TrueAero welcomed Nicolas Silva to the company’s leadership team on August 3, as Senior Vice President of Marketing. As a 25-year veteran of aviation he has excelled both as a lawyer and as a marketing executive. Silva started his career representing the interests of the Export-Import Bank of the United States on the first Chilean […]
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Munich, Germany-headquartered Lilium has announced it is entering into a strategic alliance with Brazilian airline Azul to create an exclusive eVTOL network in Brazil. Azul will buy 220 of the 7-seater Lilium electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jets for up to US$1 billion. It is anticipated that the network will become operational in 2025.
Following the first-time display at MAKS Air Show in Moscow and looking at the second engine delivery in support of the certification program, the Russian aircraft manufacturer Baikal-Engineering has chosen GE Aviation’s H80 engine with Electronic Engine and Propeller Control (EEPC) to power its brand-new single-engine multi-purpose utility aircraft. The H80 turboprop engine, built and developed by
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Around 2,500 frontline Qantas and Jetstar employees will be stood down for an estimated two months in response to ongoing COVID outbreaks. The stand-down is a temporary measure to deal with a significant drop in flying caused by COVID restrictions in Greater Sydney in particular and the knock-on border closures in all other states and
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The Board of Directors of Air Europa has approved the appointment of Richard Clark, until now Deputy General Manager of the company, as the new General Manager of Air Europa, replacing María José Hidalgo. His appointment, at the proposal of María José Hidalgo, who remains as CEO of the tourism group Globalia, was ratified by
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Lufthansa Technik is starting a new year of training the future’s skilled workers: 126 young people will begin their training in 2021 in an aviation-technology, industrial- or logistics-oriented profession. Even in these difficult times, Lufthansa Technik plans to meet its future needs for highly trained specialists. Despite the aviation crisis and structural changes in the
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Global investment firm Carlyle and Fly Leasing (FLY) have announced that an affiliate of Carlyle Aviation Partners (Carlyle Aviation) completed its previously announced acquisition of FLY. Carlyle Aviation is the commercial aviation investment and servicing arm within Carlyle’s US$61 billion Global Credit platform. The closing of the transaction follows the receipt of regulatory approval from
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Skyworld Aviation has arranged the sale of two Avro RJ85’s to spares and components specialist Executive Jet Support (EJS) in the U.K. The two RJs were part of a ten-Avro RJ fleet previously operated by Braathens Regional. SE-DJO (serial number E2226) and SE-DJN (serial number E2231) are currently located at Norwich Airport in the U.K.
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Aviation data and advisory consultancy IBA, has outlined a divergence in value trends between narrow-body and wide-body aircraft driven by a surge in domestic travel in certain markets, but continuing low levels of international travel globally. In a recent aircraft values webinar, IBA illustrated how a surge in domestic passenger flights, driven largely by rapidly
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has announced long-term lease placements for ten used Airbus A320-200 aircraft with Allegiant. The aircraft are scheduled to deliver to the airline beginning in fall 2021 through Summer 2022. “Bringing these ten aircraft into Allegiant’s fleet provides a number of advantages aligned with our unique business model and goals,” said Robert
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