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737 MAX grounding hits flydubai first half 2019 financial results hard

Dubai’s state-owned carrier, flydubai, has announced that the continued grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX has put the carrier under unprecedented financial pressure, resulting in a January-to-June loss of US$53.6 million. Prior to the grounding, flydubai had anticipated expanding its current fleet of aircraft to 62, but instead this will only grow to 43 this […]

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Lufthansa Technik, GE Aviation joint venture XEOS opens its doors

MRO & Production

On September 30, XEOS, the new aircraft engine service center located in Środa Śląska near Wrocław (Poland), celebrated its official opening. The company is a joint venture of Lufthansa Technik (51%) and GE Aviation (49%) and is a service center for GEnx-2B and GE9X engines. It was built in a record time of 16 months

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Cambridge Airport to offer in-house FBO services

MRO & Production

Cambridge City Airport will begin offering in-house FBO services from October, as part of its plans to grow its executive charter business in line with recent announcements. This will include aircraft, passenger and baggage handling, refueling, security, customs and immigration services. The airport will take over these services from ExecuJet, part of the Luxaviation Group,

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China’s Sichuan Dahua acquires Austria’s ‘ArrowCopter’

Financial

China’s Sichuan Dahua acquires Austria’s ‘ArrowCopter’ Sichuan, Dahua. General Aircraft Manufacturing Company of China has successfully acquired the entire assets of the European gyrocopter company, ArrowCopter. T The transaction was brokered by consultants Aerospace Investments Co. Ltd (UK) and Silk Wings Aviation (Beijing), who are now actively assisting in the completion phase. The deal follows

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Magnetic MRO Training expands training facility

Other News

Magnetic MRO Training, an EASA Part-147 approved type training organization, has re-opened its training facility after the most recent expansion. The new premises were opened on Thursday, September 19, 2019 and are aimed to be used mainly by Magnetic MRO and Estonian Aviation Academy for theoretical technical training for future aircraft mechanics. The recent expansion

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Ryanair opens new Toulouse base

Airlines & Routes

Ryanair has opened its new Toulouse base (its 3rd in France) on September 27, and the launch of its new summer 2020 schedule, with 2 based aircraft and 23 routes (13 new), connecting Toulouse to Athens, Brest, Budapest, Dublin, Lille, Luxembourg, Marseille, Oujda, Palermo, Palma, Porto, Tangier and Valencia, which will deliver 1.4 million customers

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Airbus and Alibaba Cloud to develop skywise data centre in China

Information Technology, Uncategorized

Airbus has signed a cooperation agreement with Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, to cooperate on developing a Skywise Data Centre in China. Skywise is Airbus’ open data integration platform driving digital collaboration across the aerospace value chain. Skywise helps airlines to better optimise their internal operations, to save on costs and

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The first A350-900 for Air France

Aircraft & Engines

Air France has taken delivery of its first A350-900, the efficient all-new-design wide-body aircraft. Air France will deploy the A350-900 fleet on its transatlantic and Asia routes. The Xtra WideBody aircraft features a comfortable three-class layout with 324 seats including 34 full-flat business, 24 premium economy and 266 economy-class seats. Fully in line with Air

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Aigle Azur, France’s second largest airline, closes down

Financial, Top Stories

Having ceased all commercial operations and filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this month, leaving 19,000 travelers stranded, Aigle Azur, France’s second-largest carrier, has now closed down. Having immediately been put up for sale, those carriers who expressed interest in Aigle Azur included easyJet and Vueling, while confirmed bids to take over assets were received from

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Iberia changes corporate structure to focus on sustainability

Uncategorized

Iberia is incorporating sustainability as a key part of its business strategy in keeping with its support of the UN’s sustainable development goals under the world body’s 2030 UN Agenda. Iberia’s commitment to environmental protection and to social welfare in general has moved sustainability to the forefront of its list of priorities, leading to the

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