British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Heathrow Airport have joined forces to prove that it is possible to quickly and easily verify those arriving into the U.K. are fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus – an identification process already in place for outbound travel to several countries. Earlier this week, Germany became the latest country to […]
Dowty Propellers, a global leader in composite propeller systems, has announced the successful completion of its largest-ever propeller R&D program. Dowty led the four-year Digital Propulsion (DigiProp) research and development program in collaboration with three of seven of the U.K.’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult centers. This was an ambitious £20 million (US$27.6 million) project, part
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Narita International Airport Corporation (NAA), Japan Airport Terminal Co., (JAT), and JALUX (JALUX) have announced that the new Ulaanbaatar International Airport (Official name: Chinggis Khaan International Airport) has been officially opened to the public on July 4, 2021. The new airport will be operated by the partners’ joint venture with the Mongolian
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Taking a longer-term view of the global pandemic’s effect on air travel, the Sydney Aviation Alliance, a consortium comprising IFM Investors (IFM), QSuper and Global Infrastructure Partners, has made an offer of AU$8.25 per Sydney Airport Holdings Pty Ltd (SAH) share, a 42% premium to the stock’s close on Friday July 4. This resulted in
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BOC Aviation has delivered the seventh of seven new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft for lease to TUI Travel Aviation Finance (TUI). All aircraft are powered by CFM LEAP-1B engines. Tom Chandler, Managing Director, Fleet and Asset Management, TUI Group, said: “We are very pleased to have expanded our relationship with BOC Aviation through these
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Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has named Marco Willa as its new Head of Regional Sales Switzerland. In his new function, which he will assume on September 1, Willa will be responsible together with his team for the sales, distribution management and distribution services of all the airlines of the Lufthansa Group within the Swiss
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Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Aviation Group has agreed to establish a passenger-to-freighter conversion site to convert the Boeing 737-700/800 with Atitech at Atitech’s MRO center in Naples, Italy, following the rise in demand for cargo aircraft of this model. The cargo conversion site in Italy will join two existing cargo conversion sites in China. Atitech
On July 5, MTU Aero Engines began construction work on its new repair facility for MTU Maintenance Serbia. With this step, the company is expanding its existing MRO network. At the new site in Nova Pazova, near Belgrade, MTU Maintenance Serbia, a wholly owned subsidiary of MTU, will focus exclusively on the repair of commercial
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Starting this July, Swissport will be offering airport ground services at Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). The Texas airport adds to Swissport’s dense U.S. network of 44 airports in 25 states. Austin is Swissport’s first opening of a new U.S. airport location in six years, underlining its growth ambitions as the industry recovers from the
APOC has purchased four Boeing 737 airframes for teardown from a large U.S.-based legacy carrier. Built in 2008/9 the airframes have single operator traceability and were fully active until the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aircraft are currently being parted-out in Marana, Arizona. According to Jasper van den Boogaard, VP Airframe Acquisition & Trading
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