Honeywell has appointed Sabena technics and Singapore Component Solutions, a joint venture between Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance and Sabena technics, as Global Channel Partners. The companies will repair and upgrade Honeywell’s Air Cycle Machine on Avion de Transport Regional (ATR) 42 and 72 — twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliners, developed and produced […]
Finnair has received permission from Chinese authorities to begin operating one weekly flight as of July 23, between Helsinki and Shanghai with its Airbus A350 aircraft. The flight schedule will be published in all Finnair sales channels. Finland has opened its borders for work-related travel from China but entry to Finland is still restricted for the time being pending an EU-level decision on reciprocity. Finnair currently offers connections to 24 European destinations from Helsinki.
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Embraer has delivered a total of 17 jets in the second quarter of 2020, of which four were commercial aircraft and 13 were executive jets (nine light and four large). As of June 30, the firm order backlog totaled US$ 15.4 billion. In the second quarter of 2020, Embraer delivered fewer commercial and executive jets
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DC Aviation’s Maintenance team at Stuttgart Airport has successfully completed a 48-month check on a Challenger 605. The comprehensive maintenance work included a full cabin refurbishment using the latest materials and painting work. In addition, an extended upgrade of the Proline 21 avionics system was implemented. This includes the installation of ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast).
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After many months of negotiations with Icelandic Cabin Crew Association (Flugfreyjufelag Islands/FFI) and the signing of a five-year deal aimed at “increasing productivity and flexibility”, ten days ago, Icelandair cabin crew voted 73:27 to reject the proposals. Iceland’s flag-carrying airline had successfully negotiated similar deals with the pilots’ and engineers’ unions. Because negotiations had broken
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In its 2019 annual results announcement dated March 11, 2020, the Cathay Pacific Group disclosed that it expected to incur a substantial loss for the first half of 2020. Based on the unaudited results of the Group for the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Directors of Cathay Pacific Airways estimate that the Group
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EFW has launched a lightweight, robust cabin cargo box for flexible storage concepts. The solution will allow airlines to boost the cargo capacity in the main cabin to its maximum. If for example, a full cargo composition is applied to an A330-200, a volume of up to 145 m³ and a payload of nearly 19
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American Airlines is taking more action in advancing its technology capabilities to ease the customer experience and focus on the well-being and safety of customers and team members. American has created a new, touchless check-in experience for customers, allowing them to proceed to the gate without touching the kiosk screen, even if they are checking
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Nasmyth Group has appointed Michael Steinberg as General Manager of Nasmyth TMF Inc. in Valencia, California. Nasmyth TMF is a specialist in metal finishing, painting, and non-destructive testing for the aerospace and defense industries. A certified FAA repair station, Nasmyth TMF offers both protective and cosmetic coatings. Capabilities include complex masking, painting, grit blasting, quality
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Air bp, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, is collaborating with Airbus to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for delivery flights from Airbus’ facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW/EDHI). The first aircraft are two Air Transat A321LRs destined for Montreal, Canada. To enable SAF to be used for these flights, Air bp established
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