Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines has officially marked the opening of its new crew base at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). Frontier plans to grow the new base to 400 flight crew members, including pilots and flight attendants, over the next year. “We’ve grown over 40% at ATL since 2019 and we now offer more than
SmartLynx Airlines, a renowned specialist in full-service ACMI aircraft lease services, has announced the welcome procurement of a new client, Nigerian airline Air Peace – Nigeria and West Africa’s largest airline. The agreement was signed between SmartLynx Malta and Air Peace on November 11, 2021 and will last until May 11, 2022. Under the new
Rolls-Royce has delivered its 1,000th Trent XWB–84 engine, achieving another key milestone for the engine programme. The Trent XWB–84, which will power an Airbus A350-900, was built at the company’s state-of-the-art Production Test Facility in Derby, England. The Trent XWB-84 is the latest in the Trent family to reach this milestone, and has done so
Textron Aviation has announced that its new single-engine turboprop, the Beechcraft Denali, took to the skies for the first time. The milestone first flight is a major step for the clean-sheet design aircraft and begins the important flight test programme that substantiates the segment-leading performance expected of the Denali. Piloted by senior test pilot Peter Gracey and
Volocopter, the German urban air mobility (UAM) pioneer and Kakao Mobility (KM), South Korea’s largest mobility platform company, have inked a memorandum of understanding to conduct a feasibility study on introducing UAM in South Korea. The study will identify a list of potential commercial routes, operational capabilities and business models necessary for a UAM service
Stratos has delivered the first of two Airbus A330-900’s on long-term operating lease to Corsair (France) which will be operated from various airports in France to the Indian Ocean. Stratos remarketed the aircraft (MSN 1992) and has now added it to its growing managed portfolio on behalf of a private investor. Stratos is a leading
CMA CGM Group, a world-leader in shipping and logistics and Airbus have signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the purchase of four A350F freighter aircraft. The order, which is subject to finalisation in the coming weeks, will increase CMA CGM’s total Airbus fleet to nine aircraft, including five A330-200Fs. The aircraft will be
European planemaker Airbus has enjoyed a successful time at the Dubai Airshow, the first expo of its type since the global pandemic struck in 2019. The company has secured 269 firm orders and 139 commitments across its full range of commercial aircraft, a first order for the A350F freighter derivative, as well as sales of
Aergo Capital (Aergo) has successfully delivered two DHC-8-Q400 aircraft bearing manufacturers serial numbers 4185 and 4180, to 748 Air Services. The first delivery was completed during October 2021 and the second on November 12, 2021. The 2007 and 2008 vintage aircraft are two of the 20 DHC-8-Q400 aircraft acquired by the Aergo group earlier in
Fraundorfer Aeronautics has unveiled its new Tensor 600X gyrocopter at European Rotors in Cologne. With a maximum cruising speed of 200 kph, the aircraft also has a range of 600 kilometres and is destined as a solution for personal mobility. Compared to a traditional helicopter, the TENSOR 600X is roughly twice as efficient owing to
