Heike Tamm

Air New Zealand selects Heart Aerospace as partner for mission Next-Gen Aircraft

Swedish electric airplane developer Heart Aerospace has been selected as a long-term partner for Air New Zealand’s Mission Next-Gen Aircraft partnership for the replacement of the airline’s Q300 domestic fleet with a more sustainable option from 2030. Heart Aerospace was selected alongside Airbus, ATR, Embraer, and Universal Hydrogen. Air New Zealand’s Mission Next-Gen Aircraft was […]

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EFW signs supplier contract with Euro-Composites worth US$80 million

Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), competence centre for Airbus aircraft conversions (P2F) and for light-weight components, has signed a supplier contract with Euro-Composites S.A (EC), amounting to more than US$80 million (£66 million). This has secured EFW’s supply for honeycomb products from EC as a long-term partner and supplier. EFW uses this material in the production

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Ethiopian Airlines inaugurates second Aviation Academy campus in Hawassa

Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest aviation group in Africa, has inaugurated a new aviation training centre in the city of Hawassa. The new training centre will serve as the second campus for Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA) and will currently be providing pilot trainee programmes. The facility accommodates different types of classrooms, three training simulators, three

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Challenge Group initiates partnership with EXSYN

The international air cargo conglomeration Challenge Group has chosen to partner with EXSYN with a focus on aircraft data migration. EXSYN’s aircraft data management solution, NEXUS, will play a vital role in managing the complex aircraft data flows as Challenge Airlines and Challenge Technic migrate to the recently selected MRO/M&E system (AMOS) over the coming

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Italian carrier NEOS takes delivery of two Boeing 737-800 aircraft from CDB Aviation

CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing), has delivered two Boeing 737-800 aircraft to a new customer, Milan-based NEOS S.p.A. (Neos). NEOS, which operates services from Italy and Europe to the Americas, Asia and Africa, plans to deploy the two aircraft, configured with 186 single-class seats, on

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FAI Technik expands with new maintenance base at Berlin Brandenburg Airport

German MRO service provider FAI Technik, a 100 % subsidiary of Germany´s special mission operator FAI rent-a-jet, has expanded its presence in Germany with the opening of a maintenance base at the all-new “Willy Brandt” Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), in the country’s capital.  At BER, FAI will offer line and base maintenance for the full

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Jazeera Airways posts annual profit of US$65.7 million for 2022

Jazeera Airways (Jazeera) has announced record net profits of US$65.7 million (KD20.1 million) for the 2022 full year, an increase of 183.6% over 2021. Operating revenues for 2022 increased to US$595.4 million (KD182.116 million), up 126.5%, and operating profit increased by 148.4% to US$87.6 million (KD26.8 million). With the resumption of operations at the Kuwait

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Norwegian

Norwegian sees boost to passenger numbers – signs LoI to lease six Boeing 737s

Norwegian has seen a 78% boost in January passenger numbers compared to January 2022, having carried 1,131,474 passengers in what is traditionally a quiet month for travel. “People traditionally travel less in January, instead using this time of year to book their next travels. Nevertheless, we had close to full flights to warmer destinations this

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StandardAero establishes CFM56-7B service centre at DFW International Airport

StandardAero has achieved a number of milestones associated with the introduction of a service centre for the CFM International CFM56-7B turbofan engine at its DFW Centre of Excellence at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. StandardAero’s CFM56-7B service centre will significantly expand the engine support options available at DFW to operators of the Boeing 737NG-family of aircraft. The

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