Heike Tamm

Prague Airport continues to grow

Václav Havel Airport Prague has continued to grow without interruption since 2013. In 2018, as per the latest operating results, Prague Airport handled a total of 16,797,006 passengers, which represents a 9% year-on-year growth. Routes to Great Britain were the busiest last year with the greatest number of passengers traditionally heading to London. Barcelona recorded […]

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Willis Lease Finance closes ten aircraft sale and leaseback with easyJet

Willis Lease Finance Corporation has closed a sale and leaseback transaction on ten Airbus A319 aircraft with easyJet. The aircraft are powered by CFM56-5B engines. The deal combines elements from across the Willis Platform, including leasing, trading, and asset management businesses, to provide a tailored solution designed to support easyJet in the fleet management of

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SWISS and Edelweiss Air sign 5-year contract with FLYdocs for ongoing aircraft data and records management

FLYdocs, the aviation data and records management solution provider, has signed a 5-year contract with Swiss airlines, SWISS and Edelweiss Air, who will use the FLYdocs® platform for the ongoing management of their maintenance and engineering records across their entire respective fleets of 90 and 15 aircraft. The FLYdocs® platform provides a centralised cloud-based digital

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Lufthansa Technik and JAL expand partnership on Total Component Support services

Lufthansa Technik and Japan Airlines (JAL) have expanded their trusted partnership by entering into a long-term agreement on Total Component Support (TCS®) services for the carrier’s Airbus A350 fleet. For a period of ten years the new contract covers the majority of Japan Airlines’ Airbus A350 components. The contracted services include maintenance, programs for reliability

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Southeast Aerospace wins opportunity on US$50 billion Seaport Next Generation contract

Aerospace solutions company Southeast Aerospace , has been awarded the opportunity to provide project management and engineering support services for the U.S. Navy through a new contract vehicle, SeaPort-NxG. “Southeast Aerospace has provided aircraft modification and engineering support on numerous Government contracts and Special Missions programs,” stated Rob Reed, Director of Aircraft Modifications, “we’re honored

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SkyWorks reports fourth quarter 2018 activities

SkyWorks Holdings has announced transactions and activities performed during the fourth quarter (Q4) 2018 for its Leasing & Asset Management Group. On behalf of Modern Logistics, Brazil, SkyWorks sourced and arranged an operating lease for one additional 737-300SF aircraft (its 4th 737SF). SkyWorks also renewed its engagement with Modern Logistics to provide continued aircraft sourcing

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Delta Air Lines announces December quarter and full year 2018 profit

Delta Air Lines has reported financial results for the December quarter and full year 2018.  Adjusted pre-tax income for the December quarter 2018 was US$1.2 billion driven by over US$700 million of revenue growth, allowing the company to fully recapture the US$508 million increase in adjusted fuel expense and produce an 11% adjusted pre-tax margin. 

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Panasonic Avionics appoints Kimberly Chainey as General Counsel

Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics) has appointed Kimberly Chainey as its General Counsel. Chainey is a legal leader and corporate generalist with over 15-years experience advising senior executives of Fortune 500 companies, venture businesses and government entities. As chief legal officer and a member of the executive team, Chainey will advise Panasonic Avionics’ leadership on

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15 killed as Boeing 707 military cargo plane crashes in Iran

According to the semi-official Fars news agency, an Iranian Boeing 707 military plane carrying meat has crashed at Fath Airport, Iran after attempting to make an emergency landing. 15 out of the 16 crew on board were killed, while the only survivor, the flight engineer, has been hospitalized. Fath Airport belongs to Iran’s elite Revolutionary

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