Qantas is expanding its codeshare partnership with IndiGo. The national carrier of Australia launched the first phase of its codeshare agreement with India’s largest domestic carrier in August last year, offering customers seamless connections from Qantas flights in Bengaluru and Delhi onto IndiGo services to other major Indian cities, including Mumbai and Chennai, as well as […]
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Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies business, has officially opened the doors to its new India Engineering Center (IEC) in Bengaluru. The facility is co-located with Pratt & Whitney’s India Capabilities Center (ICC), which opened in 2022 to provide integrated global supply chain support and the recently inaugurated Collins Aerospace engineering and global operations centers. The IEC, which
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GE Aerospace and Cargolux, the Luxembourg-based all-cargo airline, have entered into a long-term support agreement for the GE9X powering Cargolux’s new fleet of Boeing 777-8 freighters. The agreement includes a multi-year GE TrueChoice service agreement as well as the order of two spare engines. A TrueChoice services extension has also been agreed for Cargolux’s Boeing
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Uzbekistan Airways, the national carrier of the Republic of Uzbekistan, has placed a firm order with Airbus for 12 A320neo-family aircraft (eight A320neos and four A321neos). The new aircraft will join the carrier’s current fleet of 17 Airbus A320-family aircraft. The choice of the engines will be made by the airline at a later stage.
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Astronics Corporation, a leading provider of advanced technologies for global aerospace, defence and other mission-critical industries, has reported preliminary revenue and orders and announced the completion of the refinancing of its debt. The company reported that unaudited preliminary fourth-quarter sales are expected to be in the range of US$155 million to US$160 million, exceeding the
The Phenom 300MED, has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The Phenom 300MED is a unique medevac solution for the Phenom 300 series aircraft. The STC was performed at Embraer’s service centre in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and will be operated by
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Spirit AeroSystems has named Mark Miklos Senior Vice President of the company’s defence and space business, effective April 1, 2023. Miklos will replace Duane Hawkins, current Executive Vice President, President Defence & Space, who has announced his intent to retire at the end of March 2023. Hawkins, who joined Spirit in 2013, will remain with
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Lufthansa) is looking to initially acquire a minority stake in Italian carrier ITA Airways (Italia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.) with an option to purchase any remaining shares at a later stage. Lufthansa has submitted an offer to the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (Ministero dell’economia e delle finanze) to conclude a Memorandum
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United Airlines (United) has reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 financial results. The company exceeded adjusted operating margin guidance in the fourth quarter reporting an 11.1% operating margin; an 11.2% operating margin on an adjusted basis. Additionally, the company reported a 9.1% pre-tax margin on a GAAP basis and 9.0% on an adjusted basis, achieving its 2023
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NASA has selected Boeing and its industry team to lead the development and flight testing of a full-scale Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) demonstrator airplane. The technologies demonstrated and tested as part of the sustainable flight demonstrator (SFD) programme will inform future designs and could lead to breakthrough aerodynamics and fuel efficiency gains. When combined with
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