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Turkey’s AtlasGlobal airline closes down – blames costs of operating from new Istanbul Airport

Turkey’s AtlasGlobal low-cost airline has finally thrown in the towel and declared bankruptcy after a stop-start period that began on 26 November last year when it temporarily canceled all scheduled flights and stopped all booking of flights while it underwent restructuring. Scheduled flights resumed earlier than anticipated, on December 16, though charter flights using two

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SIAEC to invest in Pos Aviation Engineering in Malaysia

SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has entered into an agreement with Pos Aviation (Pos Aviation), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pos Malaysia Berhad (Pos Malaysia), to acquire a 49% stake in Pos Aviation Engineering Services (PAES). Under the agreement, Pos Aviation will retain the remaining 51% stake. The indicative consideration for the acquisition of Pos Aviation’s

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Air Italy becomes latest carrier to cease operations

Air Italy, part owned by Gulf carrier Qatar Airways, has entered into ‘liquidazione in bonis’ – the Italian liquidation system where the company will cease operations but will pay off outstanding debt and salaries. The move means all flights after February 11 up to February 25 will be carried out by other airlines without any

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Continued grounding of Boeing 737 MAX hits Icelandair hard

End-of-year figures for airlines are beginning to reveal the full extent to which many of them have been hit by the ongoing grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX since March last year. Icelandair Group has now estimated that the impact the 737 MAX problems has had on its business will result in a US$100 million

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CAE posts third quarter fiscal 2020 net income of CA$97.7 million

CAE has reported revenue of CA$923.5 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2020, compared with CA$816.3 million in the third quarter last year. Third-quarter net income attributable to equity holders was CA$97.7 million ($0.37 per share) compared to CA$77.6 million ($0.29 per share) last year. Net income before specific items in the third quarter

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Finnair posts full-year 2019 results

Finnair’s full-year 2019 revenue increased by 9.2% to €3,097.7 million (2,836.1), while unit revenue (RASK) decreased by 1.9%. Unit revenue at constant currency decreased by 2.4% and unit cost (CASK) increased by 0.7%. Unit cost at constant currency excluding fuel decreased by 1.2%. Fuel costs increased by €106.3 million (+18.3%) of which the impact of

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Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines posts fourth quarter net income of US$81.2 million

For the fourth quarter 2019, Spirit’s total operating revenue was US$969.8 million, an increase of 12.4% compared to the fourth quarter 2018, driven by an 18.6% increase in flight volume.  Fourth quarter 2019 revenue includes approximately US$7.2 million of out-of-period revenue related to the reclamation of over-remitted Federal Excise Tax. Total operating revenue per available

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Héroux-Devtek reports fiscal 2020 third quarter financial results

Héroux-Devtek has reported that consolidated sales grew 8.8% to CA$157.3 million, up from CA$144.5 million last year, including a 1.4% organic growth and a contribution of CA$10.8 million by the Corporation’s recent acquisitions. Commercial sales grew 11.8% from CA$65.5 million to CA$73.2 million, while defence sales were up 6.3%, from CA$79.0 million to CA$84.1 million.

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Willis Lease Finance and key industry partners launch MRO Blockchain Alliance

Key industry partners have come together to launch the MRO Blockchain Alliance, the air transport sector’s first industry-wide investigation into the use of blockchain to trace, track and record aircraft parts. The new alliance is made up of leading organizations covering every aspect of the commercial aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) chain, from parts

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