On May 27, airBaltic, the national airline of Latvia, celebrated the arrival of its 42nd Airbus A220-300 aircraft, bearing the registration YL-ABP, in Riga. This marked the third delivery of an Airbus A220-300 to airBaltic in 2023, as part of its order for a total of 50 of these aircraft. Additionally, airBaltic holds 30 options […]
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Allegiant and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), representing Allegiant dispatchers, have ratified a new contract agreement on a two-year extension to the union’s initial collective bargaining agreement. The tentative agreement, announced on May 3, 2023, was ratified by the Allegiant flight dispatchers with a 95.8% approval vote. Allegiant currently employs 50 flight dispatchers, coordinators and instructors. “We
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Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), competence centre for Airbus Aircraft Conversions (P2F) and for lightweight components, has been appointed by Airbus as supplier and manufacturer of upsized overhead bins, the Airspace L Bins, a new retrofit solution for single-aisle Airbus aircraft. The Airspace L Bins optimize airlines’ and passenger’s needs for more cabin luggage space with
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HAECO Group, a leading global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has appointed Richard Sell as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will assume the role on July 1, 2023, succeeding Frank Walschot, who will remain as an advisor to the company. With over 20 years of leadership experience in a diverse range of
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Swiss Aviation Software (Swiss-AS) and Volocopter have co-signed a landmark multi-year contract for AMOS, Swiss-AS’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) software. AMOS will be used to manage Volocopter’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft fleet worldwide. Seamless software integration will ensure continued fleet airworthiness, offer aircraft reliability monitoring and analysis, and act as an
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AMETEK MRO AEM, a provider of aviation MRO services, has expanded heat exchanger capabilities at its Ramsgate facility in the UK. This is due to increased customer demand from operators of A320, B737 and B757 aircraft fleets. These are all platforms currently supported by AMETEK MRO Drake Air in Tulsa, Ohio and AEM has worked
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Delivered to launch customer China Eastern Airlines in December 2022, and after considerable flight testing, the COMAC C919 has completed its first commercial flight. Built by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) the narrow-body C919 left Shanghai at 10:32 a.m. local time. It was subsequently welcomed with a water salute after landing at Beijing Capital
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Embraer has appointed Frederico Lemos to the position of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for international businesses of Embraer Defense & Security. Following the appointment of Bosco da Costa Junior as President & CEO of Embraer Defense & Security in November 2022, Embraer is strengthening its leadership to accelerate the internationalisation of its defense unit, building
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Qantas will mark the end of an era with the departure of one of its Boeing 717 jets, the first of its type to be registered and flown in Australia. The departing 717 (registration VH-NXI) holds a special place in the Qantas Group’s modern history, having operated Jetstar’s first flight between Melbourne and Launceston on
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Boeing and ST Engineering have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to outline potential areas of collaboration in systems integration, training, local parts distribution, support and sustainment work for the P-8A Poseidon. Boeing and ST Engineering have identified opportunities to collaborate in a number of areas and will explore these in more detail, including jointly
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