Spirit Airlines’ Board of Directors has promoted Matt Klein to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). In this role, Klein will oversee Marketing, Pricing & Revenue Management, Network Planning & Scheduling, and Commercial & Operational Analytics. He joined Spirit in August 2016 as Senior Vice President and CCO. Klein has […]
Bombardier has delivered a fully equipped Learjet 75 aircraft to Montreal-based leasing firm Holand Automotive Group. Holand Automotive Group, which already owns and operates another Learjet 75 aircraft, will make this newest Learjet 75 aircraft available for charter out of Montreal. This fully equipped, reliable light jet is ideally suited for eight passengers. It features
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Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has delivered one new Embraer E190, MSN 19000771, to Air France Hop on lease. This is the sixth aircraft to deliver as part of a seven-aircraft lease agreement. The airline, headquartered at Nantes Atlantique Airport, Bouguenais, France, operates flights to 50 destinations throughout France and Europe.
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The KC-390 Millennium new-generation multi-mission medium airlifter has successfully concluded the testing campaign for gravity airdrop and extraction drop of heavy loads by the use of the Container Delivery System (CDS) and Low Velocity Air Drop (LVAD), respectively. The KC-390 Millennium has a fully automated Cargo Handling and Aerial Delivery System on the cargo compartment,
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Airbus has taken full advantage of Boeing’s 737 MAX woes and even managed to exceed the company’s October’s revised goal of 860 deliveries for 2019. Having canceled many holidays and re-allocated elements of its workforce, the European plane manufacturer managed to complete a backlog of aircraft which were waiting to have their cabins adjusted. In
The ACH130 Aston Martin Edition, the first offering from the recently-announced partnership between Aston Martin Lagonda and Airbus Corporate Helicopters, was revealed on January 3rd, at Courchevel in the French Alps. This stylish special edition of the ACH130 helicopter comes equipped with a range of four interior and exterior designs generated by Aston Martin which
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Eirtech has contracted with SAS Scandinavian Airlines for Phase II End of Lease Redelivery Programme. The first phase of the programme, for which Eirtech managed the redelivery of a significant volume of aircraft to multiple lessors, has commenced in 2015 and has concluded at the end of 2019. Phase II of the programme will begin
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11 members of a skeleton crew at the Textron Aviation plant near Wichita, Kansas were injured on Friday, December 27, when a three-inch line carrying liquid nitrogen ruptured, also damaging a storage tank, resulting in nitrogen venting out of the building. County and company officials have advised that the incident may have set back the
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AerCap has signed an agreement with AirSial, a privately-owned Pakistani startup airline, for the lease of three used Airbus A320 aircraft. The aircraft are scheduled to deliver in the second quarter of 2020 and will be the first aircraft to be delivered to the airline. Aengus Kelly, CEO of AerCap, said, “For more than a
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Delta Air Lines has successfully completed its previously announced tender offer and has acquired a 20% equity stake in LATAM Airlines Group S.A for approximately US$1.9 billion., an important milestone toward bringing together the leading airlines in North and South America. This investment continues Delta’s strategy of making equity investments in key airline partners around
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