Air bp has announced the appointment of Federica (Fede) Berra as Senior Vice President effective immediately. Berra will succeed Martin Thomsen who has successfully steered the business since 2020 through very challenging market conditions. Berra joined bp in June 2020 as Senior Vice President integrated gas and power in the gas and low carbon energy
American Airlines (American), in partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Airports, has announced a US$125 million commercial redevelopment programme for Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The project will feature a new Great Hall and is expected to bring more than 60 new shopping
British Airways has started the roll out of its brand-new uniform, with more than 5,000 colleagues working in the airline’s engineering, maintenance and airport operations teams across the world wearing the new garments from May 23. The uniform, designed by British, Ghanaian Saville Row fashion designer and master tailor, Ozwald Boateng OBE, will be worn
Nasmyth has welcomed Jason Whittle as its new Supply Chain Director. Whittle started his career as an engineering apprentice at Nasmyth with the Henton engineering team before moving into production control and purchasing. A career move to Sigma Components saw him implementing a purchasing system as the company rapidly expanded its facilities to support Rolls-Royce
Leonardo Helicopters has obtained the certification for military aircraft basic / type maintenance training, including the relevant components, issued by the Italian Secretariat General of Defence/National Armaments Directorate through the Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness The company is the first industrial player in Italy, able to deliver the entire range of maintenance training services
Air Lease Corporation’s (ALC) total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2023, increased by 6.6% to US$636.1 million as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase in total revenues was primarily driven by the continued growth in the company’s fleet partially offset by a net decrease in end-of-lease revenue.
JetSMART Airlines, a South American ultra-low-cost carrier created by US private investment fund Indigo Partners, is now live with AMOS Airline edition. As an ultra-low-cost company JetSMART has outsourced most of its operations (including CAMO and maintenance) as part of its ULC strategy. To fulfil its business strategy of ultra-low-cost, AMOS has been recognised as
JETMS Holdings, a global maintenance and interior solutions provider, is broadening its services portfolio. Building on extensive previous experience in the aviation industry, the company has now decided to extend its solutions to commercial aviation, with a primary focus on interior solutions. To facilitate this expansion, JETMS Holdings is opening a new hangar space in
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported that February air travel demand has continued to grow, based on February 2023 traffic results. Total traffic in February 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 55.5% compared to February 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 84.9% of February 2019 levels. Domestic traffic for February rose 25.2%
Boeing will begin production of the first 13 MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters, following the award of a US$285 million U.S. Air Force contract for aircraft, sustainment and support services. “Advancing the programme from testing and evaluation to production is a major step toward entering the MH-139 Grey Wolf into service and providing the U.S. Air
