Twenty years’ debate on how to increase airline capacity serving London, UK, is nearing a conclusion, though today’s announcement is far from definitive. Though the Airports Commission has decided that Heathrow would be the better of three options for increasing air traffic serving the city of London, the Government has still to give its seal
SkyQuest International has arranged the successful sale of one Fairchild Merlin IVC SA227AT aircraft on behalf of IBC Airways, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The aircraft has been sold to GRYC Ventures of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The 1982 aircraft with Serial Number AT-495B is powered by Honeywell TPE331-11U-611G engines, is fitted with 14 Passenger seating,
Airbus plans to build a second plant in China after winning an order for at least 45 jets that underpins its production goals for the wide-body A330, chief executive Fabrice Bregier said on Tuesday. Airbus has been negotiating for about 18 months to establish an A330 ‘cabin completion centre’ in China alongside an existing final
GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft financing and leasing arm of GE, has announced it has completed a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with a new customer, PT Batik Air Indonesia, for four new Airbus A320 aircraft. GECAS delivered the first aircraft earlier this month. The remaining three aircraft will deliver throughout the rest of
AWAS has released that it has delivered one new A320 passenger aircraft to long-time customer Aegean Airlines. This aircraft was previously ordered by the airline directly from the manufacturer and is part of a Purchase and Leaseback transaction with AWAS. This is the second of three A320s from this deal agreed earlier this year. Core
Pegasus, one of Turkey’s leading low cost airlines, has chosen AJW Aviation to provide full power-by-the-hour services for its current fleet of A320s. The multi-year contract has the option to expand with the fleet over the next decade. AJW will also locate extensive main base kit at the Pegasus facility in Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport,
The impending strike of cabin crew at Lufthansa scheduled to start on the 1st July has been avoided, albeit temporarily. The strike was originally set to commence tomorrow on the basis that negotiations between the airline’s board and the flight attendants’ union, UFO had broken down over pay and pensions. A series of one day
The operator base for Airbus’ new-generation A350 XWB is extending to East Asia with handover of the Xtra Wide Body jetliner to Vietnam Airlines. This aircraft will enter commercial revenue service later in the week, operated on lease from AerCap. This delivery makes Vietnam Airlines the world’s second A350 XWB operator after the jetliner’s introduction
Alaska Airlines has reported two new routes from Los Angeles, and one new route from Boise, Idaho. New daily roundtrip service between Los Angeles and Monterey, California; and Boise, Idaho and Reno, Nevada begin Nov.5th. A new seasonal flight between Los Angeles and Gunnison/Crested Butte will shuttle skiers and snowboarders from California to Colorado starting
Boeing (BA) and Embraer have posted that they intend to collaborate to test environment-focused technologies through the ecoDemonstrator Program in a joint effort to improve aviation’s environmental performance. This expands ongoing cooperation between two of the world’s largest airplane manufacturers. Boeing has launched its ecoDemonstrator Program in 2011 to accelerate testing and use of new
