Kuehne+Nagel and Lufthansa Cargo have agreed on an exclusive partnership for the promotion and use of power-to-liquid aviation fuel. The logistics service providers have jointly committed to supporting the world’s first production site for synthetic crude oil in Werlte/Emsland in Germany by purchasing the equivalent of 20 tons, or 25,000 liters, annually. Synthetic fuel is […]
United Airlines (United) has announced that it will fly its biggest domestic schedule since the start of the pandemic to meet an expected surge in holiday travel, with an emphasis on connecting the Midwest to warm-weather cities like Las Vegas and Orlando as well as offering nearly 70 daily flights to ski destinations, including new
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The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has approved financing to export 24 Embraer E175 commercial jets to SkyWest Airlines, one of the largest regional aviation company, based in Utah, U.S.A. The deal strengthens Brazil’s industry at a time when it is still feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and boosts the presence of high-tech Brazilian
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Malaysia’s Air Asia Group has come to an agreement with European planemaker Airbus over changes to an existing order for 362 narrow-body planes. As part of the arrangement, 13 A320neos will be switched to the larger A321neo model. While the original schedule for deliveries is not publicly known, the new schedule will see deliveries through
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In September, Finnair carried 298,200 passengers, which was 158.1% more than in September 2020. The number of passengers in September 2021 was 11.9% more than in August 2021 (month-on-month figures are not fully comparable as there is one fewer day in September). The COVID-19 impact, including the strict travel restrictions imposed by several countries, still
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Rolls-Royce has released that Grazia Vittadini, former CTO at Airbus, will be joining as Chief Technology Officer, Designate, to succeed Paul Stein when he steps down next year after almost 12 years leading the company’s pioneering research and technology efforts. Separately, Harry Holt, Chief People Officer, has decided to leave to take up the post
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SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has entered into an agreement with PAS TECHNOLOGIES B.V. (PAS) for the sale of SIAEC’s entire 39.2% shareholding in Asian Surface Technologies (AST) to PAS. AST is a joint venture based in Singapore between SIAEC (39.2%), United Technologies International (20.0%) and PAS (40.8%). Its principal activities include the repair of aircraft
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Norwegian’s traffic figures for September have shown a continued increase in the number of passengers as demand strengthens across its network. Traditional booking patterns are beginning to return and the carrier is seeing more people planning ahead and booking to travel to popular city breaks and winter sun destinations. In September, Norwegian carried 977,719 passengers,
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Joramco, the Amman-based aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility, and engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has named Adam Voss as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) reporting directly to Fraser Currie, Joramco’s CEO. Voss has more than 30 years’ aviation experience in the maintenance and engineering of large commercial aircraft. He has
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APOC has purchased its first CFM56-5b engine for immediate part-out. It is one of a range of engines that the business is sourcing to augment the new spare parts division and will comprise the complete array of components for overhaul including LLPs, fan blades, HPT, and HPC blades. The part-out will be undertaken by GA Telesis
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