With GE Aviation RNP’s service, China Southern launched the first Required Navigation Performance flight including a route flown from Guangzhou-Linzhi-Guangzhou. GE Aviation designed procedures for China Southern Airlines’ fleet of Airbus A319s at Linzhi. The 95-mile approach into the airport is considered to be one of the most challenging commercial jetliner landings. Without RNP, Linzhi is
RwandAir, the national flag carrier of the Republic of Rwanda, has signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) for two A330s. The agreement makes RwandAir a new Airbus customer and the first airline in East Africa to order the A330. RwandAir’s A330s will be delivered in the second half of 2016 and will be equipped with
It has been confirmed that a Germanwings 24 year-old Airbus A320 has crashed in the French Alps while en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. The plane is understood to have had 144 passengers, 2 pilots and 4 cabin crew on board and France’s President Nichols Hollande has appeared on television to confirm that there would
Chief Executive Officer David Evans, from LIAT, the Caribbean Airline, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Antigua State College (ASC) for an Engineering Technician Training Programme in Aircraft Maintenance. Other industry partners in the new programme, which commenced in September 2014, are Antigua-based Caribbean Helicopters; the College of the North Atlantic and the Marine Institute of
Desser Tire & Rubber has acquired aircraft tire distributor, Watts Aviation. Located in Gloucestershire, England, Watts distributes a broad range of tires and tubes for aviation as an authorized distributor for major tire brands. Watts enhances Desser’s global footprint and further solidifies Desser’s commitment to being a global leader in specialty aerospace distribution. Moreover, the
Monarch Aircraft Engineering has confirmed a multi-year full power-by-the-hour agreement with aircraft support specialist AJW Aviation. The power-by-the-hour agreement will supplement the component services provided by MAEL to the Monarch Airlines’ fleet of 34 Airbus A320/321 aircraft. Monarch Airlines is also seeking to optimise its fleet utilisation via increased flight frequencies and a reduction of
Lufthansa Cargo achieved an operating profit of €100m last year. This represents a significant increase for the cargo airline when compared with the previous year (€79m). Speaking in Frankfurt, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO Peter Gerber presented a result for the year that stood out from the competition and was achieved in a
On Monday 16th March, in an interview reported in the Financial Times, Ryanair confirmed that its board had approved plans to go ahead with the long-anticipated development of transatlantic flights. It also confirmed that Ryanair was in discussion with manufacturers for new aircraft to launch a service covering a network of somewhere between 12 to
Nordic Aviation Capital A/S (NAC) has increased the Debt facility it signed in January 2015 to US$400m. The company will use the proceeds to part finance the acquisition of turboprop and regional jet aircraft, which will then be leased to airline partners around the world. The US$400m facility was led by Deutsche Bank as sole
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, delivered its first Boeing 787-9 to Virgin Atlantic. The delivery is the first of four B787-9 aircraft scheduled for delivery to Virgin Atlantic by Avolon.
