11 September 2020

Singapore Airlines becomes latest carrier to shed staff over COVID-related financial woes

Singapore Airlines has announced that it is to pare back staffing levels by approximately 20%, shedding 4,300 jobs as it struggles to deal with the drop in demand for air travel as a consequence of the COVID-109 pandemic. Taking into account voluntary departure schemes, standard attrition and a freeze on recruitment, the actual number of […]

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West Star Aviation completes structural FOD-repair on Embraer Legacy 650E

West Star Aviation has completed a major structural repair to an Embraer Legacy 650E fuselage. The project also included a new exterior paint scheme. The FOD incident occurred as a result of metal objects being launched by a military helicopter landing next to the aircraft while in Peru.  The aircraft was evaluated and subsequently ferried

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JetBlue and Spirit Airlines have terminated their merger plans

JetBlue adds 24 new routes in markets with strengthened demand potential

JetBlue will launch 24 new routes later this year aimed at immediately generating cash and capturing traffic on a variety of new, nonstop routes, many never flown before by the airline. Each route plays to JetBlue’s strengths in the airline’s focus cities, in Florida, in Latin American and the Caribbean or on cross-country, or transcontinental

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Spirit AeroSystems and Belcan International enter into strategic partnership

Spirit AeroSystems (Spirit) has announced that Belcan International will be onsite as a strategic partner in Spirit’s Aerospace Innovation Centre (AIC) in Prestwick, Scotland.  Belcan will work directly alongside Spirit engineers when the facility opens. The companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enter into a strategic partnership. Belcan, a global supplier of

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