In July 2023, 2,915,279 passengers passed through Zurich Airport, corresponding to an increase of 16% compared to last year. Passenger levels are 93% of those reached in July 2019. In July, the number of local passengers was 2,121,942. Transfer passengers amounted to 27%, equal to 787,370 passengers. On 30 July, 107,969 passengers travelled through Zurich […]
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Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace has named Simon McNamara as its Director of Government and Industry Affairs. With more than 25 years of experience in aviation public affairs, much of it focused around the regional airline sector, McNamara brings considerable advocacy expertise to Heart. For the past five years he has been leading advocacy efforts
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Fiji Airways has today taken delivery of its newest Airbus A350-900XWB (A350) as part of a journey to modernise the national carrier’s fleet. Named the ‘Island of Beqa’, the brand new aircraft is the third A350 to join the Fiji Airways fleet. It is considered the world leader in long-range flights. Company Managing Director and Chief
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Delta Air Lines, Certares Management and Knighthead Capital Management have announced an expanded partnership with Wheels Up Experience to accelerate the company’s business transformation. Earlier this year, Wheels Up announced plans to scale and evolve its product offerings to deliver world-class private aviation service profitably. Funding provided by Delta, certain affiliates of Certares and Knighthead, and other
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Aergo Capital (Aergo) has successfully handed over a DHC-8-400 aircraft with manufacturer serial number 4088 to Malta-based Luxwing. This marks the initial aircraft out of a pair slated for delivery to Luxwing within the current year. Fred Browne, the CEO of Aergo, expressed his excitement, stating, “We are delighted to announce the delivery of a
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Turkish Airlines has seen its international passenger demand increase by 28% since 2019 pre-pandemic levels. For the second quarter of 2023 total revenue reached to US$5.1 billion increasing by 13.5% compared to the same period last year. Due to reduced global trade and earthquake impact, the carrier’s cargo revenues decreased by 44% year-over-year to US$600
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Joramco, the Amman-based aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility and engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has appointed Thomas Bjorndal’s as the new Chief Commercial Officer. Bjorndal is an aviation professional with an impressive track record spanning over four-decades. Throughout his career, he has excelled in both maintenance and commercials, holding leadership roles
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AJW Group, an independent aircraft component parts, repair, and supply chain solutions provider, has announced the renewal of its Power-by-the-Hour (PBH) agreement with Airblue in Pakistan. With this contract extension, Airblue reinforces its commitment to AJW and ensures exceptional fleet support for its five Airbus A320 and five Airbus A321 aircraft in addition to the
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TAM, Täby Air Maintenance, has developed a smart and easy-to-install LPV-modification kit for the Saab 2000 (LPV – localiser performance with vertical guidance). When installed, modified aircraft will be able to make high-precision approaches to any airport, where older ILS-systems have been replaced with a GPS-based LPV solution due to cost. The LPV or RNP
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International Airlines Group (IAG) and Microsoft have signed the largest co-funded purchase agreement for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) emission reductions globally, where both parties are funding part of the cost of the supply. IAG’s industry-leading SAF programme has seen it commit to US$865 million in future SAF purchases and investments as of the end of
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