Aerostar S.A. has become one of the first independent European MRO organisations to install Split Scimitar Winglets on Boeing 737-800s at its Bacau facility. The installations were carried out on two aircraft belonging to TUIFly Nordic of Sweden – another new customer for Aerostar’s growing commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business. The first
MAINtag welcomes David Read as the company’s new Vice President of Sales for EMEA. In his new position, Read will reinforce MAINtag’s success with the company’s patented hybrid RFID Integrated label solution as well as the deployment of the ATA UHF high-memory FLYchip for aircraft manufacturers and OEM partners. David Read’s experience includes more than
Premier Aviation Overhaul Center and Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings announced the signing of a two-year Agreement plus options for the provision of airframe heavy maintenance on Atlas Air’s fleet of B767-200/300 and B747-400 aircraft. The contract between Premier and Atlas Air follows a successful 2013 season with the delivery of 26 aircraft maintenance events and
Alaska Airlines launched daily round-trip service between Seattle and Tampa, Florida. Known for white sand and sunshine on Florida’s Gulf Coast, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area offers activities and attractions, indoors and out, for people of all ages. Alaska Airlines is the only carrier offering nonstop service between Seattle and Tampa, which will save hours of
Canadian North released the launch of its new seasonal, non-stop service between Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, with same-plane service to St John’s, Newfoundland. This new route that links these communities and creates new tourism, investment and trade opportunities in both Iqaluit and Atlantic Canada and opens up opportunities for business, tourism and travel.
Aeromexico, Mexico’s global airline, reported an increase in the number of flights it offers between Mexico City and major destinations such as Acapulco, Cancun, Huatulco, Los Cabos, Merida, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta and Zihuatanejo in Mexico and Miami, Orlando and San Antonio in the United States, for this summer season. The airline will, therefore, add over
United Airlines announced, the company will introduce service to Santiago, Chile, from its hub at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, beginning Dec.7, 2014, subject to government approval. Flight 847 will depart Houston daily at 9:05 p.m. and arrive in Santiago at 9:40 a.m. the next day. Return flight 846 will depart Santiago daily at
The first Airbus aircraft for Indonesia’s Lion Group has rolled out of the paint shop hangar in Toulouse, France. With the airline’s colourful livery, the aircraft will be delivered in Q3 2014 and will be operated by Lion Group’s full service unit Batik Air on its growing domestic and regional network. The aircraft is the
United Airlines launches new nonstop service linking the airline’s San Francisco hub with Chengdu, China, the fourth-largest Chinese city, becoming the first carrier to fly nonstop from the U.S. to mainland China beyond Beijing and Shanghai and the first U.S. carrier to serve Chengdu. United will use the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to operate the three-times-weekly
On June 3rd, 2014, Aéroports de Montréal welcomed the inaugural non-stop Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul Ataturk Airport to Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The flight is the first of what will be a regular, non-stop and year-round service, three times weekly, connecting Montreal to the international destinations in 106 countries served by Turkish Airlines,
