The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported that the recovery in air travel demand is continuing in 2023, based on January traffic results. Total traffic in January 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 67.0% compared to January 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 84.2% of January 2019 levels. Domestic traffic for January 2023 […]
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Airbus Helicopters has partnered with the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation to develop CityAirbus NextGen’s future missions for medical services in Norway. To this end, the parties will jointly measure the added value of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for a selection of medical services use cases across the country to integrate the operational
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Sabre Corporation has signed a new distribution agreement with Bangladesh start-up airline Air Astra. The Dhaka-based carrier has joined Sabre’s global distribution family to support its indirect retailing strategy as it plans for future growth. The new deal further expands Sabre’s footprint within Bangladesh, while enabling Air Astra to sell its domestic and future
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On Monday, March 6, the new Saab 2000F took to the sky for the first time. The aircraft was rolled out at TAM’s (Täby Air Maintenance) workshop where after the pilots, Petter Lundquist and TAM test pilot Åke Wargh, did the extensive pre-flight checks. This first flight of the Saab 2000F was a mere post-maintenance
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Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) has released that its United Kingdom subsidiary, Willis Aviation Services has expanded its service offerings to include UK CAA base maintenance approvals for the Airbus A320-family, Boeing 737NG, ATR 42/72, and Embraer 135/145 aircraft. These latest approvals complement WLFC’s existing UK CAA and EASA line maintenance approval capabilities at its
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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed an antitrust lawsuit in federal court in Boston to block JetBlue and Spirit’s US$3.8bn merger deal. It has also withheld the necessary certification required for JetBlue Airways Corp (JetBlue) and Spirit Airlines Inc (Spirit) to combine operations. The basis of the antitrust suit is that the
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Romanian aerospace company AEROSTAR has reached an important milestone by completing base maintenance for the 1,000th aircraft since the opening of the commercial MRO business. The aircraft is a Boeing 737-8 MAX from Czech airline Smartwings. It is undergoing a C-check and is scheduled for delivery on March 6. AEROSTAR has been an EASA Part
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The Federal Aviation Administration has granted Aeronautical Engineers ETOPS 120 approval for its B737-400/-300SF freighter-conversion. This approval validates the AEI freighter-conversion STC on ETOPS-approved 737-400 and 737-300 aircraft. The ETOPS 120 approval allows the B737-400/-300SF freighter to fly 120-minute extended operations over water and remote regions. “This latest ETOPS approval on our B737-400SF and B737-300SF
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IFS, the global cloud enterprise software provider, has named Matthias Heiden as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). After a four-year tenure, current CFO Constance Minc will move to the IGT Group level as CFO IGT1, the holding entity of IFS and WorkWave. The appointments of Heiden and Minc follow the fifth-consecutive year of double-digit
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StandardAero’s Helicopter Programs has signed contracts for three new maintenance facilities to become Rolls-Royce RR300 engine Authorized Support Centres (ASC). Alpha Aviation Co (Tokyo, Japan), Helisul Taxi Aereo LTDA (Curitiba, Brazil) and Florida Suncoast Helicopters (Sarasota, Florida) are now strategically aligned with StandardAero to support the RR300 engine in their respective territories. In addition, existing contracts
