SunExpress selects GE Aviation for digital agreement

SunExpress, the joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, has selected GE Aviation for a comprehensive safety contract including eFOQA Mainline. The program covers the SunExpress fleet including Boeing 737 and Airbus A330 airplanes and expands upon a previous agreement to enable advanced analytics with enriched data sets that will ultimately drive greater understanding of […]

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Recaro Aircraft Seating installs first seats from SPRINT program on B737 aircraft

MRO & Production

Recaro Aircraft Seating has installed its first ship-set of its BL3530 seats from the SPRINT program on Air Lease Corporation’s B737 aircraft start of March. Introduced in late 2019, the SPRINT program develops and ships predefined BL3530 seats for lessors within two months of the order being submitted. The SPRINT program can equip either an

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Boeing joins Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance

Other News

Boeing has joined the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) in support of its goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2025, and ultimately power operations with 100% renewable energy. This alliance of large clean energy buyers, energy providers, service providers and NGO partners supports a large-scale, rapid transition to a cleaner future. REBA

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Hawaiian Airlines reports February 2020 traffic statistics

Traffic

Hawaiian Airlines welcomed more than 856,000 guests in February 2020. Total traffic increased 6.4% on an increase of 13.3% in capacity compared to February 2019. Load factor decreased 5.2 points year-over-year to 79.3%.

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Norwegian to temporary lay off up to 50% of its employees

Airlines & Routes

Following the U.S. ban on travel from most of Europe and the escalating coronavirus situation, Norwegian has released that it has decided to ground 40% of its long-haul fleet and cancel up to 25% of its short-haul flights until the end of May. The changes apply to the company’s entire route network. From March 13

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Despite interest in wide-body jets, Boeing posts negative 28 orders for February

Aircraft & Engines, Top Stories

Having failed for the first time in decades to post any orders for the month of January, while sales of wide-body jets improved, cancelations and conversions of orders for the stricken 737 MAX led to a disappointing month for the American planemaker. Having delivered 95 planes to customers in the first two months of 2019,

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Textron Aviation, WSU Tech, and IAMAW launch aerospace tooling apprenticeship

MRO & Production

Textron Aviation, WSU Tech and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) have announced a new collaborative apprenticeship program to address long-term production and tooling requirements for the company’s aircraft programs. The two-year program, the first of its kind in the region, will provide students both factory and classroom training in a wide

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Zurich Airport posts full-year 2019 profit of CHF 309 million

Financial

Flughafen Zürich AG has reported an encouraging result in 2019. In the reporting period, Flughafen Zürich AG’s revenue increased by 5.0% to CHF 1.2 billion. The airport operator posted a profit of CHF 309.1 million. Additional provisions (CHF 45.8 million after taxes) for sound insulation measures in the previous year depressed the result for 2018.

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TrueAero promotes Chris Luke to Senior Vice President of Leasing

People

TrueAero has promoted Chris Luke to Senior Vice President of Leasing. Luke’s leadership of TrueAero Asset Management has led to TrueAero’s excellence in aircraft leasing, asset trading, origination, customer service, and marketing. Under his stewardship, TrueAero Asset Management has broken into the top third of commercial aircraft lessors worldwide.

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Rolls-Royce launches new electronics manufacturing capability at Purdue University

Military & Defense

Rolls-Royce has created new engine controls capability near the campus of Purdue University to support the company’s U.S. defense business, including the F130 engine competing for the U.S. Air Force B-52 program. Rolls-Royce will assemble and test electronic engine controllers, which help manage in-flight engine operations. The first controller has been completed at Rolls-Royce in

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