Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, will launch flights to Vienna this summer from July 18. The service will operate twice weekly using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The new service has been conveniently timed to arrive early morning in Vienna to provide travelers between the UAE and Austria an ideal weekend getaway. Travelers […]
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On June 21, 2021 Australian independent regional and domestic airline REX Airlines (RAL) signed an agreement to purchase one CFM56 engine from MTU Maintenance Lease Services B.V., a subsidiary of MTU Aero Engines. This engine will enhance RAL’s existing capability in maintaining better aircraft supportability for its fleet of Boeing 737-800NG jets. This will be
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Jackson Square Aviation (JSA) has completed its sixth Boeing 737-800 aircraft delivery on lease to Transavia France (TVF). This delivery completes the final part of a six-aircraft long-term lease package transaction with the airline. Following a transition and modification program to align the aircraft with the TVF specifications, JSA has sequentially delivered these six aircraft
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Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions (Eve) and leading vertiport company Skyports have formed a partnership to develop urban air mobility (UAM) solutions, with a focus on vehicle-vertiport operations in early adopter markets in Asia and the Americas. The agreement extends the relationship between the two organizations, which began in early 2020 while Eve was
Sabre Corporation and Virgin Australia have reaffirmed their long-standing relationship with the renewal of their global distribution agreement. Under the renewed agreement, Sabre will continue to distribute Virgin Australia flights and services through the Sabre GDS marketplace, ensuring that hundreds of thousands of Sabre-connected agencies will continue to have access to Virgin Australia’s great
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The largest of the 737 MAX family of aircraft, the MAX 10, completed its maiden flight at Renton Field, Washington, on Friday June 18, 2021. The plane took off at 10.07 a.m. and landed at 12.38 a.m. at Boeing Field in Seattle. “The airplane performed beautifully,” said 737 Chief Pilot Capt. Jennifer Henderson. “The profile
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Geir Karlsen has been appointed new CEO of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (Norwegian) effective June 21, 2021. He succeeds Jacob Schram. The Board of Norwegian voted on June 20 to end the CEO tenure of Jacob Schram. Schram’s employment contract, signed in 2019, entitles him to nine months’ notice. He will support the Board on
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Air Canada started operating its first non-stop service between Montreal and Cairo on June 18, serving the large Egyptian community established in Montreal and throughout North America, and providing an additional gateway to Africa. “Air Canada is pleased to offer its first scheduled flights to Egypt. We are strategically rebuilding our international network by adding new
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HAECO ITM, a member of the HAECO Group, has extended its long-standing agreement with China Airlines (CAL) to provide inventory technical management support to the airline’s expanding Boeing 777 fleet. The new agreement will run until 2029 and includes the addition of six Boeing 777F aircraft, while the first two aircraft were delivered in December
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Airbus has appointed Catherine Jestin as Executive Vice President Digital and Information Management, effective July 1, 2021. In this role, she will join the Executive Committee and report to Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO. Jestin will work to reinforce the transversal cooperation across Airbus functions company-wide to continue the successful deployment of the Digital Design, Manufacturing
