Airlines & Routes

Air Canada and CUPE reach new 10-year agreement for flight attendants

Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have reached a new agreement, subject to ratification, on collective agreement terms for ten years for the approximately 6,500 flight attendants at Air Canada and 700 at Air Canada rouge. The agreement is subject to ratification by CUPE’s membership as well as to certain openers […]

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Air China to start Beijing-Islamabad-Karachi service

Air China will start Beijing-Islamabad-Karachi service on October 26th, 2015. The service will make Air China the first Chinese domestic carrier offering an air link between Beijing and Pakistan. The demand for air travel between China and Pakistan has been growing incessantly. The introduction of the Beijing-Islamabad-Karachi service, which will become an air bridge linking

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LCI signs cooperation agreement with CM International Financial Leasing

LCI, the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, has signed a cooperation agreement with CM International Financial Leasing (CMIFL). LCI, which has a fleet of 90 ordered and delivered AgustaWestland and Airbus helicopters, has chosen CMIFL as the partner to help it grow in the burgeoning helicopter leasing market in China. CMIFL, which launched

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EASA issues SIB after Russian missile attacks on Syria

As a result of Russia’s missile attack on Syrian rebel targets on Wednesday 7th October, the European Aviation Safety Association (EASA) has issued a Safety Information Bulletin (SIB) based on publically available information addressed to “national aviation authorities and aircraft operators.” The missiles, 26 in number, were launched from four Russian warships based in the

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Finnair and NORRA sign engine services contract with LTAA

Finnair, Nordic Regional Airlines (NORRA) and Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey (LTAA) have signed an exclusive long-term contract for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of Nordic Regional Airlines CF34-10 engine fleet. With this new agreement, LTAA and Finnair further expand their successful relationship which already includes a variety of MRO activities for several years.

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Small Planet Airlines is launching flights from Germany

Leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines GmbH made its first flight from Germany after signing an agreement with virtual airline and an air broker Involatus Carrier Consulting GmbH. The company will carry passengers from the following Germany and Switzerland airports: Bremen, Hanover, Hamburg, Munster, Dusseldorf, and Zurich. Passengers will fly to Canary Islands, Fuerteventura and La

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Jet Aviation St. Louis receives FAA approved STC for FANS Bombardier Challenger 604

Jet Aviation St. Louis has completed and received FAA approval for the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installation of its Future Airspace Navigation System (FANS) for the Bombardier Challenger 604. Rockwell Collins teamed with Jet Aviation St. Louis to develop the Rockwell Collins STC for the Challenger 604 FANS 1/A aftermarket solution, leveraging their combined

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Skyworks Leasing releases third quarter asset management transactions

In its capacity as advisor to fastjet, a growing pan-African low cost airline, SkyWorks has arranged the acquisition of one A319 aircraft (s/n 2891) from an entity managed by BBAM. The transaction marks the first aircraft purchase for fastjet and is added to its fleet of five leased A319s. Skyworks Leasing has arranged the sale

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Hainan Airlines launches Beijing-Prague route

Hainan Airlines flight HU7937 landed at Vaclav Havel Airport Prague on September 23rd local time, marking the successful inaugural flight of the carrier’s Beijing-Prague route, the first nonstop service between China and the Czech Republic. The Beijing-Prague route is Hainan Airlines’ seventh European route following Beijing-Brussels, Beijing-Berlin, Beijing-Moscow, Beijing-St. Petersburg, Hangzhou-Xi’an-Paris and Chongqing-Rome. The launch

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