United Airlines (UAL) has reported that Gerry Laderman has been named acting chief financial officer. He succeeds Andrew Levy, who has decided to leave United. UAL will immediately begin a search for a new chief financial officer. Laderman currently serves as senior vice president of finance, procurement and treasurer and as a member of the […]
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A Cubana de Aviación (Cubana) Boeing 737 carrying 104 passengers and six crew crashed shortly after take-off from Havana’s Jose Martí airport, Cuba, on Friday. 107 passengers and crew were killed, while three female passengers who survived the crash, but who were critically injured, were taken to Galixto Garcia Hospital in Havana. The plane was
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BOC Aviation has delivered its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to its newest customer, Corendon Airlines, based in Turkey. The aircraft is the first delivery of the Company’s 737 MAX family aircraft. “This delivery represents a number of significant milestones for us, with the aircraft being the first addition of the Boeing 737 MAX
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Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) regional wing, SilkAir, is to undergo a significant investment programme to upgrade its cabin products as part of a multi-year initiative that will ultimately see it merged into SIA. The programme will comprise investment of more than SG$100 million to upgrade the wholly owned subsidiary’s cabins with new lie-flat seats in Business
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Alaska Air Group has reported April operational results on a consolidated basis for its mainline operations flown by subsidiaries Alaska Airlines and Virgin America and for its regional flying operated by subsidiary Horizon Air and third-party regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and Peninsula Airlines. On a combined basis for all operations, Air Group reported a 5.8%
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Finnair’s CEO, Pekka Vauramo, has given notice of his resignation from the company to join Metso Corporation as their new CEO. He will leave Finnair at the latest in November 2018. The search for Vauramo’s successor starts immediately. “The Board of Finnair is naturally sad to see Pekka Vauramo leave the company, but we also
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Cadence Aerospace, a provider of highly complex aerospace components and assemblies to commercial and defense customers, has appointed Lanny Shirk as President of the Company’s Astro Spar Arden (ASA) Operations, effective May 21. With Centers of Excellence based in the U.S. and Mexico, Cadence Aerospace serves the world’s leading manufacturers of aircraft, aerostructures, aeroequipment and
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easyJet’s first half 2018 passenger numbers increased by 3.0 million to 36.8 million, including 0.7 million from easyJet’s new Berlin Tegel operations launched in January. Capacity increased by 7.8% as easyJet grew its existing network by 4.6% and added an additional 1.2 million seats at Tegel. Load factor grew by 0.9 points to 91.1% (91.9%
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Fly Leasing, a global leader in aircraft leasing, has announced that all agreements relating to FLY’s acquisition of 55 Airbus narrow-body aircraft and seven CFM engines on operating lease, and the option to purchase an additional 20 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, were approved by the shareholders of AirAsia Group Berhad (“AirAsia”) at their extraordinary general
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Avantto Aircraft Administration, in collaboration with Air BP, has announced a pioneering program in Brazil to offset carbon emissions in the business aviation sector. The carbon emissions related to the use of all of the aviation fuel supplied by Air BP to Avantto for the next 12 months will be offset via BP Target Neutral,
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