Air France-KLM orders additional ten Airbus A350-900s for Air France

The Air France and Air France-KLM Boards of Directors have reached a decision concerning the replacement of Air France’s Airbus A380s and have approved an order for ten Airbus A350-900s. With this decision, Air France-KLM is pursuing its fleet rationalization and simplification strategy. KLM is already well on its way to simplifying its long-haul fleet […]

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First all-electric commercial aircraft makes maiden flight

Aircraft & Engines, Top Stories

Harbour Air, North America’s largest seaplane airline and magniX, the company powering the electric aviation revolution, have announced the successful flight of the world’s first all-electric commercial aircraft. The successful flight of the ePlane, a six-passenger DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver magnified by a 750-horsepower (560 kW) magni500 propulsion system, took place on the Fraser River

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Precision Aircraft Solutions redelivers 26th conversion to SF Airlines

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Precision Aircraft Solutions has redelivered one 757-200PCF aircraft, MSN 29944, to SF Airlines, a subsidiary of SF Express. The conversion is the 26th Precision passenger-to-freighter 757 aircraft to join the SF air operation. SF Airlines was converted at the AMECO facility in Chengdu, China.

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Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG appoints new CEOs for Eurowings and Brussels Airlines

People

The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG has appointed new CEOs for Eurowings and Brussels Airlines. Jens Bischof, currently CEO of SunExpress, will take over as chairman of Eurowings on March 1, 2020. As of January 1, 2020, Dieter Vranckx will become CEO of Brussels Airlines, succeeding Christina Foerster. The Belgian native has been Chief

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Southeast Aerospace receives PMA for Garmin G5000 harness

MRO & Production

Southeast Aerospace, the aerospace solutions company, was granted an FAA PMA to manufacture and distribute complex harnesses required for the Garmin G5000 installations. The Garmin G5000 is an Advanced Flight Deck with three wide, high-resolution displays with integrated engine indicators and crew alerting system. With full WAAS FMS integration and dual-channel digital control system, the

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easyJet adds 25 new routes for Summer 2020

Airlines & Routes

easyJet will operate 25 new routes next summer, including two new destinations from the U.K. New services to Enfidia in Tunisia and Tirana in Albania are among the collection of new routes. From summer 2020 easyJet will fly to Tirana, the capital of Albania from the U.K. for the first time. The cultural, entertainment and

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JetBlue posts November traffic increase of 3.7%

Traffic

JetBlue Airways has reported its preliminary traffic results for November 2019. Traffic in November 2019 increased 3.7% from November 2018, on a capacity increase of 7.1%. Load factor for November 2019 was 80.8%, a decrease of 2.7 points from November 2018.

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Missing Hercules with 38 on board has crashed according to Chilean Air Force

Other News, Top Stories

A Chilean military C-130 Hercules has disappeared while en route from Punta Arenas to a military base on Antarctica’s King George Island and is presumed to have crashed according to the Chilean Air Force. There were 38 people on board comprising 17 crew and 21 passengers who were traveling to provide logistical support on King

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Chilean-based carrier SKY orders ten A321XLRs to expand its international footprint

Aircraft & Engines

Chilean-based ultra-low-cost carrier SKY has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for ten A321XLRs. The airline will expand its international route network with the new aircraft. SKY has been an Airbus customer since 2010 and became an all-Airbus operator in 2013. The airline’s fleet of 23 A320 Family aircraft serves national and international routes connecting

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IATA reports moderate slowdown in passenger demand growth

Traffic

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for October 2019, showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) climbed 3.4% compared to the year-ago period. This was a modest slowdown from 3.9% growth recorded in September, owing to softer traffic performance in domestic markets. October capacity (available seat

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