Airlines & Routes

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. released that its Board of Directors elected Paulo Sergio Kakinoff as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), as of July 2nd, 2012. He will replace Constantino de Oliveira Junior who currently holds this position.

Embraer S.A. and Zodiac Aerospace reached an agreement to set up a joint venture to manufacture cabin interior parts for the EMBRAER 170/190 family of jets. This jointly operated manufacturing facility will be located in Mexico and reinforces a long-time successful partnership between Embraer and Zodiac Aerospace.  “This facility in Mexico will be used to

In the largest aircraft purchase in private aviation history, NetJets, a Berkshire Hathaway company and the worldwide leader in private aviation, announced it will add up to 425 new aircraft to its worldwide fleet under purchase agreements with Cessna and Bombardier. The transaction has a total value of $9.6bn and launches the new NetJets Signature

In May 2012, International Airlines Group (IAG) traffic rose by 6.6% versus May 2011, while Group capacity was up 5.9%. Group load factor was up 0.5 points to 78.6% compared to the previous year.

For the month of May, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 81.6%, versus 82.2% in May 2011, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points. System traffic increased 1.8% on a system-wide capacity increase of 2.5%.

StandardAero has delivered its 4,000th Rolls-Royce AE3007 engine since the program’s inception in 1997. The delivery took place at StandardAero’s Maryville, Tenn. facility and was delivered to long-time customer Aerolitoral, S.A. de C.V., a Mexico-based regional airline. The AE3007 engine powers the Embraer ERJ 145 regional jets, the Embraer Legacy 600/650 and the Cessna Citation

George Maffeo, vice president of 787 Supplier Management, Boeing Commercial Airplanes will succeed Boeing Japan president Mike Denton, who will retire from the company in October. Maffeo is a 34-year veteran of Boeing. Before becoming vice president of Supplier Management for the 787 Program, he was vice president Supplier Management Airplane Programs, responsible for 737,

Eurocopter de México (EMSA) and Turbomeca México (Safran Group) have signed a cooperation agreement for the training of helicopter maintenance technicians and recently opened their first joint training center in Mexico, which is also the first of its kind on the American continent to offer Spanish-speaking instructors. This new center will complement the training activities