May 16, 2022

Norwegian struggles with fuel prices to limit losses, but protects cash position

Low-cost carrier Norwegian has released its first-quarter results of 2022 in what is a seasonally weakened quarter. Combined with the impact of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus and the effects of the war in Ukraine on the aviation industry the result was an operating loss (EBIT) of NOK849 million, though the company was …

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Modern Aviation to acquire three Sacramento, CA FBOs

Financial

Modern Aviation has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Superior Aviation Company’s (SACjet) three Sacramento, CA FBO operations from Sacramento International Jet Center Incorporated (operating as Capitol Jet Center) at Sacramento International Airport, Mather Jet Center, Inc. (operating as Mather Jet Center) at Mather Airport, and Patterson Aviation Company (operating as Executive Jet Center) at …

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Textron Aviation inks order for three Cessna Citation jets with Turkish Aerospace Industries

Aircraft & Engines

Textron Aviation has received an order from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) for one special mission Cessna Citation Longitude and two special mission Cessna Citation Latitude jets. The aircraft will be fitted with special flight inspection calibration equipment and will be used by the DHMI (General Directorate of State Airports Authority) in Turkey to inspect regional …

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Safran and ATR develop “Smart Lander”, a service to analyse hard landings

Information Technology

Safran Landing Systems, Safran Engineering Services and regional aircraft manufacturer ATR have developed ‘Smart Lander’, an innovative landing gear diagnostics service that uses state-of-the-art knowledge in data analysis to optimise the manufacturer’s response times in the event of hard landings and will enable aircraft to be quickly returned to service. This extremely innovative service, the …

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Coulson Aviation to sell one B737 FIRELINER to the Provincia de Santiago del Estero in Argentina

Aircraft & Engines

Coulson Aviation U.S.A. has announced the sale of one of its Boeing 737 FIRELINER large airtankers to the Provincia de Santiago del Estero, Argentina. The B737 FIRELINER is the only large airtanker that can transport passengers and its multi-role capability will be fully utilised by the Santiago del Estero province while not conducting airtanker operations. “Our …

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SITA appoints Matthys Serfontein President, Americas

People

SITA has appointed Matthys Serfontein as President, Americas. Serfontein returns to SITA after a two-year hiatus to drive SITA’s growth in the Americas, where travel has rebounded sharply in the wake of the pandemic. Serfontein will be key to bringing SITA’s vision of greater agility, efficiency and sustainability to the air transport industry through digitalisation. …

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Emirates Group reports 2021-22 results

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The Emirates Group has released its 2021-2022 results, which shows strong recovery across its businesses. dnata (Dubai National Air Travel Agency) has returned to profitability and significant revenue improvements were reported across both Emirates and dnata as the Group rebuilt its air transport and travel-related operations which were previously cut back or curtailed by the …

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