Boeing names Mike Delaney to lead Confident Travel Initiative

Boeing has appointed Mike Delaney to lead the company’s Confident Travel Initiative, effective immediately. Working across the industry, Delaney’s team will work to develop new solutions to help minimize air travel health risks amid the COVID-19 pandemic and drive awareness of health safeguards already in place. Delaney brings 31 years of Boeing experience to the […]

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SWISS partially restart flight operations in June

Airlines & Routes

SWISS International Airlines will partially restart its flight operations in June and plans to operate up to 190 flights from Zurich and Geneva to 41 European destinations. The ramp-up will follow in stages, and the range of flights available will gradually be increased over the weeks ahead. SWISS will resume services to various Mediterranean destinations,

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Rolls-Royce launches first immersive virtual reality training

Aircraft & Engines

As part of Rolls-Royce’s IntelligentEngine vision, the company is further expanding the use of immersive Virtual Reality technology for customer training. The latest addition to the remote training programme is an instructor-led distance learning course, providing a comprehensive overview of the construction, design and operation of the Rolls-Royce BR725 engine that powers Gulfstream’s current flagship

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Chorus Aviation reports first-quarter 2020 net loss of CA$17.3 million

Uncategorized

Chorus Aviation has reported a net loss of CA$17.3 million for the first quarter of 2020, a period-over-period decrease of CA$50.7 million due to the change in unrealized foreign exchange of CA$55.1 million. Adjusted net income of CA$25.0 million, an increase of CA$6.0 million quarter-over-quarter due to the growth in the Regional Aircraft Leasing segment

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MTU Maintenance and Aerologic extend GE90-110B contract

MRO & Production

MTU Maintenance and its long-term customer Aerologic have renewed their exclusive GE90-110B contract by a further twelve years. The contract encompasses multiple aspects of MTU Maintenance’s PERFORMPlus offering, including engine trend monitoring, fleet management and on-site support as well as spare engine provision. Aerologic is a 50/50 joint venture between DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo

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Boeing delivers 100th P-8A Poseidon built for U.S. Navy

Military & Defense

The U.S. Navy has received its 100th P-8A aircraft from Boeing as the global fleet, which also includes the Indian navy and the Australian and U.K. air forces, approaches 300,000 flight hours of hunting submarines and providing aerial reconnaissance capabilities around the world. The P-8 is a proven long-range multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft capable of

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TUI to shed 8,000 jobs as world’s largest holiday company suffers major cash squeeze

Financial, Top Stories

With the COVID-19 pandemic bringing international air travel to a standstill and millions of customers now demanding cash refunds for canceled trips TUI, the world’s largest holiday company has begun what it sees as only the first round of redundancies as it announces 8,000 staff, approximately 10% of its workforce, are being laid off. Despite

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IATA opposes quarantine measures for arriving travelers

Other News

This week the UK has announced a mandatory 14-day quarantine as part of its plans when easing its lockdown. There are few details about how long and under what conditions. Similarly, Spain announced a 14-day quarantine measures on arrival would be in place there until at least 24 May and possible longer. IATA’s Director General

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EASA offers financial relief to aviation industry companies hit by COVID-19

Financial

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has agreed on concrete measures that will offer financial relief to companies in the aviation industry whose business has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. These measures take account of the continued sustainability of EASA and have been agreed with the support of the European Commission. The

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Personnel changes at Lufthansa Technik, seven departments under new management

People

Within the first half of 2020, the management of seven departments of Lufthansas Technik were newly appointed within the course of internal rotation. On February 1, Dr. Alexander Feuersaenger took over the management of the Fleet Services product division in Frankfurt. Since March 1, Stephan Drewes has been performing the dual functions of heading the

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