Security breach sees 49 flights canceled as Frankfurt Terminal 1 closed for three hours

A week after one security breach saw passengers cleared from Frankfurt Airport, Germany’s busiest airport, last week a further security breach this Tuesday saw German federal police stop boarding in Terminal 1 and the evacuation of part of the security area. The police confirmed that the actions taken were as a result of “at least […]

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Oman Air extends codeshare agreement with Lufthansa

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Oman Air, the National carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, is continuing its expansion across Europe by extending its codeshare agreement with Lufthansa. Under the expanded code share agreement, passengers can now travel on Oman Air flights from Muscat International Airport and connect to Madrid, Brussels, Vienna and Prague from Lufthansa’s Frankfurt and Munich hubs.

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Air Lease Corporation initiates portfolio sale of 18 aircraft to Thunderbolt II Aircraft Lease Limited

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Air Lease Corporation has initiated the sale of a portfolio of 18 aircraft to Thunderbolt II Aircraft Lease Limited (Thunderbolt II), a newly formed entity. The aircraft comprise a mix of narrowbody and widebody jet aircraft that, as of April 30, 2018, had an average age of 8.0 years and were leased to 16 lessees

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767 Freighter leases, airlines drive ATSG growth in second quarter

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– Air Transport Services Group, a provider of medium wide-body aircraft leasing, air cargo transportation and related services, has reported consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018: GAAP revenues were US$203.6 million based on new revenue recognition standards adopted in 2018. 2Q 2018 revenues increased six percent after excluding US$61.1 million in

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Finnair traffic growths 11.8% in July

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In July, Finnair carried 1,287,800 passengers, 15.2% more than in the corresponding period of 2017. The number of passengers grew in Asian traffic 9.0%, European traffic 15.1%, North America traffic 17.5% and domestic traffic 29.2%. Finnair’s overall capacity increased in July by 14.1% year-on-year, while Finnair’s traffic grew by 11.8%. The load factor decreased year-on-year

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S7 Technics Holding opens new maintenance line station at Sheremetyevo

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Russian independent maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider S7 Technics Holding, has launched a new line station at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, which currently serves more than 300,000 aircraft movements a year. The new station is managed by S7 Technics’ subsidiary S 7 ENGINEERING and is the first located outside of its two main bases

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West Star Aviation names John Mansfield Manager of Satellite Operations and Mobile Repair

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West Star Aviation has named John Mansfield as Manager of Satellite Operations and Mobile Repair. Mansfield began his career over 30 years ago as a Technical Representative at Hawker Beechcraft. He quickly advanced into more progressive roles including Manager, General Manager, and most recently, Vice President MRO Centers Worldwide at Embraer Executive Jets. He will

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Fraport to sell its 30% stake in Hanover Airport

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Having acquired a 20% stake in Hanover Airport in 1998 and a further 10% in 2003, Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (Fraport AG) has signed an agreement to sell its entire 30% stake in Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen GmbH (FHLG) to iCON Flughafen GmbH (iCON) – part of the iCON Infrastructure Group – for €109.2 million.

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Spatial opens US office to further support global client base

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Spatial, a provider of cabin crew training simulators, has announced that it is opening a US office to further support its global client base and expansion plans. Based near Los Angeles, the new office will be Spatial’s first permanent presence in the US. It will take advantage of the 12-hour time difference between the US

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C&L Aerospace completes sale of Saab 340B+ to Air Rarotonga