Skyworld Aviation has assisted in the sale of an ERJ 170 and associated spares to new operator of the type Air Botswana. Serial number 17000318 arrived in Botswana on Monday December 31, 2018, after having been in pre-delivery maintenance in Toronto, Canada. It has now been re-registered as A2-ABM. Skyworld Aviation acted on behalf of […]
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AVIAA, the international group purchasing organization for business aviation, is adding over 150 new aircraft to their membership with the announcement on January 28, that it has reached an agreement with Europe’s smart purchasing business Convolus to merge their operations. The move will see AVIAA widen its footprint in Europe with the establishment of an
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CargoLogic Germany, a cargo airline in the process of being established, is as of now member of the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany e.V. (BARIG). The association based at the airport in Frankfurt represents the interest of over 120 national and international airlines to airport operators, politics, authorities and other institutions. CargoLogic Germany was
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Aircraft lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has been mandated by AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) to structure, arrange, and provide a guarantee for a senior loan to finance a portion of the airlines purchase price of one Boeing 747-8F aircraft expected to deliver to ABC in February 2019. The ABC financing mandate was awarded to ACG in
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StandardAero’s Maryville, Tennessee facility has completed and shipped its 10,000th auxiliary power unit (APU) repair since the nearly 25 years it has been providing APU MRO services to the industry. The specific 10,000th repair was on a Honeywell model 36-150RJ APU for a regional aircraft operator. StandardAero’s Maryville facility is a leading independent service provider
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A French flying instructor has been arrested by Italian police following a mid-air collision between a light plane and a helicopter in the Val d’Aosta region of Italy last Friday in which seven people were killed. It is understood that a light plane which was attempting to land on the Rutor Glacier struck a helicopter
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Magnetic MRO, a global provider of Total Technical Care for aircraft operators and lessors, announced the launch of a new line maintenance station at Ørland International Airport (OLA), Norway. The new station will support Saab 340 aircraft, operated by a Scandinavian airline Air Leap. The new line maintenance station at Ørland Airport was opened on
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The first two Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aircraft departed Everett’s Paine Field the morning of January 25, for McConnell Air Force Base, where the 22nd Air Refueling Wing will be the first unit to have the newest air refueling tankers. McConnell, in Wichita, Kan., will receive two more tankers in the weeks ahead. Then Oklahoma’s Altus
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American Airlines has opened a new hangar at its hub at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) on January 25. The new facility, dubbed Hangar 2, is the largest hangar on the airfield at ORD, and its completion marks the carrier’s latest milestone reached in a series of major investments in Chicago. The US$215 million investment
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Alaska Air Group has reported fourth quarter 2018 GAAP net income of US$23 million, compared to US$315 million in 2017. Excluding the impact of merger-related costs, other special items, and mark-to-market fuel hedge adjustments, the company reported fourth quarter adjusted net income of US$93 million, compared to adjusted net income of US$88 million in the
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