In an eagerly anticipated outcome, the House of Representatives has passed a five-year bill that will not only see the provision of funding for America’s roads, bridges and transport systems but also, crucially, the revival of a charter for the US Export-Import Bank which expired midnight, June 30th this year. Between then and now the […]
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For the month of November, Air Canada reported a system-wide capacity increase of 9.5% and a load factor of 78.6%, increasing from 77.7% in November 2014. On this additional capacity, system wide traffic for November increased 10.8%.
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Finnair prepares for growth in its long-haul traffic starting in 2016 and begins the biggest recruitment drive in the company’s history. In addition to the approximately 70 pilots and 130 cabin attendants recruited this year, the company is seeking to recruit 100 new pilots and 300 new cabin crew members. Some 50 people are also
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ST Aerospace, with an established global track record on aircraft maintenance and modifications, now extends its maintenance support from military forces, commercial airlines to the world’s first commercial spaceline. Its US affiliate company VT San Antonio Aerospace will be providing a series of D-level heavy maintenance checks on the Virgin Galactic’s Boeing 747-400 aircraft –
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In a political move aimed at stopping Airbaltic from purchasing Sukhoi Superjets, the Latvian government has continued with its aggressive policy against Moscow and is now prepared to inject €80 million into the airline to help complete the purchase of thirteen Bombardier CS300 jets, 10 ordered in December 2012 and 3 which were ordered in
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Avtrade has appointed Joanne Burkby as Sales Manager – New Product Services. An Aviation professional with over 25 years of representing OEM’s worldwide for a vast range of expendable products, Joanne will be responsible for leading sales for Avtrade New Product Services (NPS). Customer focused, Joanne’s experience of providing high quality customer support to Corporate,
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Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways (ANA) are kicking-off the expansion of their joint network between Europe and Japan by adding connected destinations in Japan: First Fukuoka on the main island Kyushu in south Japan, later to be followed by Sapporo on the north island. “Thanks to the Joint Venture we can connect the wide
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Bombardier has delivered the first of two specialized Challenger 605 aircraft ordered by the Hong Kong Government Flying Service. This multi-role aircraft can be used for search and rescue, VIP transportation, medical evacuation, as well as other special missions. The Challenger multi-role aircraft will replace the existing search and rescue aircraft currently operated by the
Swiss Air-Rescue Rega has placed an order for three AW169 light intermediate twin-engine and one GrandNew light twin-engine helicopters which will join the current fleet of a GrandNew and nine single-pilot configured Da Vinci helicopters. The aircraft will perform emergency medical service and search and rescue missions (EMS/SAR) all over Switzerland, from the lowlands to
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WestJet reported November 2015 traffic results with a load factor of 78.6%, a decrease of 1.9 points year over year. Traffic decreased 2.7% year over year, and capacity declined 0.3% over the same period.
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