Satcom Direct is now authorized by Inmarsat’s Global Government Business Unit to provision and resell Inmarsat’s Ka-band Global Xpress (GX) service to global government customers for use in military, head-of-state and other government operations. Satcom Direct (SD) has been appointed a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Inmarsat’s GX mobile global broadband satellite network. GX delivers […]
Embraer reached another milestone on December 2. with its E-Jets program – the delivery of the 1,300th aircraft. The E-Jet, an E195, was handed over to China’s Tianjin Airlines in a ceremony at the factory in São José dos Campos. This delivery brings the Tianjin Airlines E-Jet fleet to 45, the largest in Asia. During
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United Airlines released that the company’s technicians, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), have voted to ratify a new joint collective bargaining agreement. With this announcement, United has reached new agreements with every domestic unionized work group in 2016. The IBT agreement brings together the airline’s more than 9,000 technicians and related employees
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Hawaiian Airlines will add three new aircraft to its fleet with the purchase of one A330-200 and the lease of two additional A321neos. The newly ordered planes will enable Hawaiian to early retire its fleet of Boeing 767 aircraft by the end of 2018 while supporting measured, sustainable growth of its unique medium and long-haul
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Delta Air Lines (DAL) reported financial and operating performance for November 2016. Total traffic was up 0.3% compared to the previous year, while capacity was down 0.7%. Consolidated load factor for the month was up 0.9 points to 85%.
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AerCap Holdings has announced the delivery of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner for Air France. The 787-9 airplane will be deployed on Air France’s Paris to Cairo route, starting in January 2017. The aircraft, on long-term lease to Air France from AerCap’s order book with Boeing, is the lessor’s 50th Dreamliner.
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Alaska Air Group reported November operational results on a consolidated basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiary Alaska Airlines and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air Industries and third-party regional carriers, SkyWest Airlines and PenAir (Regional). On a combined basis, Air Group reported a 7.0% increase in traffic on a 2.8%
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The final minutes of the doomed flight carrying Brazil’s Chapecoense have been leaked in a recording which reveals the pilot pleaded for permission to land the plane as it had “fuel problems”, shortly before crashing into the Andes, killing 71 of the 77 passengers and crew on board. The recording includes an exchange with the
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LOT Polish Airlines has chosen a new chrome-free aerospace primer coatings system by PPG for corrosion resistance, because it is eco-friendly and a preferred PPG topcoat for superior gloss and shine, to repaint three Embraer E175 jets and a 737-400 airplane. LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services (LOTAMS) repainted the 737-400 airplane and the first E175 jet
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HAECO Xiamen became one of China’s first Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organisations with an Environmental Management System (EMS) implemented to ISO 14001:2004 standards, as certified by SGS, a leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company headquartered in Switzerland. The ISO 14001:2004 is an internationally recognised standard that specifies EMS requirements, against which organisations can
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