Southwest Airlines has announced the promotion of Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer Linda Rutherford to Executive Vice President People & Communications, effective immediately. Rutherford will succeed Bob Jordan in what was the Executive Vice President Corporate Services role, as he pivots to making the CEO transition as smooth as possible and spending time […]
MTU Maintenance launches ON-SITEPlus, a larger group of on-site, near-wing and quick-turn services. This development and rebranding of the portfolio underscores the importance of on-site and near wing activities as a means to reduce maintenance cost and extend on-wing times – a trend that has been particularly prevalent during the COVID-19 crisis and is expected
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LATAM Airlines Group has selected AeroBuy® and AeroRepair® to digitalize purchase and repair order management and automate transactions with its global supply base. As part of the implementation plan, and to support the airline’s international operations, LATAM will be connecting its two back-office systems, both MXI and SAP, to Aeroxchange’s platform. AeroBuy and AeroRepair are web-based applications
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Embraer has delivered the first limited-edition Phenom 300E aircraft—part of the Duet collaboration with Porsche—to an undisclosed customer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The aircraft was delivered at Embraer’s state-of-the-art Global Customer Center in Melbourne, Florida. Duet marks the first-ever collaboration between leading aviation and automotive manufacturers, pairing the fastest and longest-ranged single-pilot-certified jet with the
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Aviator Airport Alliance, a full-range provider of aviation services at 15 airports across the Nordics and a family member of Avia Solutions Group, has signed a partnership agreement with new Norwegian airline Flyr for ground handling services. The brand-new, modern airline Flyr had its first passenger flight on June 30, from Oslo to Tromsø. After
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The Swiss Federal Council has announced that the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is the aircraft that has been selected from its new fighter aircraft competition. The Swiss Air Force will receive F-35A aircraft, a sustainment solution tailored to Swiss autonomy requirements, and a comprehensive training program. The F-35 selection will deliver economic and technical
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OneWeb, the global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, has secured further fundraising on the anniversary of the successful bid by the U.K. Government and Bharti Global (Bharti) to purchase OneWeb from U.S. Chapter 11, to bring its total funding to US$2.4 billion. OneWeb has completed its transformation with the exercise of a call
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As part of its “United Next” campaign, United Airlines (United) has placed a combine order for 270 Boeing and Airbus jets comprising 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8s, 150 737 Max 10s, and 70 Airbus A321neos. Currently, United has over 500 new jets on order and anticipates delivery of 40 in 2022, 138 in 2023, and
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Lufthansa Technik Middle East (LTME) and Joramco, the Amman based MRO and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), have signed an MoU to provide technical expertise and several MRO solutions to Joramco. The agreement will allow Joramco to enhance its in-house capabilities with the help of LTME and allow LTME to relocate a
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The Lufthansa Group Executive Board and the Board of Directors of SN Airholding have authorized the allocation of three Airbus A320neo aircraft to Brussels Airlines. With these new state-of-the-art aircraft, Belgium’s home carrier makes an essential step in the further modernization of the airline’s fleet and herewith significantly lowers the CO2 and noise emissions on
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