FBO network to five locations and will have a key focus on FBO and
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On September 13 the Boeing KC-46 team began assembling Japan’s first next-generation tanker, loading an 82.4-foot (25 meters) -long wing spar in the company’s 767 production facility. Boeing was awarded a Foreign Military Sale contract for one KC-46A aircraft and logistics services in December 2017. The U.S. Air Force exercised an option for Japan’s second
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Werner Aero Services has acquired a Boeing 737-800, MSN 28221. The aircraft has entered the disassembly process and components will shortly become available to support Werner’s B737 customer base worldwide. The spare parts will be used to supplement Werner Aero’s asset management programs. “We are expanding our Boeing platforms to support airlines worldwide and
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Virgin Galactic released that it has mated the fuselage and cabin of its next spaceship to the completed wing assembly. In addition, the two tail booms have been mated to the spaceship’s rear feather flap assembly. The completion of these two milestones brings assembly of the next SpaceShipTwo, planned to enter service after VSS Unity,
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New Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Stephen Dickson is heading to Seattle this week to visit Boeing and fly in a Boeing 737 simulator. The simulator will incorporate Boeing’s latest software‘fix’ which will receive input from both angle-of-attack sensors in the 737 MAX’s MCAS anti-stall system. However, this is not part of any certification process
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