Embraer appoints Marcel Santiago to lead Contracts and Asset Management team

Marcelo Santiago has been appointed to lead the Contracts and Asset Management team of Embraer’s commercial aviation business unit per October 1. In this critical role, he will report directly to Arjan Meijer, President and CEO Embraer Commercial Aviation. Having joined Embraer on the E-Jet program in 2001, Santiago has, for the last seven years, […]

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SITA helps Lufthansa Group deliver contactless, mobile way to report and track delayed baggage

Airlines & Routes

Lufthansa Group has launched a completely contactless way for passengers to report delayed baggage from their mobile device, avoiding long queues at busy baggage service counters or offices. SITA’s initial trials of WorldTracer® Self Service showed that the service has already proved to be popular with travelers, with two-thirds opting to use this service instead

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Airbus struggling to avoid compulsory layoffs as pandemic continues

Other News, Top Stories

Talking on French radio station RTL, Guillaume Faury, CEO of Europe’s Airbus, the world’s largest commercial plane manufacturer, confirmed that the company cannot guarantee there will be no compulsory redundancies as it struggles to deal with the fallout from a continuation of the global pandemic. As many airlines are only operating at a fraction of

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Austrian Airlines resumes flights to Shanghai

Airlines & Routes

Austrian Airlines will fly to Shanghai again from October 2. After several postponements of the resumption due to the dynamic market situation, the return to China is now fixed. A Boeing 767 will fly from Vienna to Shanghai every Friday. The return flight will take place the following Sunday. Further connections to China are a

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Army Chinook takes flight with GE Aviation T408 engine

Military & Defense

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center achieved its first flight of a Chinook with GE Aviation’s T408 engines, a milestone that could expand the capabilities of future Chinook heavy-lift missions. This first flight is the culmination of a five-year effort under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between AvMC, Boeing

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Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen and CASC agree on component support

MRO & Production

China Aviation Supplies (CASC) and Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen have signed a long-term Total Component Maintenance contract in Beijing. The contract extends a comprehensive component maintenance and material support concept by more than 40 Airbus A320 aircraft operated by Qingdao Airlines. CASC, a long-standing partner of Lufthansa Technik, will provide Qingdao with component management; Lufthansa Technik

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Ameco joins Pratt & Whitney GTF™ Global Network

Uncategorized

Pratt & Whitney will expand its global network of providers that maintain the Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engine to include Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation (Ameco). Ameco, a joint venture between Air China and Lufthansa German Airlines, will provide engine maintenance for the PW1100G-JM by building state-of-the-art capability at its Beijing-based facility. The Ameco

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Air bp delivers 210 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel to Stockholm Arlanda Airport

Airports

Air bp, the international aviation fuel products and services supplier, has delivered 210 tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Swedish airport operator, Swedavia, at Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN/ESSA). Swedavia and its partners SOS Alarm, Systembolaget and the 2030 Secretariat procured the fuel through a joint tender, as part of an initiative to promote the

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GA Telesis disassembles additional CF6-80C2 engine

MRO & Production

GA Telesis (GAT) has disassembled an additional CF6-80C2 engine. The engine was a lease-return sourced from the company’s Asset Transaction Group lease pool and will be managed by GAT’s Component Solutions Group(CSG). The CF6 is one of the most popular engines in CSG’s USM inventory, with over 200 of this engine-type disassembled by the group.

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LCI and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing launch US$230 million helicopter leasing joint venture

Financial, Top Stories

LCI, a leading helicopter lessor and the aviation division of the Libra Group, and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company, Limited (SMFL) have agreed to establish and operate a joint venture helicopter leasing business. The vehicle has launched with the initial acquisition of 19 next-generation helicopters with a value of US$230 million. SMFL and LCI

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