Airlines & Routes

PPG is displaying a commercial aircraft passenger-cabin window prototype fabricated from OPTICOR advanced transparency material and color and textured clear samples of the PPG proprietary aerospace plastic at the National Business Aviation Association convention and exhibition. According to Mark Hood, PPG global director, general aviation transparencies, Opticor advanced transparency material is the lightest weight plastic

Comlux has appointed Mr. William (Bill) Koperek as Executive Vice President of Business Development at the group level. With more than 30 years at the Boeing Company, Bill brings a wealth of business and commercial aviation experience to the Comlux team. Bill has served in a variety of direct customer facing roles at Boeing from

Finnair and Vietnam Airlines are launching a new codeshare cooperation that will offer a wider choice of destinations and flight frequencies for customers in both Europe and Vietnam. With this new agreement, Finnair’s flight numbers will be added to Vietnam Airlines flights which operate out of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City connecting with Finnair’s

Aircraft leasing and trading company Aergo Capital has appointed Stan Barnes as Chief Financial Officer and Lorraine Carew as Head of Commercial Operations. These senior appointments demonstrate Aergo’s continued growth in 2016.

Pattonair, has achieved qualified approved supplier status from Pratt & Whitney to supply standard hardware and detail components to Pratt & Whitney globally, and for Pattonair to supply its sub-contractor and MRO base. Pattonair received the approval by meeting Pratt & Whitney’s rigorous quality standards and as a result of its excellent relationship and performance

Cicaré Rotorcraft is delighted to announce the immediate appointment of DEA General Aviation China, as their exclusive China and South East Asia distributor for the revolutionary Cicaré SVH4 helicopter trainer. DEA General Aviation’s China base will specialize in the sales, support, training and assembly of the Cicaré SVH4 helicopter trainer products. DEA General Aviation’s sales

Qantas has revealed an update to its iconic Kangaroo logo as part of preparation for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner entering its fleet a year from now. The change is only the fifth time the red-and-white image on the tail of Qantas aircraft has been updated since it was first introduced in 1944. The last update

Finnair is temporarily suspending its flights between Helsinki and Chongqing from January 11, 2017 to May 2, 2017, as part of the airline’s measures to create adequate room for pilot training for its A350 operations. Finnair is preparing to grow its operations as the deliveries of Airbus A350 aircraft will continue in 2017, and this

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, issued an update for the third quarter of 2016. Following another active quarter, Avolon’s owned, managed and committed fleet at the end of Q3 was 432 aircraft. The company signed an agreement to acquire a portfolio of 45 aircraft from GECAS for US$2bn and an agreement to acquire the

GE Aviation completed the initial ground testing of the first full GE9X development engine, the largest commercial aircraft engine that will power Boeing’s 777X aircraft, with impressive results. “This engine is living up to our expectations, and we are extremely pleased with the results,” said Ted Ingling, general manager of the GE9X program at GE