Boeing signed an agreement with Japan Airlines to extend its partnership with the company to provide spare parts solutions for another 10 years. The renewed Japan Airlines agreement for Boeing’s GoldCare Expendables, formerly Integrated Materials Management (IMM), is an expendable parts service solution that builds on more than a decade of success. The partnership reduces
Following the success of the codeshare agreement launched in March 2016, Delta Air Lines and joint venture partner Air France-KLM will enhance their existing co-operation with India’s Jet Airways. The expanded agreement adds new convenient travel options for customers flying from North America via Paris-Charles de Gaulle to India, complementing the current service offered through
JetBlue has become the launch customer for the first module of Airbus’ “Scheduled Maintenance Optimizer”, following a successful prototyping and demonstration of value. This application, focusing on Long Term Planning, is part of the Airbus Smarter Fleet solutions. The Long Term Planning module will help decrease maintenance costs through the optimization of scheduled maintenance events
AAR reported first quarter fiscal Year 2017 consolidated sales of US$404.8mn and income from continuing operations of US$9.9m. For the first quarter of the prior fiscal year, the Company reported sales of US$386.7m and income from continuing operations of US$7.4m. Gross profit increased over the prior year in both segments. In the Aviation Services segment,
Air China’s Beijing-Warsaw flight took off on September 21. The Beijing – Warsaw route is Air China’s second nonstop long-haul international service linking China to Central and Eastern Europe following the introduction of the carrier’s Minsk – Beijing – Budapest nonstop route. It not only expands Air China’s global route network with its hub in
Embraer has named Martyn Holmes as the new Vice President Leasing for Embraer Commercial Aviation, effective September 2016, reporting directly to John Slattery, President & CEO, Embraer Commercial Aviation. Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Holmes joined Embraer in 2012 as Sales Director for Northern Europe, and had previously been Sales Director, Asia Pacific, for Rolls-Royce Civil
WestJet announced it has reached a multi-year agreement as primary provider for Suncor Energy to fly employees and contractors to and from its oil sands operations in Northern Alberta beginning in early November. WestJet will use a combination of its Boeing 737 Next-Generation and Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft to fly Suncor employees and contractors between
The Lufthansa Group and Air China signed a wide-reaching partnership agreement in Beijing which will enable the two aviation groups to jointly operate all connections between Europe and China as part of a commercial joint venture. This means that the two companies will successfully implement what they agreed to do as part of a memorandum
AAR has acquired an aircraft paint stripping and washing business, Sonic Aviation, located at Miami International Airport. Sonic’s strip and wash services, including ground support equipment (GSE), complements AAR’s existing aircraft painting business and will add a new, distinctive aircraft maintenance capability to AAR’s full range of aviation services, including aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul
Hainan Airlines set off from China’s Changsha Huanghua International Airport and successfully touched down at Sydney Kingford Smith Airport after ten hours in the air. The flight formally launched Hainan Air’s non-stop service between Changsha and Sydney, adding another spoke to the airline’s intercontinental route network, and enhancing flight options for its international travelers. With
