Southwest Airlines appoints Ryan Martinez to Managing Director Investor Relations

Southwest Airlines has promoted Ryan Martinez to Managing Director Investor Relations, effective Sept. 11. Martinez began his Southwest career in Investor Relations in 2006, where he spent seven years. Since that time, he has held many leadership roles within the Finance Department, most recently as a Senior Director in Corporate Planning and Financial Planning & […]

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FPG Amentum arranges sale of four KLM E190s

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FPG Amentum, the Dublin-based aircraft leasing / management company, has sold four Embraer E190-100s (MSNs 19000250, 19000279, 19000322 and 19000326). The aircraft were sold on behalf of FPG Amentum’s investor customer Global Aircraft Fund I. They were acquired by an entity managed by Falko Regional Aircraft Limited and are on lease to KLM Cityhopper B.V.

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CHC signs HCare full-by-the-hour contract for H175

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CHC Helicopter has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters for an HCare Smart full-by-the-hour (FBH) contract. It will support a smooth entry into service for CHC’s first medium-twin H175. CHC Helicopter has signed an HCare services contract to cover the operator’s H175 helicopter, based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Under this nose to tail contract, Airbus Helicopters

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Rockwell Collins delivers latest digital GPS receiver technology to U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command

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Rockwell Collins has delivered the latest generation of Digital GPS Anti-Jam Receiver (DIGAR) airborne anti-jam and anti-spoofing technology to the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The enhanced solution provides unsurpassed airborne anti-jam capability with over 10,000 times improved jamming resistance over the previous model. The integration and testing of the new equipment is

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AirAsia and CAE extend business

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AirAsia and CAE, a global leader in training for the civil aviation, defence and security, and healthcare markets, have concluded a sale and purchase agreement concerning the Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence (AACE), which is currently a 50:50 CAE-AirAsia joint venture. The transaction of US$100m (including earn-out) will give CAE full control over AACE’s three

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Qantas Group delivers strong returns in full year 2017

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Qantas has reported an Underlying Profit Before Tax of A$1,401m and a Statutory Profit Before Tax of A$1,181m for the 12 months ended 30 June 2017. The underlying result represents the second highest performance in Qantas’ 97 year history, down 8.6 per cent compared with last year’s record. It is slightly above the guidance range

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Qantas announces major cabin upgrade for A380 fleet

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Qantas plans a major cabin upgrade for its fleet of 12 Airbus A380s to improve passenger comfort on long haul flights. The A380 project was announced with several other product investments at Qantas’ full year results on August 25. A multi-million dollar upgrade will see a change in the seat mix on the super jumbos

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Thomas Cook pilots to strike for one day on September 8

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British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA), the pilots’ union which represents 400 of Thomas Cook’s 560 pilots, has confirmed that a vote cast by 88 percent of the carrier’s pilots last Friday was in favor of industrial action. The vote was the result of 8 months of failed negotiations over pay and benefits. Currently Thomas Cook

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PPG names Mark Hood California transparencies plant manager, Steve Kight market director

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PPG has named Mark Hood plant manager of its Sylmar, California, aerospace transparencies facility and Steve Kight to succeed him as global market director for general aviation transparencies. In addition to leading Sylmar plant operations, Hood is responsible for partnering with PPG’s aerospace transparencies engineering and business platform teams to continue driving operational success and

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Airbus Helicopters and IAR deepen strategic partnership on H215M with 15-year agreement