Qatar Airways has entered into a strategic equity and commercial partnership with Cargolux to acquire a 35% stake in one of Europe’s leading cargo airline. The agreement was signed in Luxembourg by Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker and Cargolux President and CEO Frank Reimen. The accord will give Qatar Airways a greater foothold in […]
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European leisure charter carrier Small Planet Airlines further expands its activity in Italy by receiving the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile). The AOC, along with the Air Operator License, will allow the carrier to operate flights from Italy to destinations outside the EU. This summer Small
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Elected officials and representatives from numerous community and business groups, suppliers and subcontractors joined more than 1,000 Boeing employees at its North Charleston, S.C., facility for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the new 787 Dreamliner Final Assembly building. The new Final Assembly building features 642,720 square feet (59,711 m2) of covered space, roughly the
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As a further demonstration of its commitment to enhance its service offering to business aviation clients, Cambridge Airport is seeking a branded Fixed Base Operator (FBO) to operate from its state-of-the-art facility. The tender process opened on 3 June with twelve tender letters issued, which have already generated expressions of interest from six companies. The
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AJW is now able to guarantee total quality around the globe as the certifying body, WQA, awards full certification to AJW’s Quality Management System for its new inventory hubs in Miami and Los Angeles. Following an extensive audit, the two hubs received full certification to AS9120-2005, ISO 9001-2008 and FAA ACOO-56A standards.
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Goodrich announced it will close its Marble Avenue landing gear facility in Cleveland, Ohio by the end of 2012 due to program volume decline and the lack of appropriate new work to cost-effectively fill available capacity. Approximately 400 employees are located at the facility which supplies a range of landing gear equipment for commercial and
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Brotonne Capital, the holding company of REVIMA, a leading landing gear MRO provider based in Normandy, France, has completed the acquisition of REVIMA APU from Hamilton Sundstrand, forming the REVIMA Group. Over the past six years, REVIMA APU has become a world class APU MRO provider, developing significantly its activity on Hamilton Sundstrand, Pratt and Whitney Canada
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World Airways, a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, has entered into an agreement with Finnair Cargo to provide MD-11F all-cargo flights serving Helsinki, Shanghai and New York beginning June 15, 2011. The new service is to operate twice a week using World’s traffic rights.
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ARINC Incorporated said its long-time customer Virgin Atlantic Airways has renewed multiple contracts for a range of ARINC GLOBALink aviation communications services. ARINC and Virgin Atlantic’s working relationship began in 1993. ARINC has been the primary provider of air to ground communications for Virgin Atlantic since 2002, and currently provides all Data Link and Voice Communications
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Commsoft has announced that Northern Aerotech, a Copenhagen, Denmark based maintenance organisation, has signed a 5-year, 5-concurrent user deal for the use of the OASES system for its line maintenance support operations worldwide. Northern Aerotech currently provides line maintenance control support for SmartLynx Airlines and is planning to expand its operations to other customers. The company
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