Air France and Vietnam Airlines have reported the signing of a strategic partnership allowing the two airlines to optimize their services between France, Europe and Vietnam and to strengthen their position in a buoyant but highly competitive market. The new agreement strengthens a long-standing partnership between the two airlines. By partnering to jointly improve the
Another industry leader partners with SmartSky Networks as the nationwide network rollout of SmartSky 4G LTE continues. Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, will serve as an authorized dealer for hardware sales and installation of SmartSky’s innovative technology. Boise, Idaho-based Western Aircraft will sell and install SmartSky equipment across many business jet models using STC
PPG has received Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) from the Federal Aviation Administration for its aftermarket glass-faced acrylic windshields for BEECHJET 400 business jets and their variants. The PPG windshields have been selected by Nextant Aerospace for NEXTANT 400XTI remanufactured business jets. PPG’s new glass-faced acrylic windshields offer ease of installation and exceptional resistance to moisture
As a part of its growth strategy, Finnair will open new routes between its Helsinki hub and Bergen and Tromsø in Norway in May 2018, connecting the regions to Finnair’s extensive Asian network. The routes will be operated by Norwegian regional airline Wideroe, and the flights are sold and marketed by Finnair. As of May
WestJet has revealed the name and logo for its ultra-low-cost airline (ULCC) in Canada. Named Swoop, the ULCC will begin selling flights in early 2018. Swoop will provide Canadians with a no-frills, lower-fare travel option backed by an airline with a proven track record of bringing lower fares to Canadians and an investment-grade credit rating.
The Air France-KLM group is expanding with Joon, Air France’s new little sister. The airline has been designed to meet the expectations of a new generation of travellers and will be one of Air France’s priorities in its offensive to win back market share. 140 Joon flight attendants and qualified pilots from Air France will
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has appointed Jeff Wilkinson as Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary company, Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Limited (Joramco). Jeff was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways Engineering based in Abu Dhabi, responsible for several core business functions including Airframe and Component maintenance services, Supply Chain Management, Design Engineering, CAMO, Line
Leisure charter carrier Small Planet Airlines is further expanding its presence in Germany – the airline signed contracts with German tour operators FTI Touristik and DER Touristik Deutschland and this way secured the top 4 German tour operators’ as its clients. Since 2016, Small Planet Airlines Germany is also cooperating with leisure travel giants TUI
Norwegian has been granted a foreign air carrier permit by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for its British subsidiary ‘Norwegian UK’ (NUK). The permit allows NUK to operate flights between the UK, Europe and the United States, effective immediately. The ‘Norwegian UK’ (NUK) subsidiary was set up in 2015 to allow Norwegian to build
WestJet and Hong Kong Airlines have entered into a code-share agreement which sees Hong Kong Airlines placing its HX marketing code on WestJet-operated flights. The two carriers are building on an existing interline agreement put in place earlier this year. Hong Kong Airlines’ daily Hong Kong-Vancouver service will allow guests to connect onto select WestJet
