Adria Airways takes delivery of first Airbus A319

Slovenia’s flag carrier, Adria Airways has taken delivery of its first new A319. Operated under a lease agreement with AerCap, the new A319 will be deployed on European scheduled services from Ljubljana. The new A319 will be powered by IAE V2500 engines from International Aero Engines. The airline will receive one more A319, leased through […]

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Canada's Jazz Air orders 15 Bombardier Q400 NextGen Turboprop Airliners

Jazz Air of Halifax, Nova Scotia has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire 15 Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners and has taken options on an additional 15 Q400 NextGen aircraft. Based on the list price for the Q400 NextGen aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately $454 million US and could increase to

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Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey services the 3,000th PW100 engine

Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey (LTAA), a subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik AG, celebrates the final test run after servicing the 3000th turboprop engine of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 series. The engine, a PW127M, destined for an ATR72-500 of the Spanish airline Binter Canarias, was honoured with a commemorative event in the Alzey facility. The

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Smyrna Air Center named Authorized Service Center for M601 and H80 engines

Smyrna Air Center has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an Authorized Service Center for the M601 and H80 turboprop engines. As part of the agreement, Smyrna Air Center will offer comprehensive line maintenance, removals and re-installations of engines and LRUs and engine spares for the M601 and H80 engine families. GE Aviation

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Iberia and the unions CC.OO and UGT sign Collective Bargaining Agreement

Iberia management and the UGT and CCOO unions signed the company’s 19th Collective Bargaining Agreement covering ground staff, that applies from January 1st, 2009 until December 31st, 2012. The new contract covers some 14,750 Iberia employees, or nearly 70% of total staff. The contract sets a payroll increase of 0.6162% for 2009, to be effected

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