São Paulo-Guarulhos and RIOgaleão airports will upgrade passenger processing technology with SITA Flex

São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport (GRU Airport) and RIOgaleão – Tom Jobim International Airport (RIOgaleão) are the first airports in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to deploy SITA Flex to provide mobile passenger services to speed up check-in, bag drop and boarding. It forms part of a wider five-year contract awarded to global air transport […]

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Virgin Atlantic partners with Bii.aero to manage substantial surplus aircraft parts programme

Virgin Atlantic has appointed Bii.aero, a leading provider of aircraft parts and services for the commercial aviation sector, to oversee the consignment and storage process of its large surplus inventory of B747-400, A340-600 and A330-200 assets now that the airline no longer operates these fleets of aircraft. The top-quality material covers all ATA chapters and

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Lufthansa Technik Philippines opens new 9,000 m² overhaul hangar in Manila

Lufthansa Technik Philippines, the joint venture between Lufthansa Technik AG and MacroAsia Corporation, the largest Philippine aviation service provider, has held an opening ceremony at Manila Airport for the opening of a new 9,000 m² hangar which will increase the company’s existing seven lines to ten. The parking spaces provide options for multiple configurations, such

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Virgin Australia made its first profit in 11 years

Four additional Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft will join Virgin Australia’s fleet

Virgin Australia Group has announced the addition of four Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft and priority access to a Boeing 737NG full-flight simulator that will be deployed in Jandakot, near Perth, as part of a long-term partnership with global aviation training provider CAE. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which are in addition to another

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Kristian Pullola succeeds Mika Stirkkinen as Finnair Chief Financial Officer

Finnair has appointed Kristian Pullola, M.Sc. (Economics) as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Finnair Executive Board as of October 1, 2022. Pullola will start at Finnair as an executive advisor already as of September 1, 2022. Finnair’s current CFO Mika Stirkkinen will act as an executive advisor as of October 1, 2022 and

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AviaAM Leasing delivers third 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter to lessee

AviaAM Leasing, a global aviation holding company engaged in tailored aircraft leasing and trading services, has announced its third delivery of a 737-800 Boeing converted freighter. The aircraft has joined the fleet of Bluebird Nordic, a rapidly growing Iceland-based cargo airline, offering ACMI and full-service cargo services. The continued cooperation between both companies – which

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Asia Pacific flight capacity lags behind global recovery despite annual growth, IBA Insights show

IBA, a leading aviation market intelligence and consultancy company, has published its monthly Aviation Industry Barometer for July 2022, showing that whilst Asia-Pacific lags behind, it does show healthy signals with a 20% growth year-on-year. Intelligence from IBA Insight indicates that the recovery in monthly global passenger flights grew by 3% in July 2022 compared

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Norwegian delivers profit before tax of NOK 1,248 million in the second quarter of 2022

Norwegian has reported its results for the second quarter and first half of 2022, characterised by increasing demand for air travel, higher fuel prices and gain from aircraft orders. The figures demonstrate Norwegian’s ability to increase capacity for the busy summer travel season and deliver robust operational performance. Amidst capacity constraints at European airports and

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