Heike Tamm

Airbus predicts world freighter fleet to grow 45% by 2044

WorldACD Air cargo trends over the past five weeks still show no signs of Q4 peak

Air cargo prices and tonnages have stabilized in the past two weeks after dropping sharply in early October, but there are still no signs of a significant fourth quarter (Q4) peak season, the latest figures from WorldACD Market Data reveal. In week 42 (October 17 – 23), worldwide chargeable weight decreased slightly (-1%) after recovering […]

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GKN Aerospace completes first run of RM16 engine in test rig

GKN Aerospace has successfully completed the first engine run of the state-of-the-art RM16 engine that will power the JAS 39 Gripen E. This landmark enables GKN Aerospace to deliver full RM16 product support to the Swedish Armed Forces, ensuring engine availability for future Swedish Air Force missions. The RM16 is based on the General Electric

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Aergo Capital delivers two further B737-8 aircraft to Batik Air Malaysia

Aergo Capital Limited (Aergo) has delivered two further B737-8 aircraft to Batik Air Malaysia (Malindo Air). The aircraft, bearing manufacturer serial numbers 43010 and 43014, are the sixth and seventh of eight aircraft to be delivered to the Lion Air Group. Aergo Capital secured a loan facility from PK AirFinance, an aviation lending affiliate of

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LCI signs sustainability charter with Aircraft Leasing Ireland

LCI, a leading aviation company and a subsidiary of the Libra Group, has signed Aircraft Leasing Ireland’s (ALI) sustainability charter. Signatories are committed to driving forward and achieving Environmental, Social and Governance- (ESG) related goals, centred around ten priority sustainability principles. In signing the charter, an industry that manages more than US$100bn of assets pledges

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Lilium and SAUDIA plan to bring electric air mobility to Saudi Arabia

At the sixth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), SAUDIA, the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia and Lilium N.V. (Lilium), developer of the all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the proposed development and operation by SAUDIA of an eVTOL network across Saudi

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Air Canada to acquire 15 additional Canadian-built Airbus A220-300 aircraft

Air Canada has converted options for 15 Airbus A220-300 aircraft into firm orders, bringing to 60 the total number of the Canadian-built aircraft it will acquire for its fleet. “This expanded order for the A220, built up the road from our Montreal headquarters, is an important development in the modernisation of our fleet and a clear indication

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Following the Netherlands' acquisition of the C-390 Millennium aircraft, Embraer enhances its presence in the Netherlands through industrial and research participation

Embraer signs MoUs for cooperation with aerospace industry in South Korea

Embraer has signed several Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the aerospace companies ASTG (Aerospace Technology of Global), EMK (EM Korea Co.) and Kencoa Aerospace, from South Korea with the objective of strengthening collaboration with Korean defence industry partners for the future supply of parts for the C-390 Millennium aircraft. The C-390 Millennium aircraft is competing in the

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