Boeing recorded strong commercial delivery numbers in 2016 and achieved several airplane program milestones. The company delivered 748 commercial airplanes. Boeing booked 668 net orders, valued at US$94.1bn at list prices. The backlog at the end of the year stood at 5,715 unfilled commercial orders. Airplane development programs continued to make progress in 2016. Key […]
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The UK government has shown its willingness to safeguard the public amid the boom in use of drones, or UAVs, by aiming to introduce new measures governing their use, with measures currently out for consultation to include: – mandatory registration of new drones – tougher penalties for illegal flying near no-fly zones and new signs
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Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, has appointed three independent non-executive Directors to its Board. Dr (Mr) Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, Mr Joe Nellis and Mr Denis Kalscheur joined the Avolon Board on January 4, 2017.
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As of January 3, Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport has fuel bunkers filled with an approximate 10% biofuel converted from used cooking oil, which has been mixed with standard jet kerosene. An SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A320neo was the first aircraft to use the new fuel for its flight to Los Angeles that day. This means that
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Norwegian reported December capacity growth of 29% compared to December 2015, while traffic was up 31%. The load factor was 84.6%, an increase of 1.3 points compared to the same period on 2015.
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Travel Service, the Czech airline company that operates scheduled flights under the SmartWings brand, has finalized an order for five 737 8 MAX airplanes with Boeing, valued at US$550m at current list prices. Travel Service previously placed an order for three 737 MAXs at the Paris Air Show in 2013 and currently operates a mixed
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C&L continues its global expansion with the hire of Juraj Pikna, who will be based in Prague, Czech Republic, and will cover the European, Russian and African markets. Pikna comes to C&L with a wide range of training in the aviation industry – air traffic control, MRO for regional and commercial aircraft, sales and support
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Finnair extends the lease of an Airbus A330 aircraft and crew from Iberia for its Miami route until May 1, 2017. Finnair previously announced that the Miami route would be operated by Iberia from January 10 to January 31, 2017. Finnair flies to Miami three times a week. From January 10 to January 31, the
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Jeppesen has signed a five-year service agreement with LOT Polish Airlines, the flagship carrier of Poland, to provide digital charting for LOT’s electronic flight bag (EFB) platform. LOT will incorporate Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro on Windows tablets as its charting EFB solution and will continue to use Jeppesen NavData for digital navigation, through the agreement. The
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Lion Air Group airlines, Malindo Air and Wings Air, have taken delivery of three new ATR72-600 aircraft on operating lease from Singapore-based lessor, Transportation Partners. All three aircraft were delivered in the last quarter of 2016 and were financed by DVB Bank SE Singapore Branch (DVB). DVB acted as the sole Arranger, Agent and Underwriter
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