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Spirit Airlines and Association of Flight Attendants reach tentative agreement

August 7, 2014

Spirit Airlines and its flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), reached a tentative agreement for a five-year contract. The tentative agreement, which is subject to ratification by the flight attendant membership, planned for fourth quarter 2014, was unanimously supported by the union’s leadership. The agreement was reached with the assistance of

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Gogo Receives Certification from the FAA to install Gogo Vision as a stand-alone product for commercial aviation

August 7, 2014

Gogo has received a supplemental type certificate (STC) from the FAA to install its Gogo Vision wireless in-flight entertainment product on commercial aircraft with or without Gogo’s connectivity service. Gogo Vision, the leading wireless in-flight entertainment product for commercial aviation, allows passengers to stream movies and television shows to their own Wi-Fi enabled devices from

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FLY Leasing acquires two more aircraft

August 7, 2014

Continuing its fleet growth, FLY Leasing, a global lessor of modern commercial jet aircraft, has acquired a Boeing 737-800 to be leased to a leading airline in North America and an Airbus A330-300 on lease to a leading airline in Asia. The Airbus aircraft is the first of three A330s that FLY is acquiring in

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Boeing delivers 15th production P-8A Poseidon to U.S. Navy

August 6, 2014

The 15th P-8A Poseidon built by Boeing arrived at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., where it will help expand the U.S. Navy’s long-range maritime patrol capabilities. The aircraft, delivered on schedule July 31st, joined the other Poseidon aircraft being used to train Navy crews in preparation for deployment. Boeing is currently on contract to build

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The A350 XWB makes its debut in Australia

August 6, 2014

The Airbus A350 XWB has made its debut in Australia, landing at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith International airport on August 5th, after flying in from Johannesburg, South Africa. The aircraft is operated by Airbus flight crews and while in Sydney, a representative airline schedule operation has to be demonstrated such as normal airline turnarounds, using airport

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ATSG to acquire two Boeing 767-300s currently leased by ABX Air

August 6, 2014

Air Transport Services Group announced that its aircraft leasing subsidiary, Cargo Aircraft Management, has agreed to purchase two Boeing 767-300ER freighters that ATSG’s airline subsidiary ABX Air currently leases from Guggenheim Aviation Partners. CAM expects to pay Guggenheim $49.9m for the freighters in transactions expected to close at the end of the third quarter. ABX

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Ameco Beijing welcomes Vietnam Airlines at Shanghai outstation

August 6, 2014

Ameco Beijing Shanghai outstation started to perform line maintenance and releasing services for Vietnam Airlines’ A320, twice every day since August 1st. Up to now, the outstation served 6 international customers including Finnair, Aeroflot-Russian Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Singapore Airlines Cargo, and AirBridgeCargo Airlines. Headquartered in Beijing, Ameco has 8 outstations serving over 20 international

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ATSG reports strong second quarter results

August 6, 2014

Air Transport Services Group, a leading provider of medium wide-body aircraft leasing, air cargo transportation and related services, reported consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30th, 2014. Revenues were $149.6m, up $10.7m, or 8% from a year ago. Excluding revenues from reimbursable expenses, revenues increased $4.8 million, or 4%. Net earnings from continuing

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