U.S. follows Europe’s example and bans all Pakistan International Airlines flights

In the wake of the grounding of nearly one-third of all Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) pilots, the U.S has followed in the footsteps of the European Union Air Safety Agency (EASA)and has revoked the permission for PIA charter flights to fly to the U.S. The U.S. Department of Transportation took such action on the recommendation […]

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New joint unit cements cooperation between EASA and EUROCONTROL

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Director General EUROCONTROL Eamonn Brennan and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Executive Director Patrick Ky, together officially opened the joint EASA-EUROCONTROL Technical and Coordination Office (TeCO) at EUROCONTROL’s Brussels Headquarters. The Office is designed to improve the efficiency of the two organisations’ joint activities. For Eamonn Brennan, this “marks a major step

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FACL new handling partner at Lufthansa Cargo Center in Frankfurt

MRO & Production, Uncategorized

At the Lufthansa Cargo Center (LCC) in Frankfurt, Fiege Air Cargo Logistics (FACL) will take over the operative handling and co-ordination of inbound and outbound standard shipments in several phases until mid 2021. The physical cargo handling processes in the LCC had already been largely outsourced to various external service providers for many years. In

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Sault College implements WinAir Version 7 for maintenance and inventory control software

Information Technology, Uncategorized

Sault College and WinAir have partnered together to fully implemented WinAir Version 7 – the latest and fully web-based release of WinAir’s aviation management software – for the College’s School of Aviation. The software provides an aviation maintenance solution for supporting the daily operations at the College’s flight school. This decision to collaborate with WinAir

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Boeing completes helicopter deliveries to Indian Air Force

Military & Defense

Boeing has completed delivery of all new AH-64E Apache and CH-47F(I) Chinook military helicopters to the Indian Air Force (IAF). The final five of the 22 Apache attack helicopters were handed over to the IAF at Air Force Station, Hindan. Earlier in March, Boeing handed over the last five of 15 CH-47F(I) Chinook heavy-lift helicopters

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Delta Cargo partners with PayCargo

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Delta Cargo has partnered with online payment platform PayCargo and Unisys to offer customers an additional option to pay for their shipments’ destination charges. The new service for cargo shipments that originated internationally and delivered throughout the U.S. is available since July 10, 2020. PayCargo is a leading online payment platform for the air cargo

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Austrian Airlines to double offer from current 20% to almost 40%

Airlines & Routes

Austrian Airlines has published the remaining summer flight schedule 2020, which will run until the end of October. By then, Austria’s home carrier will double its offer from the current 20% to almost 40% compared to the previous year’s schedule, subject to new official restrictions. Starting in August, Austrian Airlines will be flying to Shanghai

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Rolls-Royce burns through £3 billion in first half of 2020

Financial, Top Stories

With the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic seeing flight hours of Rolls-Royce engines halved, the British company has advised that it has already burned through £3 billion (US$3.8 billion) and anticipates that a further £1 billion (US$1.3 billion) of outflow will transpire in the second half of the year. For the months of April through

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AerCap raises US$3 billion of funding in second-quarter 2020

Financial

AerCap has announced its major business transactions during the second quarter of 2020: AirCap has raised funding of US$3 billion, including US$2.5 billion of unsecured bonds during the second-quarter. The company purchased two new aircraft, Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, and executed sale transactions for nine owned aircraft, including three Airbus A320 Family aircraft, five Boeing

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German Bundeswehr renews service contracts for Heron 1 systems in Afghanistan and Mali

Military & Defense

Airbus Defence and Space and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) have signed a renewed service contract agreement for Heron 1 unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in operation in Afghanistan and Mali. In Afghanistan, Heron 1 Services was extended in March 2020, for the period June 2020 / May 2021.

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