Heike Tamm

Qantas

ACCC looks to block coordinated operations between Qantas and China Eastern Airlines

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a draft determination in which it is proposing to deny authorisation for Qantas Airways (Qantas) and China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (China Eastern) and their related entities (including Jetstar) to continue coordinating operations between Australia and mainland China. The two carriers are looking to obtain authorisation […]

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flydocs has appointed Jennifer Ioannidou as Chief Product Officer

Jennifer Ioannidou becomes Chief Product Officer for flydocs

flydocs, a leading digital records and asset management solution provider for the aviation industry has announced the appointment of Jennifer Ioannidou as Chief Product Officer. A passionate product professional, Ioannidou joins flydocs with an exceptional background in developing targeted product portfolio strategies and creating user-friendly digital solutions for customers. In the role of Chief Product

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DAE will sell seven Being and Airbus aircraft to K2 Aviation

DAE announces closing of US$1.6 billion new financing facilities

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has signed a new multi-tranche financing, structured as a combination of revolving credit facilities and term financing facilities, each comprising of conventional and Islamic tranches with HSBC and J.P. Morgan acting as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Mandated Lead Arrangers. Following significant demand, the transaction was upsized in syndication to more than twice

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Hydrogen Regional Airliner

Hydrogen-powered flight and Universal Hydrogen take a step nearer certification

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently accepted Universal Hydrogen’s application for a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the conversion of ATR 72 regional airliners powered by the company’s patented liquid hydrogen modules and a fuel cell-electric propulsion system. This is an important milestone along Universal Hydrogen’s path to put into passenger service regional airplanes

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Bruno Bellanger, VP & General Manager of Power division, Safran Electrical & Power (left) and Richard Wang, CEO and Founder of Cuberg

Safran and Cuberg sign collaboration agreement on battery systems

Safran Electrical & Power has signed a collaboration agreement with Cuberg, a subsidiary of the battery manufacturer Northvolt, for industrial, technical and commercial cooperation to jointly develop an aviation energy storage system for future full-electric and hybrid aircraft. Safran Electrical & Power and Cuberg will combine their complementary technologies and expertise to create a high-performance

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GE90 engine

GE Aerospace delivers 3,000th GE90 production engine

GE Aerospace has delivered its 3,000th GE90 production engine. Designed specifically for the Boeing 777 family, the GE90-engine family has combined nearly 130 million fight hours and 18 million cycles since entry into service in 1995. Currently, 29 engines have accumulated more than 100,000 flying hours, with the fleet leaders approaching 107,000 hours and 19,000

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