Airlines & Routes

China Cargo Airlines signed with GE Aviation for a 12-year OnPoint solution agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its GE90-110B engines that power six Boeing 777 Freighters.

Aerostar S.A. has become one of the first independent European MRO organisations to install Split Scimitar Winglets on Boeing 737-800s at its Bacau facility. The installations were carried out on two aircraft belonging to TUIFly Nordic of Sweden – another new customer for Aerostar’s growing commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business. The first

MAINtag welcomes David Read as the company’s new Vice President of Sales for EMEA. In his new position, Read will reinforce MAINtag’s success with the company’s patented hybrid RFID Integrated label solution as well as the deployment of the ATA UHF high-memory FLYchip for aircraft manufacturers and OEM partners. David Read’s experience includes more than

Premier Aviation Overhaul Center and Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings announced the signing of a two-year Agreement plus options for the provision of airframe heavy maintenance on Atlas Air’s fleet of B767-200/300 and B747-400 aircraft.  The contract between Premier and Atlas Air follows a successful 2013 season with the delivery of 26 aircraft maintenance events and

Alaska Airlines launched daily round-trip service between Seattle and Tampa, Florida. Known for white sand and sunshine on Florida’s Gulf Coast, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area offers activities and attractions, indoors and out, for people of all ages. Alaska Airlines is the only carrier offering nonstop service between Seattle and Tampa, which will save hours of

Canadian North released the launch of its new seasonal, non-stop service between Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, with same-plane service to St John’s, Newfoundland. This new route that links these communities and creates new tourism, investment and trade opportunities in both Iqaluit and Atlantic Canada and opens up opportunities for business, tourism and travel.

Aeromexico, Mexico’s global airline, reported an increase in the number of flights it offers between Mexico City and major destinations such as Acapulco, Cancun, Huatulco, Los Cabos, Merida, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta and Zihuatanejo in Mexico and Miami, Orlando and San Antonio in the United States, for this summer season. The airline will, therefore, add over

United Airlines announced, the company will introduce service to Santiago, Chile, from its hub at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, beginning Dec.7, 2014, subject to government approval. Flight 847 will depart Houston daily at 9:05 p.m. and arrive in Santiago at 9:40 a.m. the next day. Return flight 846 will depart Santiago daily at

The first Airbus aircraft for Indonesia’s Lion Group has rolled out of the paint shop hangar in Toulouse, France. With the airline’s colourful livery, the aircraft will be delivered in Q3 2014 and will be operated by Lion Group’s full service unit Batik Air on its growing domestic and regional network. The aircraft is the

United Airlines launches new nonstop service linking the airline’s San Francisco hub with Chengdu, China, the fourth-largest Chinese city, becoming the first carrier to fly nonstop from the U.S. to mainland China beyond Beijing and Shanghai and the first U.S. carrier to serve Chengdu. United will use the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to operate the three-times-weekly