Doric has acquired a new Boeing 787-9 – a Dreamliner – for Shinhan Aviation MSN 62742 Limited in a sale and lease-back transaction. The aircraft is leased to the TUI Group for a term of 12 years. The purchase of the aircraft was financed by long-term bank debt and the issuance of notes. Commerzbank, HSBC […]
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Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Limited have signed definitive agreements paving the way forward for their expanded trans-Atlantic joint venture: The Joint Venture Agreement signed between Air France-KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic sets out the governance as well as the commercial and operational terms of the expanded trans-Atlantic Joint Venture. Upon completion,
SAS is launching new high speed WiFi on its short and medium haul routes between Scandinavia and Europe. This means that passengers can now stream their favorite movies, use social media, send images from their seat or answer their emails. SAS’ WiFi is based on a satellite communication system supplied by Viasat Inc.; a global
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The UK air traffic management service provider, NATS, has announced it has invested in Aireon, the company pioneering a space-based air traffic surveillance service set to revolutionise the aviation industry. Through a network of 66 low earth orbiting Iridium® NEXT satellites, AireonSM will monitor the location of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipped aircraft flying anywhere
A database system used to deploy staff crashed at Frankfurt Airport between 0100 and 1130GMT Wednesday, causing the cancellation of 70 flights, 23 of which were at Lufthansa. Lufthansa confirmed that in addition, it had to reduce the number of arrivals at the airport, resulting in a number of passengers missing connecting flights, while other
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Bombardier has unveiled a preview of the revolutionary nice Touch cabin management system, a Bombardier-designed platform developed in collaboration with Lufthansa Technik and found exclusively on the Global 7000 aircraft. The nice Touch CMS will be on display at the 2018 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva. The new system brings cabin connectivity
StandardAero has signed an agreement with Beijing Reignwood Star General Aviation Company to provide support to its fleet of Rolls-Royce M250 and RR300 engines powering the company’s Bell 407GX, 206L4, 206B3 and Robinson R66 helicopters. Over the course of this one-year agreement, StandardAero, as a Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) certificated maintenance organization, will
Acro Aircraft Seating has delivered the first of their Series 7 Premium Economy Class seat, to launch customer Primera Air. This is the first of eight Airbus A321neo’s due for delivery in 2018 to have the front four rows (16 seats per shipset) installed with Acro’s Series 7 Premium Economy seats and the remaining rows
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Flybondi.com, the first low-cost airline in Argentina, ends its first quarter with more than 130,000 passengers transported, 4 aircraft, more than 1000 flights made and more than 400 employees. By the end of April, Flybondi.com had already managed to keep 5% of the Argentinean aviation market. After the start of its operations at the end
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Independent aircraft leasing company AeroCentury has announced the purchase of two Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 aircraft on lease to Croatia Airlines from two special purpose companies managed by GOAL German Operating Aircraft Leasing GmbH & Co. KG (GOAL). Croatia Airlines is the government-owned flag carrier of the Republic of Croatia. It is headquartered and has its
