Coulson Aviation has secured a ten-year contract with the U.S. Forest Service

U.S. Forest Service and Coulson Aviation secure ten-year airtanker contract

The U.S. Forest Service (USFC) and Coulson Aviation have agreed upon a ten-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Large Airtanker (LAT) firefighting contract, with a value of US$7.2 billion (£5.67 billion). The agreement will provide the basis for operations and maintenance service for Coulson’s C-130H Hercules and Boeing 737 FireLiner™ aircraft. “Coulson is honoured to continue to provide our […]

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Challenge Group is introducing the B767-300BDSF to its flee

Challenge Group welcomes B767-300BDSF to its fleet

Aircraft & Engines

Challenge Group has welcomed the latest addition to its fleet – the B767-300BDSF aircraft. This milestone marks a significant step forward for the company, enhancing its overall capacity and operational flexibility to better serve its customers worldwide. The introduction of the B767 aircraft is part of Challenge Group’s fleet diversification project, designed to adapt to

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Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing will establish a joint venture

Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines to establish aircraft parts manufacturing joint venture

MRO & Production

Ethiopia’s state investment authority has announced that a US$15 million is being invested in a joint venture between Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines for the manufacture of aircraft parts. Ethiopian Airlines is the African continent’s largest airline with a fleet of over 140 aircraft and the carrier is trying to make a proactive effort to further

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Qatar Airways will increase its frequency to New York

Qatar Airways increases New York frequency

Airlines & Routes

Effective October 30, 2023, Qatar Airways will increase frequency to New York (JFK) from two to three daily flights. Offering new connections between New York and more than 80 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia, the new flights will conveniently arrive early morning and depart late evening from New York

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The EH216-S has completed all planned tests

EHang completes tests for EH216-S type certification

Aircraft & Engines

EHang Holdings Limited (EHang), a Chinese leading autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, has released that it has achieved a significant milestone for its EH216-S TC by successfully completing all of the planned tests and flights in the last phase of demonstration and verification of compliance, and also completed the definitive TC Flight Test

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Finnair CEO Topi Manner leaves the company

People

Finnair’s CEO, Topi Manner, has given notice of his resignation from the company to join Elisa Corporation as its new CEO, starting at the latest on March 1, 2024. Until then, Manner continues as normal in his CEO role at Finnair. “Topi Manner has done a stellar job with his team in leading Finnair through

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Rendering of FL Technics' new hangar facility at Punta Cana International Airport

FL Technics to establish new MRO infrastructure in Punta Cana

MRO & Production

FL Technics, a leading aircraft maintenance solutions company, has started the establishment of new MRO infrastructure at Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ), Dominican Republic. Once the first stage of the development is finished, facilities will include five bays for base maintenance operations including a complex of fully-fledged supporting shops. Including the hangar and bays facility

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Milan Bergamo’s strong alliance with Air Arabia

Other News

Milan Bergamo Airport welcomed the addition of Air Arabia’s connection to Sharjah last December – significantly the airport’s first direct link to the United Arab Emirates – and fortified an already strong alliance with the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC). The development of the Italian gateway’s partnership with the

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Swissport acquires majority stake in Flughafen Düsseldorf Cargo

Financial

Swissport Deutschland GmbH (Swissport) has successfully completed its acquisition of a 74.9% stake in Flughafen Düsseldorf Cargo GmbH (Flughafen Düsseldorf) for the creation of a cargo joint venture which will operate under the name of Swissport DUS Cargo Services GmbH. The new partnership came into effect on August 17. The completion of the deal follows

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Weekly air cargo trends show tonnages fall further while rates hold firm

Traffic

Average global air cargo rates have stabilised in the last five weeks at around -37% below their levels this time last year – still being more than +30% above their comparable pre-COVID levels – while the decreasing trend in global tonnages continued into the first full week of August, with volumes around -4% year-on-year, according

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