Despite IndiGo’s reported increase in operational revenue of 8.7% compared to the same quarter last year, the figure of INR45.8 billion for Q1 2017 has resulted in a net profit of only INR5.29 billion, a drop of 7.4% compared to Q1 2016. Aditaya Ghosh, IndiGo president, confirmed that profitability had fallen “primarily because of competitive […]
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Aviation engineering and maintenance specialist, Commsoft has been chosen to supply its MRO IT system, OASES (Open Aviation Strategic Engineering System) to the French business class airline, La Compagnie. The contract represents Commsoft’s first direct customer in France and OASES will support La Compagnie’s operations for its current fleet of two Boeing 757-200s. Commsoft signed
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It was in January 2015 that Qatar Airways first acquired a stake in International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), buying 9.9% of the company for approximately £1.2 billion (US$1.7 billion), shortly after which it increased this stake to 10.01%. In May this year it increased that stake to 15.01% with the acquisition of a further 5%
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The Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) has released information that a home flight simulator owned by the captain of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, has been examined by the FBI and that he had plotted a route similar to the path the missing airliner is thought to have taken when it vanished
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China Eastern Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins’ Iridium SATCOM aftermarket solution for its fleet of more than 100 Boeing 737 aircraft. Installations are currently in progress. The voice and data communications solution, installed via a Boeing service bulletin for Next-Generation Boeing 737s, will enable reliable long-range global voice communications, flight tracking and Aircraft Communications Addressing
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Allegiant reported that pilots represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) have voted to ratify their first contract agreement with the Company. Allegiant and IBT have been negotiating in mediated sessions with the National Mediation Board since February 2014. The contract goes into effect August 1, 2016 for a five-year term.
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Despite the US Department of Trade (DOT) granting tentative permission for Norwegian Air International to operate between the European Union (EU) and the US, the EU has given notice that it intends to arbitrate over whether NAI should have access to the US market. EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc sent a letter to the U.S.
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West Star Aviation has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Out. This Approved Model List (AML) STC is applicable to CL-601-3A, CL-601-3R, Falcon 900B, and Falcon 900EX aircraft equipped with Honeywell GNSSU Global Position Sensors (GPS) and the Rockwell Collins TDR-94D transponders. This STC meets all current ADS-B requirements and
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A major hurdle has been overcome with regard to the implementation of internationally agreed rules on airliner pollution in the USA. The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has ruled that greenhouse gases emitted from aircraft endanger public health. The finding now requires that the EPA regulates greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft under the Clean AirAct.
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Boeing announced a partnership with the Emirates Flight Training Academy, a division of Emirates Airline, to collaborate on a comprehensive training curriculum and software infrastructure to help train pilot cadets. “We are leveraging Boeing’s expertise in airline pilot training to identify opportunities to enhance the Academy’s curriculum” said Captain Alan Stealey, principal, Emirates Flight Training
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