American Airlines Group reports first-quarter 2019 profit

American Airlines has reported that strong passenger demand drove a 1.8% year-over-year increase in first-quarter 2019 total revenue, to a first-quarter record US$10.6 billion. Driven by a record first-quarter total passenger load factor of 82.2%, passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) grew 0.6% to 14.49 cents. Cargo revenue decreased 4% to US$218 million due

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Fady Lahame joins Macquarie Capital in leadership position in Paris

Macquarie Capital, the corporate advisory, capital markets and principal investment arm of Macquarie Group (Macquarie), has announced that Fady Lahame has joined the firm to take up the role of Head of France, for its division covering Americas, Europe and Asia (AEA). Lahame brings over 20 years’ experience to Macquarie Capital, beginning his career at

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Universal Avionics partners with AerSale to certify Airbus A320 EFVS solution

Universal Avionics (UA), an Elbit Systems Company, is partnering with AerSale, to develop an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the ClearVision™ Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) on the Airbus A320 aircraft. FAA certification for the retrofit upgrade is expected by the end of first quarter of 2020, with CAAC and EASA STC validation to

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APOC Aviation’s crowdfunding campaign raises US$2.6 million

APOC Aviation has raised US$2.6 million in a highly successful crowdfunding campaign and Max Wooldrik, Founder and Managing Director of APOC, attributes that to the Company’s successful track record. “This is our seventh crowdfunding raise for investment capital” he explains.  “The first time we experimented with the method it took us eleven days to generate

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SR Technics breaks ground on new center of excellence for aircraft maintenance in Malta

SR Technics, has reported the ground breaking of the new six-bay hangar including significant back-shop facilities for its center of excellence (CoE) for aircraft maintenance in Malta. The project, as announced in February this year, will enable SR Technics to continuously provide high-quality aircraft maintenance and cabin modification services, now for up to six narrow

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