New York City-based JetBlue has celebrated a key milestone in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s transformation of JFK International Airport (JFK) with the ground-breaking of a US$4.2 billion project to develop a new international Terminal 6. The ground-breaking, held at JetBlue’s JFK maintenance hangar, only reinforces the airline’s commitment to JFK, […]
Airlines based in the Pacific region will take delivery of 920 new aircraft over the next 20 years, generated by an average growth in passenger traffic in the region of 3.2% per annum, according to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast. This forecast for new aircraft includes around 750 single-aisle aircraft like the A220 and
Ohio-headquartered Flexjet, the global leader in subscription-based private aviation has announced that it has acquired Constant Aviation, which is also headquartered in Ohio. Constant Aviation is a leading provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services and with its acquisition, Flexjet becomes the only private aviation fleet provider which can offer such capabilities, while
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Satair, an Airbus Services company, and MRO provider SR Technics Malta, have signed a multi-year contract for Satair’s Integrated Material Services (IMS) solution; an integrated supply chain service to support SR Technics’ base maintenance activities on Airbus A320 aircraft. The service covers an initial expendable parts scope of thousands of part numbers comprising Airbus Proprietary
AAR CORP. has released that Tracey Patterson has joined the company as Vice President and Chief Human Resources officer. In this position, Patterson will oversee global Human Resources, Communications and other functions. She joins AAR from Accenture, a publicly traded global professional services company, where she led the company’s Global HR Operations with a team
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UK carrier Jet2.com has selected the new Series 9 Fixed Back seat from Acro Aircraft Seating for its fleet of new Airbus A321/A320neo aircraft. The contract, awarded after extensive international competition, sees Jet2.com become the first customer for the recently launched Series 9 seats. The seating will be installed on the company’s 98 firm-ordered Airbus
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ST Engineering has released that its Commercial Aerospace business and SF Airlines Co., (SF Airlines) have entered an agreement to set up a commercial airframe MRO joint venture in Ezhou, Hubei, China. MRO demand in China and the Asia Pacific region is estimated to increase at a compound annual growth rate of about 3% to 7%
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In 2022, Swissport International (Swissport) aggressively ramped up operations as large parts of the world emerged from the COVID-pandemic. The summer months were characterised by extreme spikes in travel demand that coincided with a dried-up labour market, global uncertainty over post-COVID travel regulations and an operational environment which was characterised by growing pains as global
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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (Atlas Air) has reported full-year 2022 results, including net income of US$355.9 million, compared to a net income of US$493.3 million in 2021. On an adjusted basis, EBITDA totalled US$899.2 million in 2022 compared with US$1.1 billion in 2021. Adjusted net income in 2022 totalled US$418.0 million, compared to US$551.0 million
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Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW) is a German centre of excellence for aircraft maintenance and Airbus freighter conversions. The company has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with China’s Sichuan Haite Hi-Tech (Haite), a publicly listed aircraft solutions provider, to collaborate on Airbus Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions. Under the terms of the partnership, Haite will be responsible
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