In 2013, Chengdu Shuangliu, Chengdu’s only airport, handled 34.5 million passengers, making it the 5th busiest airport in China, and the busiest in Western China. This number of passenger virtually doubles the number handled in 2005 and takes the airport critically close to its 40 million passengers per annum capacity. It was also the 5th
Boeing and Embraer opened a joint sustainable aviation biofuel research center in a collaborative effort to further establish the aviation biofuel industry in Brazil. At the Boeing-Embraer Joint Research Center in the São José dos Campos Technology Park, the companies will coordinate and co-fund research with Brazilian universities and other institutions. The research will focus
Gogo (GOGO), a leading global aero communications service provider, has received regulatory approval from the FCC to operate its next generation in-flight connectivity technology – 2Ku. The FCC approval clears a major hurdle in the path to launching the new service. The approval is a blanket approval from the FCC for Gogo to operate its
As soon as it was discovered there were discrepancies over the rights for Indonesia AirAsia to fly between Surabaya and Singapore, it comes as no surprise that many Asian airlines are having their permits to fly routes heavily scrutinized. At the time, Indonesia AirAsia had permits to fly the route in question on four days
Boeing and GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes announced an agreement to implement the Boeing Fuel Dashboard solution across GOL’s Next-Generation 737 fleet on January 14th, at the MRO Latin America conference. The Boeing analytics software solution will provide GOL operations teams with greater visibility on current fuel-use trends across the fleet and insights into opportunities for
AerGen Leasing is a new aircraft leasing company focused on providing leasing and asset management solutions for owners and operators of mid-life and late-life aircraft and engines. AerGen Management Services is led by Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Genise, a long-time industry executive who previously served as CEO of both DAE Capital and Boullion Aviation
After its merger with Continental Airlines, United Airlines set about a course of cost cutting exercises to reduce debt. Early in 2014 it closed its hub in Cleveland, while in July 2014 it announced its intentions to outsource 630 union jobs at 12 airports. The carrier, which has more than 85,000 workers, reported a wider
Jazz Aviation has reached a new tentative agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association (“ALPA”) who represents Jazz pilots. The proposed term of this tentative agreement is 11 years expiring on December 31st, 2025 , and is consistent with the term of the amended CPA announced on January 13th with Air Canada. The new labour
Avtrade reported a strategic restructure of its Sales department to strengthen its continuing global expansion. The first stage of this restructure sees the creation of a number of new sales positions including the appointment of three new Regional Sales Directors. The newly appointed Directors will be responsible for setting the company’s overall sales strategy within
Two weeks after the downing of AirAsia flight QZ8501, the black box, or flight data recorder has finally been recovered and it is also believed the cockpit voice recorder has also now been located. It is perhaps a sensible time therefore for Airbus to begin talks with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in relation
