The Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services Moscow facility, based at Vnukovo – 3 (VKO), has been added to Bombardier’s worldwide service network as a line maintenance Authorized Service Facility (ASF) and official parts provider for Russia. The support provided at the facility includes a seamless parts supply system, which is expected to directly benefit customers by […]
In August 2018, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 6.8 million passengers – an increase of 8.1% year-on-year. Since the beginning of 2018, FRA has achieved growth of 8.7%, with European routes continuing to drive passenger traffic. In the reporting month, aircraft movements climbed by 8.0% to 46,389 take-offs and landings, while accumulated maximum take-off weights
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Airbus has appointed Christian Scherer, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), replacing Eric Schulz, who has decided to leave the company for personal reasons. Christian Scherer will start his new assignment with immediate effect. He will report to Airbus Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tom Enders. Scherer, CEO of ATR since October 2016, held many senior management positions
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Southwest Airlines has reported its August 2018 traffic statistics. The Company reported that August 2018 traffic increased 1.3% compared to August 2017, while capacity increased 2.0%. The August 2018 load factor was 84.3%, compared with 84.9% in August 2017.
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The release of a third white paper since 2014 by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has revealed that for a second time, Norwegian has topped the rankings for the most fuel-efficient carrier on transatlantic routes based on passenger kilometers per liter (pax-km/l). Not only did Norwegian head the ranking, but it beat 19
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Ryanair has launched its London S 2019 schedule, with 23 new routes (over 180 in total), which will deliver 26m customers p.a. through Ryanair’s 4 London airports – Stansted, Luton, Southend and Gatwick. Ryanair’s London S19 schedule will deliver a new 3 aircraft base at Southend, 2 more aircraft at Luton (6 in total) and
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Air Lease Corporation has announced the pricing on September 10, 2018 of its public offering of US$700 million aggregate principal amount of 3.500% unsecured senior notes due 2022 and US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.625% unsecured senior notes due 2028. The sale of the Notes is expected to close on September 17, 2018, subject
FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services, has signed a long-term contract with Luxair S.A., Société Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aérienne, the regional flag carrier airline of Luxembourg for MRO services. The MRO services will be provided to their complete Boeing 737 NG fleet. First aircraft will be handled in
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C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group Company, has been named as the recommended vendor for CT7 ECMP and non-ECMP LRU services support by GE Aviation. GE Aviation has completed the transition and will no longer offer CT7 LRU support as part of the ECMP program however operators for both the CT7-5A2 and CT7-9B engines will
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Ulrich Gehling assumed the position of CEO of INAIRVATION in August. He is an aviation professional with decades of front line experience in the aircraft industry. His track record includes executive positions at Pilatus Aircraft, Grob Aerospace, RUAG Aviation and others. With his wealth of experience in business aviation he will lead INAIRVATION into a
