Lufthansa is currently making strategic moves in an attempt to enable its low-cost carrier, Eurowings, to compete more successfully with such other low-cost carriers as Ryanair and easyJet. Having acquired a 45% stake in Brussels Airlines in 2008 for €65 million (US$73.5 million), it has been revealed that Lufthansa is looking to exercise the three-year
Air Canada and Cargojet Airways, a subsidiary of Cargojet announced they are finalizing a commercial arrangement that will result in Air Canada Cargo introducing dedicated freighter services from Canada to Latin America and Europe with Boeing 767-300ER freighter aircraft operated by Cargojet. Air Canada Cargo will become the only provider of direct scheduled freighter service
Airbus Corporate Jets has won its first contracts to retrofit ACJ aircraft with Ka-band satellite communications – from Comlux and an undisclosed customer – paving the way for ACJ operators to have a faster and more capable internet access, via the latest technology. Both deals are for widebody aircraft. Ka-band’s faster data-transfer opens the door
Having accumulated losses in the region of US$3 billion, attempts by Pakistan’s ruling party, under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to offload the cash-strapped national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), have finally been shelved. In what has been described as a compromise to appease opposing parties and trade unions, the Pakistani parliament has adopted a law
Having agreed to buy the international luggage and cargo handler Swissport International last July for US$2.8bn, the Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co., Ltd., headquartered in Haikou, China, has now agreed to buy a second Swiss company, Gategroup Holding AG, the world’s second-largest airline catering company, for US$1.5 billion. The deal reflects a 17% premium on
Component Control said that A&R Aviation Services, an FAA and EASA 145 Repair Station, utilized Quantum Control MRO and Logistics software to significantly streamline its shop processes and improve efficiency. Based in Tumwater, Washington, A&R Aviation Services specializes in maintaining, repairing and overhauling aircraft structures and components for Boeing, Airbus and Douglas transport aircraft. The
Senator Charles Schumer’s (Dem) amendment attached to an FAA authorization bill met with a watery grave on Thursday, failing by a vote of 42-54. The amendment would have seen the FAA forced to set a seat minimum size aboard commercial aircraft together with a minimum distance between rows. Diminishing personal space has been the top
Boeing has expanded its training capabilities at its Flight Services campus in Shanghai to support customers in the region. Included in the new offerings are a Next-Generation 737 full-flight simulator and a state-of-the-art 737 maintenance training classroom. The Boeing Shanghai Flight Services campus also includes one 747 full-flight simulator, one 757/767 full-flight simulator and one
Two years after Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) announced the investment of €60m (US$68.4m) on the main runway – called 10/28 – and additional airport infrastructure, news has been released today (Thursday) that a second runway is to be built at an expected cost of €320m (US$365m). Work will begin in 2017, with completion expected by
Thomas Global Systems has signed a distribution agreement with DAC International, a Greenwich AeroGroup company. Under the agreement, DAC International – a distributor of avionics, test equipment, data converters and aviation supplies for general, corporate, military, regional and commercial aircraft – will serve as a distributor of Thomas Global’s pioneering range of plug-and-play CRT-to-LCD avionic
