December 11, 2019

IATA urges greater vigilance over rogue lithium battery shipments

With a 17 percent year-on-year growth in demand for lithium batteries, the number of mis-declared or undeclared shipments is also on the increase. As a consequence, the International Air Transportation, in conjunction with the Global Shippers Forum (GSF), the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) and the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), is stepping […]

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ACC Aviation Group expands into Africa

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Aviation service provider, ACC Aviation Group, has announced the opening of a new regional office in Addis Ababa. This latest development follows recent expansions into Asia and North America, and the acquisition of Dubai-based aviation consultancy, Aerotask, with the new office being headed up by Regional VP – Africa, Daniel Huggins. CEO Phil Mathews comments:

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Air France-KLM orders additional ten Airbus A350-900s for Air France

Aircraft & Engines

The Air France and Air France-KLM Boards of Directors have reached a decision concerning the replacement of Air France’s Airbus A380s and have approved an order for ten Airbus A350-900s. With this decision, Air France-KLM is pursuing its fleet rationalization and simplification strategy. KLM is already well on its way to simplifying its long-haul fleet

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First all-electric commercial aircraft makes maiden flight

Aircraft & Engines, Top Stories

Harbour Air, North America’s largest seaplane airline and magniX, the company powering the electric aviation revolution, have announced the successful flight of the world’s first all-electric commercial aircraft. The successful flight of the ePlane, a six-passenger DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver magnified by a 750-horsepower (560 kW) magni500 propulsion system, took place on the Fraser River

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Precision Aircraft Solutions redelivers 26th conversion to SF Airlines

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Precision Aircraft Solutions has redelivered one 757-200PCF aircraft, MSN 29944, to SF Airlines, a subsidiary of SF Express. The conversion is the 26th Precision passenger-to-freighter 757 aircraft to join the SF air operation. SF Airlines was converted at the AMECO facility in Chengdu, China.

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Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG appoints new CEOs for Eurowings and Brussels Airlines

People

The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG has appointed new CEOs for Eurowings and Brussels Airlines. Jens Bischof, currently CEO of SunExpress, will take over as chairman of Eurowings on March 1, 2020. As of January 1, 2020, Dieter Vranckx will become CEO of Brussels Airlines, succeeding Christina Foerster. The Belgian native has been Chief

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Southeast Aerospace receives PMA for Garmin G5000 harness

MRO & Production

Southeast Aerospace, the aerospace solutions company, was granted an FAA PMA to manufacture and distribute complex harnesses required for the Garmin G5000 installations. The Garmin G5000 is an Advanced Flight Deck with three wide, high-resolution displays with integrated engine indicators and crew alerting system. With full WAAS FMS integration and dual-channel digital control system, the

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easyJet adds 25 new routes for Summer 2020

Airlines & Routes

easyJet will operate 25 new routes next summer, including two new destinations from the U.K. New services to Enfidia in Tunisia and Tirana in Albania are among the collection of new routes. From summer 2020 easyJet will fly to Tirana, the capital of Albania from the U.K. for the first time. The cultural, entertainment and

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JetBlue posts November traffic increase of 3.7%

Traffic

JetBlue Airways has reported its preliminary traffic results for November 2019. Traffic in November 2019 increased 3.7% from November 2018, on a capacity increase of 7.1%. Load factor for November 2019 was 80.8%, a decrease of 2.7 points from November 2018.

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