For the 2023 edition of the Arabian Travel Market exhibition, an international travel and tourism event, Dubai-based carrier flydubai has chosen to unveil “The Business Suite”, a highly customised premium business class seat based on Safran’s VUE platform. flydubai’s interpretation of VUE will be introduced to a select number of the carrier’s fleet of Boeing […]
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Global seating company RECARO has announced record growth of almost 55% in 2022 and has outlined a plan for continued double-digit growth. In 2022, the company generated revenue of nearly €425 million (incl. double-digit R&D investment) and employed 2,500 personnel across its business divisions, which include RECARO Aircraft Seating, RECARO Gaming and Growag (rail seating).
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Vanessa Hudson will become the next CEO and Managing Director of the Qantas Group, taking over from Alan Joyce when he retires in November 2023. Hudson is currently the Group’s Chief Financial Officer and has worked in a number of executive positions across the Group over 28 years, including Chief Customer Officer and Senior Vice
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The WestJet Group has completed its acquisition of Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines. The transaction, originally announced in March 2022, combines the two Canadian aviation and leisure travel success stories and will bring greater choice, competitive airfares and increased direct access to sun destinations to Canadian travellers. In addition, it positions Sunwing to continue its growth
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Alaska Airlines has presented a Bombardier Q400 regional turboprop to ZeroAvia that will be retrofitted with a hydrogen-electric propulsion system in an effort to expand the reach and applicability of zero-emissions flight technology. At an event, held at ZeroAvia’s Paine Field research and development site, the companies were joined by high school students from Raisbeck Aviation High School, Washington
GE Aerospace along with NAVAIR have been awarded a US$683.7 million (£547 million) contract for three more lots of T408 engines that will power the U.S. Marine Corps’ heavy-lift helicopter, the Sikorsky CH-53K® King StallionTM. The contracts for engines and other ancillary services are subsequent to five previous contracts for T408 engines, the last being in
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BOC Aviation has delivered the first of 11 new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft for lease to Lynx Air (Lynx). All 11 aircraft are part of BOC’s existing order book and will be powered by CFM LEAP-1B engines. “We are delighted to welcome Lynx as a new customer. This delivery will enable the airline to
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), through its defence electronics subsidiary, ELTA Systems, has been awarded with a contract to provide airborne Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) solutions to an international customer. The contract size including systems delivery and maintenance will surpass US$100 million (£80 million). Under the contract, ELTA will provide SIGINT systems and airborne communications suites for
Air Lease Corporation’s (ALC) total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2023, increased by 6.6% to US$636.1 million as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase in total revenues was primarily driven by the continued growth in the company’s fleet partially offset by a net decrease in end-of-lease revenue.
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American Airlines (American) and its regional partners operated 476,000 flights in the first quarter 2023, with a load factor of 80%. This resulted in revenues of US$12.2 billion for the quarter, a first-quarter record and an increase of 37% compared to Q1 2022 on 9.2% more capacity. American produced an operating margin of 3.6% on
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