Ryanair reported a full year net profit of €867m, ahead of previous guidance. Traffic for the whole year was up 11% to 90.6m as load factors rose from 83% to 88%. Unit costs ex fuel were flat (including fuel they fell 5%), while net profits rose 66% as net margin jumped from 10% to 15%.
KLM UK Engineering have been awarded the exclusive CityJet multi-year contract to perform heavy maintenance checks on their BAe Avro RJ85 aircraft. KLM UK Engineering has been working with CityJet for over 20 years on their fleet. Cityjet is an Irish Airline, founded in 1993, and has its headquarters in Dublin, with Operational Bases in
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) signed a definitive agreement to sell 100% of StandardAero to an affiliate of Veritas Capital. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. DAE Managing Director Khalifa H. AlDaboos said: “StandardAero is one of the world’s largest independent MRO platforms with clients in over 70 countries. DAE acquired StandardAero in 2007 and
MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg and the Pratt & Whitney Canada Customer Service Centre Europe (CSC) are celebrating 4,000 repaired Pratt & Whitney Canada engines. The jubilee engine, a PW305A was delivered to Aero-Dienst GmbH & Co. KG, Germany’s second-oldest commercial operator and provider of business aviation services such as maintenance, operations, aircraft sales and aircraft management.
The subject of noise pollution has long been a problem for Heathrow Airport bearing in mind its location 15 miles to the west of the center of London, while normal westerly prevailing winds which further accentuates the problem. For some time there has been a very active and growing anti-noise lobby who are also anti-expansion,
Fokker Services a business line of Fokker Technologies and GKN Aerospace are proud to announce the officially launched the first ever SkyView Window for a civil jet aircraft. The SkyView window, a Fokker STC, will be the first of its kind certified for the business aviation community and will be offered to Boeing Business Jets
Bombardier Business Aircraft opened a new Regional Support Office (RSO) in Munich, Germany. Along with the RSO in Farnborough, UK, this office will bolster regional support capabilities for the growing number of Bombardier business aircraft customers in Europe. The new RSO is located alongside Bombardier Commercial Aircraft’s regional support office and international sales office. The
Boeing delivered Transaero’s first Next-Generation 737-800. The airplane, sporting a new livery, arrived at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport. Transaero’s newest 737 has a recognizable radome “bump” on top of the fuselage just behind the wings. The dome-shaped radome covers a Ku-band satellite antenna system that enables broadband passenger connectivity all over the world — even over
Small Planet Airlines expands to Germany with the incorporation of Small Planet Airlines GmbH. The company’s office base is Berlin. Small Planet Airlines has begun offering its services to the German market with agreements already signed with some well-known German tour operators. “Germany is a strategic step that we have been considering for quite some
On behalf of Markpoint International, Skyworld Aviation has arranged the sale of two Saab 340A aircraft, serial numbers 051 and 136. Skyworld Aviation has been long established in the Saab 340 market and this latest deal takes the total of Saab 340 transactions to 117. The aircraft were previously in operation with Mali Air Express
