PlaneSmart! Aviation announced an expansion of their fleet to keep up with customer demand for fractional shares of professionally managed aircraft. PlaneSmart! has ordered two additional fully loaded Cirrus SR22-G3 Turbo aircraft which are expected to roll off the assembly line in time for Spring Flying.
Citing consistently strong demand from business travelers, Singapore Airlines has announced plans to convert its five Airbus A340-500 ultra-long-range aircraft into an all-Business Class configuration, on daily flights between New York and Singapore, and Los Angeles and Singapore. The current 2-class, 181 seat, configuration will be replaced with 100 of the airline’s new, Business Class
Lufthansa is having to cancel flights in the morning of March 5th due to threatened strike action by public service workers at many German airports. In view of the expected industrial action by airport workers, a total of 142 flights will be cancelled as a precautionary measure. Domestic flights will be worst affected. Lufthansa
JetBlue Airways announces the appointment of Joseph Eng to the position of Executive Vice President, Systems and Technology. In this newly created role, Mr. Eng will be responsible for the New York-based low fare, high value airline’s information systems and technology strategy.
ASTAR Air Cargo released that it has been informed that crew members represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) have ratified a four-year amendment and extension to its contract with the company.
Lufthansa Cargo and Jade Cargo International are extending their cooperation from 30 March 2008, when the summer timetable goes into effect. Lufthansa Cargo will then be responsible for marketing the airfreight capacity of its Sino-German cargo subsidiary on routes from Europe to Asia. The Blocked Space Agreement (BSA) will apply to all Jade Cargo International
Enigma a leader in aftermarket service and support technology and a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork, reported that Korean Air has selected Enigma InService MRO and Oracle Complex Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul to facilitate the maintenance of its entire fleet of aircraft. Korean Air is one of Asia’s largest airlines, and one of the world’s largest
LAN CARGO has appointed Federico Germani as its Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Germani is responsible for optimizing the efficiency and operating performance of the company, including managing cargo-related airport operations, ensuring the network efficiency of the freighter fleet and optimizing the utilization of the large belly and freighter capacity throughout the network. Mr. Germani is
Bombardier delivered 361 aircraft for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. This represents an increase of more than 10% over the 326 aircraft deliveries in the previous fiscal year. Additionally, the Company received 698 aircraft orders compared to 363 for the same period during the previous year. In fiscal year 2007/08, Bombardier delivered 232
Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a subsidiary of SkyWest, has named leaders to three vice president positions. Terry Vais has been selected as vice president of Customer Care, as company veteran Lisa Walker transitions to become vice president of ASA’s new Operational Support division. At the same time, President and COO Brad R. Holt named Kevin Wade
