AirAsia Aviation Group Limited (AAAGL), the holding company of Capital A’s airline group, has entered into a share purchase agreement to sell the remaining equity shares held in AirAsia (India) Private Limited (AAI) to Air India, an affiliate of Tata Sons Private Limited (TSL). The latest agreement comes as AirAsia returns to the skies since […]
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Baltic Ground Services (BGS), an international provider of ground handling, aircraft fuelling and logistics services and a family member of Avia Solutions Group, has signed a new contract with Ukrainian carrier SkyUp Airlines. Under the new contract, BGS will be providing SkyUp Airlines with ground handling services at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania as well
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Wencor has released that seven of its MRO facilities have received ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) AS9110 certificates of registration. This represents a significant milestone in Wencor’s company-wide commitment to quality. This certification places Absolute Aviation, Accessory Technologies, Aerospace Coatings International, Fortner Engineering, PHS Aviation, Silver Wings Aerospace and Soundair Aviation Services in a select
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Vallair, the mature asset specialist, has purchased two A320 aircraft from Aviation Capital Group (ACG) for teardown. The aircraft (MSN 2372 and MSN 2393) are both 2005 vintage and the airframes will be dismantled at Vallair’s facility in Montpellier, France. According to Armando Filho, Material Management Director, “Both A320s are currently stored in Montpellier and
Air Lease Corporation has arranged long-term lease placements for three new Boeing 737-8 aircraft with Aeroitalia. These three new Boeing aircraft are scheduled to deliver to the Italian airline from ALC’s order book with Boeing beginning in 2023 through 2024. Aeroitalia is a new Italian airline with entirely private capital, born from the foresight of
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Safran Electronics & Defense and MBDA have completed the acquisition of ArianeGroup’s 63% majority stake in CILAS, a French company specialized in lasers for military applications. The acquisition was carried out through a joint company created for the purpose called HMS Laser, equally owned by Safran Electronics & Defense and MBDA. Founded in 1966, CILAS
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Farsound is expanding its operations in Spain with the opening of a new facility close to Madrid-Barajas Airport to serve its airline customer Iberia. Farsound’s new warehouse and operational facilities will be located in San Fernando de Henares, a town in the province of Madrid and will be fully operational at the end of this
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Aircraft painting specialist Aviation Exteriors Louisiana (AvEx) has selected Rusada’s ENVISION software to manage its new line of heavy maintenance activities. With over 30 years of painting experience under its belt, AvEx, located in New Iberia, Louisiana, recently made the decision to expand its service offering by adding heavy maintenance and aircraft passenger-to-freighter conversion to
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On July 5, 2022, SAS AB (Scandinavian Airlines or SAS) the flag-carrying airline of Norway, Denmark and Sweden filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. courts under Chapter 11 as part of a business restructuring plan called SAS FORWARD. Three of the key elements of this plan were to immediately reduce annual operating costs by between
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International aircraft leasing company Avolon has released that Doug Keatinge has joined the company as Head of Communications. Keatinge will be responsible for leading Avolon’s corporate and financial communications. He has over 20 years’ experience in public relations and journalism, most recently as a Partner at Murray Group, a leading PR consultancy. Keatinge has also
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