Southwest Airlines has reported its June 2018 preliminary traffic statistics. The Company reported traffic inccrease of 2.6% compared to June 2017 and capacity increase of 3.2%. The June 2018 load factor was 86.9%, down 0.5 points compared to the previous year.
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Yoel Arnoni and the principals of the Av8 group of companies (Av8 MRO & Av8 PMA), have launched Av8 AOG and have named Chris Lesniak as Director of Sales. Av8 AOG will focus exclusively on certified parts and PMA parts sales to end users as well as other distributors and repair stations. Chris Lesniak was
Munich Airport has set a new record for passenger traffic in the first six months of the 2018 operating year, with a total of 21.7 million passengers handled. This represents an increase of about 3%. The number of take-offs and landings was up slightly as compared with the first half of 2017 to around 200,000.
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AerFin E170, MSN 17000123, has completed its full heavy maintenance and transition check at Atitech MRO in Naples and will be positioned with BeyondPool™ support program. The EASA-compliant aircraft, part of the 15 E170LR aircraft purchased by AerFin from Saudi Arabian Airlines, completed its heavy maintenance check on time and within budget as part of
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CTT SYSTEMS AB (CTT), a leader of aircraft humidity control systems, has received Zonal Drying™ order from an undisclosed airline for eight Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The eight Zonal Drying™ systems will be retrofit fitted during last quarter 2018 and first quarter 2019. Peter Landquist, VP Sales & Marketing, CTT Systems AB, comments: “We see an
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In June, Finnair carried 1,240,500 passengers, 12.8% more than in the corresponding period of 2017. The number of passengers grew in Asian traffic (+15.5%), European traffic (+12.4%), North America traffic (+18.2%) and domestic traffic (+9.9%). Finnair’s overall capacity increased in June by 16.4% year-on-year. Finnair’s traffic grew less, by 14.5%. The high capacity growth rate
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HAECO Cabin Solutions, a division of HAECO Americas with headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, have reported that Airbus has approved HAECO Cabin Solutions as an offerable supplier for passenger seating. The VectorTM seat is now included in the A350 aircraft catalogue for line-fit selection. In addition, HAECO has secured a launch customer for line-fit
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Honeywell International has confirmed the first installations of its JetWave™ satellite communications hardware in Africa, bringing a high-speed, global and consistent in-flight Wi-Fi solution to business jets on the African continent for the first time. ExecuJet South Africa installed Honeywell’s JetWave hardware onboard Global Express and Challenger 604 aircraft at its Johannesburg base. JetWave delivers
Air traffic controllers in Lebanon will soon be training in a ‘real world’ air traffic environment using highly advanced simulation technology developed in New Zealand. Airways New Zealand has signed an agreement with the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) on behalf of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in Lebanon to install and deploy
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The share price of Air France-KLM at one point on Monday, July 9, rose 8.4 percent, the largest increase since 2017. The rise reflects the company’s 3.5 percent rise in passenger traffic for June. The share price peaked at €7.46 (US$8.73) and closed at €7.34 (US$8.59), up 6.34 percent. In addition to the positive uptick
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