easyJet has launched ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ – the first global airline connections service by a European low fares airline. Legacy airlines have traditionally offered connectivity through costly and complex interline and codeshare agreements and procedures – with ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ these will be replicated by self-connect and sales partnerships through a digital, virtual hub which […]
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CMIG Leasing (previously known as CMIFL) and Airbus Helicopters further strengthened their partnership through an agreement signed during China Helicopter Exposition 2017. Upon the agreement, the two parties will further deepen their cooperation in civil helicopter operations including navigational operation and low-altitude air tourism. In addition, both parties are committed to expanding this cooperation to
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The Italian airline NEOS has contracted Lufthansa Technik to provide comprehensive component support for its new Boeing 787 fleet. The first Boeing 787-9 is scheduled to be delivered to NEOS in mid-December 2017. Based at Milan-Malpensa Airport, NEOS will become the country’s first Boeing 787 operator. The new agreement is an extension of the existing
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Steve Bull has been appointed Customer Support Director for TAG Aviation’s Farnborough Maintenance Services Centre (TFMS) and will take up his position from October 1. In his role Mr Bull will be responsible for all aspects of customer support interface and will oversee TFMS’ dealership agreements. The formerly named Commercial department has now changed its
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All Cargolux flights to and from Dubai World Central (DWC) are handled by Emirates SkyCargo since early September 2017. This move follows the cooperation agreement that the Luxembourg-based carrier signed with Emirates SkyCargo in May 2017. Emirates’ cargo flights to Luxembourg are already handled by Cargolux’s partner Luxair Cargo. Customers benefit from Cargolux’s move in
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Austrian Airlines will start a wet lease agreement with its Star partner Adria Airways. The aim of the agreement is to have reserve aircraft available to enable greater flexibility in flight planning. Austrian Airlines will lease the aircraft along with cockpit and cabin crew – one as of September 16, 2017 and the other as
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Boeing and Malaysia Airlines Berhad (Malaysia Airlines) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 16 airplanes during a ceremony at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington D.C. The announcement includes eight 787-9 Dreamliners by converting eight of Malaysia Airlines’ existing order of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and eight additional purchase rights of the 737
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Allegheny County Airport Authority has approved details of the modernization plan for the 25-year-old Pittsburgh International Airport, which will include a new landside terminal and elimination of the tram system. Details of the plan were unveiled September 12. The funding will be nontaxpayer based and instead sourced through airport revenue on both airline and passenger
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American Airlines has adjusted its third quarter outlook due to the impact of hurricane Irma. American Airlines’ estimate for its third quarter total revenue per available seat mile (TRASM) was in line with prior guidance of up 0.5% to up 2.5% year-over-year. However Hurricane Irma caused closures at 40 airports in Florida and the Caribbean,
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The H145 simulator at the Airbus Helicopters Training Academy in Germany has been awarded level D status by the German Federal Aviation Office – the highest possible certification for a full flight simulator. With such airworthiness authority approval, more training hours accumulated by pilots in the full flight simulator are now authorized to be logged
