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More trouble for 737 family as 13 NG jets grounded after compulsory inspections

Aircraft & Engines

Following an airworthiness directive (AD) issued by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) on October 2 and effective from October 3 demanding carriers inspect 737 NG aircraft which have accumulated 30,000 or more flight cycles within a seven-day period, 13 of the jets have now been grounded. These include two operated by Southwest Airlines and 11 […]

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British Airways to offset carbon emissions on flights within U.K. from 2020

Airlines & Routes

From January 2020, British Airways will become the first U.K. airline to offset carbon emissions on all its flights within the U.K. All customers flying within the U.K. next year on flights operated by British Airways will have the carbon emissions from their flights offset by the airline and invested in carbon reduction projects around

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CAE and easyJet inaugurate new training center in Milan

Other News

CAE and easyJet have announced the official opening and inauguration of the CAE Milan training center, located near the Milan Malpensa airport in Lombardy, Italy. CAE and easyJet inaugurated the new center alongside local Italian and Canadian government officials.  After London Gatwick and Manchester, this is the third new training centre that CAE has inaugurated

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Ethiopian Airlines signs repair management contract with AJW Group

MRO & Production

AJW Group has extended its long-term relationship with Ethiopian Airlines with a contract for the maintenance and repair of parts. The contract will be carried out in collaboration with Ethiopian Airlines for the delivery of their B737NG Component MRO services and will include repairs at AJW Technique, AJW Group’s maintenance facility in Montreal. Ethiopian Airlines

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IATA blames U.S.-China trade war for continued contraction of freight market demand

Top Stories, Traffic

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released global air freight market data for August, revealing that there has been a further retraction for the tenth consecutive month of year-on-year decline, something not witnessed since the 2008 financial crisis. Freight ton kilometres (FTKs) dropped 3.9% for the month, available freight ton kilometers (AFTKs) rose 2%

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Gulfstream appoints Peter Vasconcelos Regional Senior Vice President of Sales

People

Gulfstream Aerospace has appointed Peter Vasconcelos, an industry veteran, to Regional Senior Vice President of Sales for the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada. He is based at Gulfstream’s Manhattan Sales and Design Center and reports to Scott Neal, Gulfstream’s Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Vasconcelos comes to Gulfstream with more than 20 years of aircraft

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FAA approves AerTrak for Boeing 777-200 series aircraft

MRO & Production

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) No. ST04184NY for installation of AerSale®’s AerTrak® system on Boeing 777-200 series aircraft to comply with the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Operations rule, a critical part of the agency’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). Beginning January 1, 2020, the FAA has mandated that

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Airbase wins contract to manufacture seat covers for Acro

MRO & Production

Airbase, part of Trenchard Aviation Group, has won the contract to manufacture Ultra- Leather™ seat covers for Acro, a leading innovator in aircraft seating. This contract has resulted from Acro’s commission to provide new seats for Spirit Airlines, an American ultra-low-cost carrier headquartered in Miramar, Florida. Spirit Airlines is the seventh-largest commercial airline in the

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