Heike Tamm

Fraport USA wins contract for Nashville International Airport concessions program

Fraport USA, a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Fraport AG and a leading developer of award-winning airport retail programs, has been selected by the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority to manage and develop the concessions program for Nashville International Airport (BNA). Over the term of the contract, Fraport will enhance the shopping and dining experience for more […]

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Air China opts for Recaro economy class seats on new A350

Air China has ordered 2500 CL3710 economy class seats from Recaro Aircraft Seating for their ten new Airbus A350 aircraft. China’s flag carrier is the first operator of the A350 in Mainland China. The CL3710, Recaro’s bestseller with over 250,000 orders worldwide, brings together all the German aircraft seat manufacturer’s expertise and skill. The CL3710

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Hawaiian Airlines to suspend Beijing service

Hawaiian Airlines has announced its decision to suspend its thrice-weekly nonstop service between Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) and Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) upon the completion of the National Day Golden Week holiday in October. The airline, which started the service in April 2014, will re-deploy its 278-seat Airbus A330-200 aircraft elsewhere

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Air Alsie joins ERA

ERA (European Regions Airline Association) has welcomed Air Alsie as its newest airline member, bringing the number of carriers in ERA membership to 51. Based in Sønderborg, Denmark, Air Alsie has been operating since 1989 and with an available fleet of 22 aircraft, is the largest executive operator in northern Europe. Air Alsie, owned by

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Ryanair and Air Malta join forces in on-line sales partnership

Ryanair and Air Malta have jointly announced that the Irish carrier will cooperate on sales and marketing initiatives by selling Air Malta flights from its website ryanair.com as from August 21. This win-win milestone agreement for both parties will offer Ryanair’s 139 million customers an even greater choice of destinations whilst also boosting Air Malta’s

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Dallas Fort Worth International Airport offers two new international flights to Dublin and Munich

Customers at Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport will fly nonstop to Dublin, Ireland and Munich, Germany, starting June 6, 2019, thanks to new service from American Airlines. With these flights, DFW Airport will provide its first ever nonstop service to Ireland and its third daily nonstop flight to Germany. The launch of Dublin and

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Aircastle appoints Jim Connelly as Chief Accounting Officer

Aircastle has announced the promotion and appointment of Jim Connelly as Chief Accounting Officer. Connelly has been Aircastle’s controller since January 2013. He joined Aircastle in May 2007 as Assistant Controller, Operational Accounting. Prior to joining Aircastle, he was with Lehman Brothers as Controller beginning in January 2001. He received a B.S. in Accounting from

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Jet Aviation gains EASA STC approval for ADS-B Out compliance on B747 in Basel

Jet Aviation has received EASA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for ADS-B Out compliance for the B747 series aircraft, some 2 years ahead of EASA and FAA 2020 mandates. With this approval, Jet Aviation’s MRO and Completions facility in Basel is authorized to configure and install ADS-B Out systems on B747 aircraft subject to specific equipment

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Lockheed Martin names Michele Evans Executive Vice President, Aeronautics

Lockheed Martin’s board of directors has approved the appointment of Michele Evans, as executive vice president of the Aeronautics business area, succeeding Orlando Carvalho, who intends to retire later this year. Evans’ appointment is effective Oct. 1, 2018. Evans has more than 30 years of experience and currently serves as deputy executive vice president for

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United Airlines’ Latin American joint ventures delayed due to regional instability

Anticipated joint ventures with three Latin American airlines – Colombia’s Avianca Holdings, Panama’s Copa Airlines and Brazil’s Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras – and the parent company of United Airlines (United), United Continental Holdings, are proving to be more complicated than initially envisaged. While the intention is to improve connectivity between the U.S. and Latin America,

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