Air Lease Corporation has signed long-term lease agreements with Caribbean Airlines for four new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. Deliveries to the airline will start in the fourth quarter of 2019 through 2020. These four new aircraft will join two Boeing 737-800s currently on lease to Caribbean Airlines from ALC.
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Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (ST02690LA) for the passenger-to-freighter conversion of B737-800 aircraft. The prototype B737-800SF freighter conversion (MSN 29121) was completed in December yet experienced a delay in certification due to the partial government shutdown. “We believe the AEI B737-800SF will become the industry’s standard narrowbody freighter for the next
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Alaska Air Group has reported January operational results on a consolidated basis, for its mainline operations operated by subsidiary Alaska Airlines and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines, a subsidiary of RAVN Air. On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported
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Following a review of its operations, and in light of developments in aircraft and engine technologies, Emirates is reducing its A380 orderbook from 162 to 123 aircraft. Emirates will take delivery of 14 further A380s over the next two years. As a consequence and given the lack of order backlog with other airlines, Airbus will
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require, effective February 23, that all small drones have their registration number clearly displayed on the outside as a means of more easily identifying their owners. This move follows on from 2015 FAA rules that require the registration of all drones before they can be flown and that they
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Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) regional wing, SilkAir, has selected Thompson Aero Seating for the upgrade of Business Class seats on its Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet. The upgrades are a part of a significant investment programme that will eventually see SilkAir merged into SIA. The upgrades will commence in May 2020 and will feature new lie-flat
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Etihad Airways will introduce the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its daily service from Abu Dhabi to Chengdu, effective July 1, 2019, replacing the Airbus A330-200 currently operating the route. Also from July 1, the airlines’ daily service from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai will be upgraded from the 787-9 to the larger 787-10 Dreamliner. Once the
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Toyota Industries Corporation and All Nippon Airways (ANA), are collaborating to test Japan’s first autonomous towing tractors at Saga Airport. During this trial, which will be for two weeks at the end of March 2019, the tractors will run a distance of roughly 100 meters in the airport, which is the same distance between the
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JetBlue Airways has reported its preliminary traffic results for January 2019. Traffic in January increased 7.9% from January 2018, on a capacity increase of 9.9% compared to the previous year. Load factor for January 2019 was 80.4%, a decrease of 1.5 points from January 2018.
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged the United States government and industry to work together to ensure that aviation is able to accommodate an expected 62% rise in demand for air travel to, from and within the country over the next 20 years. Speaking at the International Aviation Club in Washington, D.C., Alexandre de
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