IAG traffic in December 2019 increased by 6.4% versus the same period in 2018, while IAG capacity increased by 2.0%. The load factor was up by 3.5 points to 83.9% versus December 2018.
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This year the Lufthansa Group will be hiring more than 4,500 new employees in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as things currently stand; among them 3,000 hires will take place in Germany. This involves both re-placement appointments due to fluctuation and, in some cases, job increases. The focus of the recruitment planned in the DACH countries
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Titan Aviation Holdings – a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings – and Bain Capital Credit have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to develop a diversified freighter aircraft leasing portfolio with an anticipated value of approximately US$1 billion. The long-term joint venture aims to capitalize on demand for cargo aircraft, underpinned
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 134 F-35 aircraft in 2019, exceeding the joint government and industry 2019 delivery goal of 131 aircraft. One hundred and thirty-four deliveries represent a 47% increase from 2018 and a near 200 percent production increase from 2016. Next year, Lockheed Martin plans to deliver 141 F-35s and is prepared to
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Spirit Airlines’ Board of Directors has promoted Matt Klein to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). In this role, Klein will oversee Marketing, Pricing & Revenue Management, Network Planning & Scheduling, and Commercial & Operational Analytics. He joined Spirit in August 2016 as Senior Vice President and CCO. Klein has
Bombardier has delivered a fully equipped Learjet 75 aircraft to Montreal-based leasing firm Holand Automotive Group. Holand Automotive Group, which already owns and operates another Learjet 75 aircraft, will make this newest Learjet 75 aircraft available for charter out of Montreal. This fully equipped, reliable light jet is ideally suited for eight passengers. It features
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Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has delivered one new Embraer E190, MSN 19000771, to Air France Hop on lease. This is the sixth aircraft to deliver as part of a seven-aircraft lease agreement. The airline, headquartered at  Nantes Atlantique Airport, Bouguenais, France, operates flights to 50 destinations throughout France and Europe.
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The KC-390 Millennium new-generation multi-mission medium airlifter has successfully concluded the testing campaign for gravity airdrop and extraction drop of heavy loads by the use of the Container Delivery System (CDS) and Low Velocity Air Drop (LVAD), respectively. The KC-390 Millennium has a fully automated Cargo Handling and Aerial Delivery System on the cargo compartment,
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Airbus has taken full advantage of Boeing’s 737 MAX woes and even managed to exceed the company’s October’s revised goal of 860 deliveries for 2019. Having canceled many holidays and re-allocated elements of its workforce, the European plane manufacturer managed to complete a backlog of aircraft which were waiting to have their cabins adjusted. In
