American Airlines has posted pre-tax earnings excluding net special items for the third quarter of 2019 of US$835 million, a 16% year-over-year increase from the third quarter of 2018. Excluding net special items, net income was US$630 million. Strong passenger demand drove a 3% year-over-year increase in third-quarter 2019 total revenue to a record US$11.9 […]
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CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., (CDB Leasing), has delivered the first of four Embraer E190 aircraft to Bolivia-based Amaszonas Línea Aérea (Amaszonas). The Embraer regional jets, configured with 110 seats in a single-class layout, will modernize the Amaszonas fleet, offering more than double the capacity. The
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Skyworld Aviation has sold an ATR 72-500 to a U.S.-based regional aircraft leasing firm. Serial number 685, re-registered as 9S-AAD, will operate with FlyCAA Congo under a lease arrangement, also facilitated by Skyworld. The aircraft was previously operated by Vietnam Airlines and arrived in Kinshasa on October 20, 2019. FlyCAA now operates two ATR 72-500s
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Aireon and Corporación Centroamericana de Servicios de Navegación Aérea (COCESNA) have signed an agreement to deploy space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The agreement also establishes a strategic partnership to enhance the operations and collaboration of air traffic surveillance in the Central American region. Spanning the
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While Boeing continues to struggle with the grounding of its popular 737 MAX jet, the American planemaker is seeing other problems surface as it decides to reduce production numbers of its 787 Dreamliner. Beyond either further reducing output of the 737 MAX or even halting production completely, plans for the production of a successor to
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A trio of new business jets equipped with thrust reversers from Safran Nacelles are entering service following their certification by airworthiness authorities – reinforcing the company’s role as a preferred nacelle system component supplier in this high-end aircraft sector. The three business jets are Bombardier’s Global 5500 and Global 6500, powered by Rolls-Royce Pearl 15
Boeing has named Stan Deal to succeed Kevin McAllister as president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Ted Colbert to succeed Deal as president and CEO of Boeing Global Services, effective immediately. Vishwa Uddanwadiker is appointed to Colbert’s former role as interim chief information officer and senior vice president of Information Technology & Data
Czech Airlines has ordered four Airbus A220-300 aircraft and opted for additional range by up-sizing a previous order for three A320neo to A321XLR. The two fuel-efficient aircraft types will complement Czech Airlines’ existing fleet of six A319 and one A330-300, and allow it to continue extending its network to reach more markets. The airline will
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MTU Aero Engines AG and the government of the Republic of Serbia have inked a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC), establishing their close cooperation in the field of training of skilled labor. The aim is to effectively address the specific needs of the aviation industry in the curricula of vocational and trade schools. The move clears
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Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) and Sabena technics are to co-operate in proposing self-protection systems (SPSs) for Airbus corporate jets. Each SPS will combine an existing, state-of-the-art, directional infra-red countermeasure (DIRCM) system with installation on an Airbus corporate jet. SPSs will initially be offered for the ACJ320 Family. An SPS offers protection against missiles fired from
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