Heike Tamm

Etihad Engineering and Satair sign supply agreement

Etihad Engineering, the commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider in the Middle East, has signed a supply agreement with Satair, one of the largest aviation spares and solution providers. The signing ceremony took place at Dubai Airshow 2019. The agreement covers supply chain solutions that will ensure worldwide availability for selected aircraft […]

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British Airways

British Airways’ preliminary pay deal with pilots’ union should eliminate further strikes

After the first-ever strike action by pilots in the carrier’s history, British Airways (BA) has come to a preliminary agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) which represents over 4,000 of the carrier’s pilots. Commenting on the situation, BALPA said in a statement: “We can confirm that BALPA, BA and ACAS have put together

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JetBlue appoints Vivek Sharma to Board of Directors

JetBlue has appointed Vivek Sharma to its board of directors. The independent director appointment is effective immediately, following unanimous approval by the company’s board of directors. Sharma has extensive experience in building and growing businesses profitably through the application of digital technology. He is the CEO and founder of InStride, a strategic enterprise education company

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West Star Aviation completes custom paint job on Embraer Praetor 600

West Star Aviation (West Star) has completed a custom paint finish on a new, factory-delivered Embraer Praetor 600, a first for the company. The new aircraft was brought to West Star directly from the Embraer factory at the request of the customer for a unique and custom paint job.  With its state-of-the-art paint facility, West

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Miguel Delgado joins C&L Aerospace

C&L Aerospace has named Miguel A. Delgado as its Regional Sales Manager responsible for Latin America and the Caribbean. Delgado has over 30 years of Latin American aviation parts sales experience and expertise in creating innovative solutions for customers. He will further develop C&L’s relationships with Latin American regional airlines, specializing in ATR, ERJ, Beech

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Iberia launches facial recognition app at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport

Iberia, along with the Spanish airports and air traffic control authority Aena, IECISA, Gunnebo and Thales companies, has unveiled a facial recognition pilot project at Iberia’s hub in Terminal 4 at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, with the aim of improving customer experience at the airport by enabling customers to identify themselves at both general and

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Finnair to cancel flights from Monday Nov 25 due to industrial action related to Finnish postal service labour dispute

The Finnish aviation labour union, IAU, has informed Finnair of a support strike for Monday November 25, related to the ongoing labour dispute at Posti, the Finnish postal service. Finnair is not a party in the dispute, but the planned support strike would have major impacts on Finnair flights operations. The strike will affect several

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