TAG Aviation Asia is set to operate a Fixed Base Operation (FBO) at Macau International Airport. The Hong Kong headquartered operator has agreed to a six-year concession agreement with the Macau Airport Authority to provide a full-service facility operation, 24/7, at this International destination. Macau is the first destination FBO for TAG Aviation within the […]
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West Star Aviation has completed 33 of the 100 total installations of AVANCE L5 systems flying to date. This milestone comes after the announcement from Gogo that the 100th platform had been installed. Gogo AVANCE L5 is a single platform that provides a Gogo Biz 4G in-flight internet experience including video streaming, audio-on-demand media, personal
WestJet has connected Atlantic Canada to the City of Light, with its inaugural flight between Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) on June 1. “This is a historic day for WestJet as we touch down on the European mainland for the first time,” said Tim Croyle, WestJet Interim Executive Vice-President,
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Rolls-Royce has confirmed that on top of additional maintenance facilities the company is increasing its workforce in order to triple its capabilities to deal with current Trent 1000 engine problems which have currently grounded a number of Boeing Dreamliners, worldwide. The principal problem lies with the compressor in the Trent 1000 Package C engines which
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Zhejiang Loong Airlines took delivery of the first LEAP-1A-powered A320neo aircraft from the Airbus Final Assembly facility in Tianjin, China. The airline will be the first in Greater China to operate the advanced engine/aircraft combination. Loong Air launched the LEAP-1A in China when the airline announced an order for engines to power 9 Airbus A320neo
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Bernhard Dietrich will take over as Head of Environmental Issues of the Lufthansa Group from June 2018. In this function, he is responsible for managing and developing all Group-wide environmental programs and the environmental policy positions of the Lufthansa Group. This involves the continuous improvement of the environmental balance sheet and the representation of the
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for April 2018 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 6.2% compared to April 2017, which was down from a 12-month high of 9.7% in March. Comparisons with the year ago period are impacted by developments a year ago – including
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ST Engineering is undertaking a group-wide branding exercise to firstly, adopt a single brand approach by harmonising all its corporate brands by using “ST Engineering” as a masterbrand, and secondly to align the nomenclature of its subsidiaries’ company legal names with that of “ST Engineering”. The brand harmonisation and alignment of company legal names will
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Spring Airlines, China’s leading low-cost airline, has signed a long-term contract with AFI KLM E&M for the exclusive support of many of the components in its A320 fleet. The contract on a “power by the hour” (PBH) basis covers many references mainly in the avionics field. In order to optimize Spring Airlines’ operations, which currently
Elix Aviation Capital has confirmed that it has delivered one ATR 42-500 MSN 564, on lease to Berjaya Air of Malaysia. This is the first delivery by Elix to Berjaya. With this new customer, Elix continues to develop its global footprint for turboprop leasing services.
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