Airstream has concluded the ACMI lease on behalf of Czech Republic operator Travel Service. The aircraft is operating scheduled operations on behalf of the Thomas Cook Group, operating to locations in Southern Europe and Northern Africa.
AMAC Aerospace, a leading provider of corporate aviation maintenance and completion services has completed its first interior refurbishment project wholly designed by its own professional in-house design team. The project entailed refurbishing the existing cabin configuration of a Bombardier Global Express. The refurbishment project, which was undertaken at AMAC’s state-of-the-art headquarters at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, involved
Amentum, the Dublin based commercial aircraft leasing company, has renewed the lease of an A320-200 with Volaris (Concesionaria Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V.). The lease was extended for six years. The aircraft (MSN 3624) is owned by Global Aircraft Fund I and was financed with commercial debt from NordLB. Amentum manages a total
AWAS has delivered one new 737-800 passenger aircraft to the flag carrier of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines. This aircraft comes from AWAS’ previous direct order with the manufacturer and marks the second overall new 737-800 that AWAS has delivered to the airline this year. This additional efficient aircraft will further support Ethiopian’s announced 15 year strategic
With the recent departure of two of Ryanair’s long-standing senior executives, deputy CEO and COO Michael Cawley, who had been with the airline for 17 years, and CFO and deputy CEO Howard Miller, who joined them 23 years ago, it is very much a case of now steadying the ship with tying CEO Maichale O’Leary
Singapore Technologies Engineering announced that its aerospace arm Singapore Technologies Aerospace has injected US$4.87m (S$6.2m) into the capital of its wholly owned subsidiary, ST Aerospace Academy (STAA). This would bring STA Engineering’s total equity investment in STAA to US$12.98m (approximately S$17.6m). The capital injection affirms ST Engineering’s confidence in the commercial pilot training business and
Commsoft, a world leader in aviation engineering and maintenance systems, announced that AirExplore, based in Bratislava, Slovakia, has signed a 5 year contract for the use of OASES. Commsoft’s flagship product, OASES is a ‘best-of-breed’ MRO IT system which offers an industry-leading technical sophistication whilst being intuitively user-friendly. AirExplore will be using OASES to support
Flybe announced the launch of the airline’s London City Airport operations. Flybe will utilize its fleet of Bombardier Q400 aircraft to siginificantly boost connectivity between Edinburgh, Belfast, Dublin, Inverness, Exeter and the heart of London. “From today, purple Flybe Q400 aircraft will be a regular feature in the skies above the City of London as
WestJet has reached a tentative agreement with WestJet’s Flight Attendant Association Board (FAAB). The proposed agreement is available to WestJet flight attendants for review beginning October 31st, 2014, and voting begins November 10th, 2014, at 9 a.m. MST. The WestJet Inflight leadership team and FAAB began negotiations in May 2014, to develop a tentative agreement
In partnership with CASC (China Aviation Supplies Corporation) in Beijing, AJW Aviation has signed a six year contract to provide power-by-the-hour support to Qingdao Airlines’ fleet of A320 aircraft. Established by the Nashan Group, the Qingdao Municipal Government and Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines launched operations earlier this year providing domestic services to destinations across China.
