Airbus appoints Anand Stanley as President Airbus Asia-Pacific

Airbus has named Anand Stanley as President, Airbus Asia-Pacific, effective July 1, 2020. Based in Singapore, he will lead the strategy and future positioning of Airbus and its divisions across the region. In this role Stanley will have responsibility for commercial aircraft sales and customer affairs, group-wide government affairs, industrial and joint venture partnerships, as […]

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After almost 32 years of membership, Lufthansa flies out of DAX

Financial

After the financial crash owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lufthansa, the DAX founding member, has lost its place in the German stock exchange’s top league. Germany’s largest airline will be relegated to the MDAX of mid-cap companies as of June 22. This was announced June 4, by Deutsche Börse during the regular review of its

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Finnair releases traffic figures for May 2020

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Although the COVID-19 pandemic impact was still clearly visible in the May traffic figures, Finnair has reported that the number of passengers increased and cargo-only flights more than doubled from April 2020. In May, Finnair carried 26,700 passengers, which is 97.9% less than in the corresponding period of 2019 but 65.0% more than in April

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GECAS delivers prototype for 777-300ERSF passenger-to-freighter conversion

Aircraft & Engines

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has delivered a Boeing 777-300ER, MSN 32789, to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the prototype passenger-to-freighter conversion for the “Big Twin” program announced last October. Ferrying from Dubai, the aircraft arrived in Tel Aviv on June 4, where it will undergo an extensive conversion at IAI’s facility, including the addition

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JetHQ adds Business Development Manager

People

JetHQ is expanding its team of aircraft professionals with the addition of an experienced aircraft transactions specialist. The aircraft transaction and brokerage company has announced that Josh Tremain has joined as its Manager of Contracts and Business Development. Tremain comes to the company with more than 12 years of aviation experience as an escrow agent

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PIA crash – pilot ignored air traffic control

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Pakistan International Airlines has been told by the country’s aviation authorities that immediately prior to the crash of its Airbus A320 in Karachi on May 22, the passenger plane’s pilot had ignored warnings from air traffic control that its descent was too steep and too fast, a spokesperson for the flag-carrying carrier confirmed. The plane

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Greek holiday industry hit by Qatar Airlines flight which had 12 passengers who tested positive for COVID-19

Other News, Top Stories

Greece has been forced to decide from which countries it will allow holidaymakers to arrive from. The decision to create a shortlist of acceptable countries from where it would allow flights to arrive has been made more prescient after a Qatar Airways flight with 91 passengers on board arrived, after which 12 of the passengers

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TUI and Boeing reach agreement to resolve 737 MAX grounding impacts

Aircraft & Engines

TUI and Boeing have agreed on a comprehensive package of measures to offset the consequences of the grounding of the 737 MAX. While the details of the agreement are confidential, it provides compensation which covers a significant portion of the financial impact, as well as credits for future aircraft orders. The compensation will be realized

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GA Telesis announces expansion and branding of newly created Flight Solutions Group

MRO & Production

GA Telesis’ Component Solutions Group (CSG) has recently completed a five-year expansion and transformation, becoming a global leader in integrated aviation aftermarket solutions including aircraft and engine teardown, parts sales, distribution, flight hour services, inventory leasing, APU management, and repair management. With the business growing nearly 300% over the recent span, CSG has become an

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GKN Aerospace’s thermoplastic components flight tested on Bell V-280 Valor

Military & Defense

GKN Aerospace has delivered a pair of thermoplastic composite, induction-welded Ruddervators and two compression-molded Access Panels manufactured from reused thermoplastic waste material to Bell in June 2019. The newly installed components have now flown more than 12 hours on V-280 test flights, including during the recently completed autonomous flight testing. The Bell test pilots were

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