Jat Tehnika completes first Boeing 767-300 passenger-to-cargo conversion

Belgrade, Serbia-based Jat Tehnika, a subsidiary of Avia Prime, has successfully completed the first passenger-to-cargo conversion of a Boeing 767-300 aircraft in Europe in collaboration with Israeli Aerospace Industries. The first converted aircraft with registration number 9H-CAC took off from Belgrade Airport to the Maltese capital, Valletta, after being handed over to the new owner […]

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Zurich Airport traffic movements at 92% of 2019 level

Traffic

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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Heart Aerospace has appointed Simon McNamara as Director of Government & Industry Affairs

Heart Aerospace names new Director of Government & Industry Affairs

People

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' new A350 XWB was welcomed with a water salute

Airbus A350-900 XWB joins Fiji Airways’ fleet

Aircraft & Engines

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, Certares and Knighthead accelerate Wheels Up business transformation

Delta emerges as primary investor in US$500 million rescue package for Wheels Up

Financial

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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Luxwing has taken delivery of one DHC-8-400 jet from Aergo Capital

Luxwing takes delivery of one DHC-8-400 from Aergo

Aircraft & Engines

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’ revenue up 13.5% – posts Q2 net profit of US$635 million

Financial

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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Thomas Bjorndal has been appointed CCO for Joramco

Thomas Bjorndal joins Joramco as Chief Commercial Officer

People

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 and Airblue renew Power-by-the-Hour agreement

MRO & Production

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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EASA approves TAM’s LPV-modification for Saab 2000

MRO & Production

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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