Heike Tamm

Lufthansa Technik takes on APU services for China Southern Airlines' A350 fleet © China Southern Airlines

Lufthansa Technik to support APUs of China Southern Airlines’ A350s

MRO & Production

China Southern Airlines and Lufthansa Technik have signed an exclusive eight-year contract regarding the technical support of the auxiliary power units (APUs) for the Chinese carrier’s A350 fleet of currently 20 aircraft. According to the long-term agreement, Lufthansa Technik will provide MRO services for the Honeywell HGT1700 in the company’s specialised APU workshops in Hamburg, […]

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Spirit Airlines is emerging from financial restructuring

Spirit Airlines reports fourth-quarter net loss of US$183.7 million

Financial

For the fourth quarter 2023, Spirit Airlines (Spirit) reported a net loss of US$183.7 million, excluding special items, adjusted net loss for the fourth quarter 2023 was US$148.7 million. For the fourth quarter 2023, Spirit reported a pre-tax loss of US$228.3 million and a pre-tax margin of negative 17.3%. Adjusted pre-tax loss for the fourth

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Martin St George

JetBlue appoints Martin St. George as next President

People

JetBlue has announced the appointment of Martin St. George to be the company’s next President, effective February 26, 2024. He will report to Joanna Geraghty, JetBlue’s current President and incoming Chief Executive Officer. Since 2020, St. George has served as Chief Commercial Officer at LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America’s largest airline holding company, in Santiago,

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Finnair invites volunteers for passenger weight data update

Other News

Finnair has introduced a unique approach to estimating cargo weight by inviting passengers to voluntarily participate in weigh-ins at Helsinki airport departure gates. The initiative, initiated on Monday, February 5, seeks to enhance the airline’s ability to calculate the weight of its planes before take-off. To Finnair’s surprise, 600 volunteers had already taken part by

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MH-60R SEAHAWK® helicopters for the Hellenic Navy await transfer to the U.S. Navy ahead of delivery to Greece in 2024 © Lockheed Martin

Sikorsky concludes testing of three MH-60R helicopters for the Hellenic Navy

Military & Defense

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has recently finished testing the integrated mission systems and sensors on three MH-60R SEAHAWK® helicopters procured by the Hellenic Navy. The comprehensive tests, completed in early December 2023, confirm that each MH-60R aircraft is a proficient and potent air weapon system capable of executing anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare missions both

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The Piper M700 Fury will be powered by P&WC's PT6A-52 engine

Pratt & Whitney PT6A-52 engine to power new Piper M700 Fury

Aircraft & Engines, Top Stories

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PT6A-52 engine has been selected by Piper Aircraft for the Piper M700 Fury aircraft. This is the first time the PT6A-52 engine will be used to power a single-engine turboprop. Pratt & Whitney collaborated closely with Piper to incorporate a pioneering electronic low-oil-level indicator into the new Piper M700 Fury, marking the

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Anke Giesen, Executive Director Retail and Real Estate at Fraport AG and Tobias Schmidt, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Europe, at the official ground-breaking ceremony

Ground-breaking for new DHL Global Forwarding air freight centre at Frankfurt Airport

Other News, Top Stories

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of DHL Group, and Fraport AG, the owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), have officially began construction of a new air freight centre at Frankfurt Airport. Tobias Schmidt, the CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Europe, and Anke Giesen, Fraport AG’s Executive Director Retail and Real

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