767 Freighter leases, airlines drive ATSG growth in second quarter

– Air Transport Services Group, a provider of medium wide-body aircraft leasing, air cargo transportation and related services, has reported consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018: GAAP revenues were US$203.6 million based on new revenue recognition standards adopted in 2018. 2Q 2018 revenues increased six percent after excluding US$61.1 million in […]

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Finnair traffic growths 11.8% in July

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In July, Finnair carried 1,287,800 passengers, 15.2% more than in the corresponding period of 2017. The number of passengers grew in Asian traffic 9.0%, European traffic 15.1%, North America traffic 17.5% and domestic traffic 29.2%. Finnair’s overall capacity increased in July by 14.1% year-on-year, while Finnair’s traffic grew by 11.8%. The load factor decreased year-on-year

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S7 Technics Holding opens new maintenance line station at Sheremetyevo

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Russian independent maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider S7 Technics Holding, has launched a new line station at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, which currently serves more than 300,000 aircraft movements a year. The new station is managed by S7 Technics’ subsidiary S 7 ENGINEERING and is the first located outside of its two main bases

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West Star Aviation names John Mansfield Manager of Satellite Operations and Mobile Repair

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West Star Aviation has named John Mansfield as Manager of Satellite Operations and Mobile Repair. Mansfield began his career over 30 years ago as a Technical Representative at Hawker Beechcraft. He quickly advanced into more progressive roles including Manager, General Manager, and most recently, Vice President MRO Centers Worldwide at Embraer Executive Jets. He will

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Fraport to sell its 30% stake in Hanover Airport

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Having acquired a 20% stake in Hanover Airport in 1998 and a further 10% in 2003, Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (Fraport AG) has signed an agreement to sell its entire 30% stake in Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen GmbH (FHLG) to iCON Flughafen GmbH (iCON) – part of the iCON Infrastructure Group – for €109.2 million.

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Spatial opens US office to further support global client base

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Spatial, a provider of cabin crew training simulators, has announced that it is opening a US office to further support its global client base and expansion plans. Based near Los Angeles, the new office will be Spatial’s first permanent presence in the US. It will take advantage of the 12-hour time difference between the US

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C&L Aerospace completes sale of Saab 340B+ to Air Rarotonga

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C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group company, has completed the sale of Saab 340B+ MSN 368 to Air Rarotonga based out of the Cook Islands. A key component of the deal was C&L’s ability to trade in Air Rarotonga’s Saab 340A model and one CT7-5A engine to C&L. “This seamless transition for Air Rarotonga, from

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SR Technics expands presence at Malta International Airport with modern new hangar

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MRO service provider SR Technics has signed a contract with Malta Enterprise and Malta Industrial Parks Limited to expand its aircraft maintenance facility in Malta, following last year’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement includes the construction of a modern multi-bay hangar facility for narrow- and wide-body aircraft at Malta International Airport. With a size

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EFW re-delivers first A330-200 Passenger to Freighter conversion to Egyptair Cargo

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Egyptair Cargo has taken delivery of the A330-200 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) converted aircraft from the Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), the joint venture between ST Engineering Aerospace and Airbus, following the successful completion of test flights in June and awarding of the Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Egyptian Civil Aviation

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airBaltic posts 19% higher revenue in first half 2018

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The Latvian airline airBaltic has concluded the first half year of 2018 with a total revenue of €180.8 million, which is a 19% increase over the same period last year. At the same time airBaltic has carried 1.9 million passengers, an increase of 20%, and performed 13% more flights during the six months of 2018.

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