Bombardier doubles customer services capabilities in Florida with new service center

Bombardier has released that it is increasing its customer service capabilities in the U.S. with a new service center at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF) in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The new service center will more than double the company’s current customer service footprint in Florida with new capabilities, including a paint facility for the […]

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AerCap leased, purchased and sold 87 aircraft in the third quarter 2018

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AerCap Holdings has reported its major business transactions during the third quarter 2018: The company has signed lease agreements for 62 aircraft, including 9 widebody aircraft and 53 narrowbody aircraft and purchased 12 aircraft, including 6 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, 2 Airbus A350s, 2 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 2 Boeing 787-9s. AerCap executed sale

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Sabre launches industry-first Digital Airline Commercial Platform

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Sabre Corporation has launched its industry-first Digital Airline Commercial Platform (DACP) with Aeroflot, Ethiopian Airlines and Etihad Airways on board as launch partners. Announced earlier this year, the Commercial Platform delivers end-to-end personalized retailing and helps empower airlines to successfully retail, distribute and fulfil across all customer touchpoints. As part of Sabre’s mission to reimagine

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Rolls-Royce welcomes Delta TechOps into expanded service network

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Rolls-Royce has welcomed Delta TechOps into its expanded service network as it begins work on its first Trent engine. Delta TechOps began operations as a Trent Authorised Maintenance Centre, with the induction of a Trent 1000 engine module. The 127,000 ft² state-of-the-art facility will also carry out services on the Trent 7000 and Trent XWB.

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LORD Corporation opens US$12 million manufacturing facility in Pont de l’Isère, France

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LORD Corporation, a global diversified technology and manufacturing company, has officially unveiled its new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Pont de l’lsère. The 83,000 ft² facility positions LORD for future growth while enabling the company to enhance its customer service. The new center replaces the company’s previous facility in Saint-Vallier, with all 200 employees relocating to

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Norwegian signs agreement with OpenAirlines to reduce fuel consumption across its fleet

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Norwegian has selected OpenAirlines’ solution to save fuel and reduce carbon dioxide emissions for all its operations. Under the agreement, OpenAirlines will continuously analyze the data of 600 daily flights operated by 157 aircraft, by deploying its eco-flying solution SkyBreathe® Fuel Efficiency. SkyBreathe®Fuel Efficiency is an innovative cloud based software solution, which features an Artificial

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DAE announces successful closing of US$800 million revolving loan facility

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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has successfully closed its US$800 million revolving loan facility, which was launched in May of this year. The credit facility, initially launched for an amount of US$480 million, attracted the appetite from a broad group of banks and achieved substantial oversubscriptions. Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) serves as the Coordinating

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Colleen Johnston joins WestJet’s Board of Directors

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WestJet has appointed Colleen Johnston to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Most recently, Johnston served as Special Advisor to the CEO at the TD Bank Group prior to retiring in 2018 after 14 years with the bank. Across her years of service, she was the Group Head of Direct Channels, Technology, Marketing and Corporate

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Hurricane Florence costs Delta US$30 million – share price drops 3.4%

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Delta Air Lines (Delta) stock fell 3.4% after the American carrier announced that Hurricane Florence caused a US$30 million loss in business and that it was now paying more for fuel. Delta was forced to cancel 275 flights in September, mainly in the Carolinas, and that to date it had still not completed dealing with

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Manchester Airport Group confirms participation in Sofia Airport concession process

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Manchester Airport Group (MAG) intends to participate in the tender process for the concession to operate Sofia Airport in Bulgaria. The process was started on July 5, by the Bulgarian Government. MAG already operates three major airports in the UK at Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands, which together serve 60 million passengers per year,

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