As part of one of Europe’s largest privately financed infrastructure projects, Fraport AG has laid the cornerstone for the new Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport. Due for completion in 2021, Pier G will provide capacity for an additional 5 million travelers to the current level of 70 million in 2018. With the completion of Piers […]
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Following a weak first quarter of 2019 that resulted in an Adjusted EBIT for the period of EUR -336 million, Lufthansa expects to see substantially improved trends in the rest of the year. “Overcapacities, especially on short- and medium-haul European routes, substantially depressed our first-quarter earnings,” says Ulrik Svensson, Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Lufthansa
The first A350 XWB for Japan Airlines (JAL) has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Toulouse, France. The A350-900 is the first ever Airbus aircraft to be produced directly for JAL and features a special A350 XWB red logo on the fuselage. The aircraft will now proceed to ground and flight tests, before
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Bombardier Business Aircraft has unveiled the Soleil lighting system, the advanced cabin lighting technology, on the Global 7500 business jet. Designed and developed exclusively for the Global 7500 aircraft, the innovative Soleil lighting system is aviation’s first circadian rhythm-based cabin lighting technology fully integrated with the Flight Management System, and it introduces the Dynamic Daylight
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In the first quarter of 2019, MTU Aero Engines AG saw its revenues increase by 11% from €1,016.4 million to €1,131.2 million. The group’s operating profit grew by 7% to €187.6 million (1-3/2018: €175.1 million), resulting in an adjusted EBIT margin of 16.6% (1-3/2018: 17.2%). Net income increased in line with EBIT adjusted, rising by
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S7 Technics’ Mineralnye Vody-based aircraft painting centre has reached its first significant milestone by completing the re-painting of its 100th aircraft. Some 250,000 man-hours, about 30,000 litres of paint and 60,000 litres of accompanying chemicals (solvents, paint removers, etc.), as well as more than 300,000 abrasive disks were required for the aircraft painting centre to
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GE Aviation and Auterion have announced the integration of the Auterion Enterprise PX4 operating system on GE Aviation’s Unmanned Aircraft System avionics platform. They have shown their commitment by signing a teaming agreement to provide a comprehensive hardware and software solution for drone manufacturers and operators seeking to enable commercial drone operations at scale. The
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has ceremonially signed a number of agreements with French based companies during His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain’s visit to France. The airline has signed with Airbus during the Bahrain International Airshow 2016 for an order of 12 A320neo
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Airbus has reported first quarter (Q1) 2019 consolidated financial results and maintained its guidance for the full-year. Gross commercial aircraft orders totalled 62 (Q1 2018: 68 aircraft) and included 38 A350 XWBs. Net commercial aircraft orders of -58 (Q1 2018: 45 aircraft) after 120 cancellations mainly reflect the winding down of the A380 programme and
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Air Macau has presented its first A320neo at a ceremony held at Macau International Airport. The aircraft is the 21st Airbus aircraft in Air Macau’s fleet that already includes four A319ceo, six A320ceo and 10 A321ceo aircraft. In total, Air Macau will receive eight additional A320neo and A321neo aircraft under leasing agreement in order to meet
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