Embraer forecasts a market demand of 1,540 new aircraft in the 70 to 130-seat jet segment (valued at US$80bn at list price) in Europe and the CIS over the next 20 years. Currently, there are 29 airlines operating Embraer jets in both regions. According to International Air Transport Association (IATA), European carriers’ total traffic increased […]
Airbus Helicopters has kicked-off the flight test campaign of the public services variant of the H175 medium twin-engine helicopter. An initial flight-test campaign was successfully concluded after 12 flights. This included a demonstration carried out last week with customer Hong Kong’s Government Flying Service (GFS), who became launch customer for this new variant in September
As part of the China’s economic drive to invest in overseas businesses, the Everbright Group, a state-backed finance firm, has acquired all the shares of Tirana International Airport (TIA) which operates the country’s principal airport, also known as Rinas International Airport. The purchase price has not been disclosed, but it has been known that the
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Spirit Airlines, headquartered in Miramar, Florida (U.S.), took delivery of the very first A320neo to be delivered to a U.S. customer. It is the first of 55 A320neo Family aircraft the low-cost carrier has ordered (five leased from AerCap, 50 ordered from Airbus). All of Spirit’s A320neo Family aircraft will be powered by Pratt &
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GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes and Emirates agreed on a new codeshare and frequent flyer program partnership. The codeshare partnership has been filed on October 11th to ANAC – Brazilian Federal Aviation Agency (Agencia Nacional de Aviacao Civil). The first flights will be approved in the coming days and the partnership is expected to come into
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Boeing and Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings have signed an order to convert nine 767 passenger airplanes into Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF). Four of the orders were previously announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in July, attributed to an unidentified customer. Atlas Air Worldwide, based in Purchase, New York has an all-Boeing fleet.
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Waypoint Leasing (Ireland) has agreed a lease with Heliconia Group (Heliconia), a regional provider of helicopter transportation and related support services, for one Leonardo AW139 helicopter previously operated by CHC, which will go on lease to support oil and gas operations in North Africa.
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AerCap has announced its major business transactions during the third quarter 2016. The company signed lease agreements for 96 aircraft, including 10 widebody and 86 narrowbody aircraft. AerCap purchased 7 aircraft, including 1 Airbus A320neo, 3 Airbus A350-900s, 1 Boeing 787-8 and 2 Boeing 787-9s. The company executed sale transactions for 40 aircraft, including 7
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Airbus Group has appointed Rodin Lyasoff as Chief Executive Officer of A³, the advanced projects and partnerships outpost of Airbus Group in Silicon Valley. He succeeds Paul Eremenko who became Airbus Group’s Chief Technology Officer. The appointment is effective immediately. Lyasoff previously served as a project executive at A³; he has been a part of
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Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, reported the delivery of the first Leonardo AW169 helicopter to Elitaliana SpA. The AW169 is the first of three such aircraft that will be leased from LCI to support Elitaliana’s emergency medical services (EMS) and search and rescue (SAR) operations in Italy. LCI
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