facebook twitter linkedin 

DAILY AVIATION NEWS ALERT

March 7th, 2023

Featured Story

U.S. government puts pressure on its carriers to cancel family seating fees

U.S. government puts pressure on its carriers to cancel family seating fees

In an attempt to get U.S. carriers to eliminate “junk fees” the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has confirmed that three airlines will not be charging family seating fees. American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Frontier Airlines will now include a guarantee in customer service plans. In so doing, they have committed in writing to eliminate family seating fees if adjacent …
Storm Aviation appoints new Director of Maintenance

Storm Aviation appoints new Director of Maintenance

Storm Aviation announced the appointment of Kenny Chan as Director of Maintenance. In his new role, Chan will be responsible for the management and development of all line maintenance, light maintenance and AOG services and reporting directly to Storm Aviation CEO, Thomas Buckley. He joins Storm Aviation from Cathay Pacific Group, where he served as Head of Line Maintenance and …
Airbus Corporate Helicopters wins order for two ACH160 helicopters

Airbus Corporate Helicopters wins order for two ACH160 helicopters

Airbus Corporate Helicopters has won an order for two ACH160 helicopters from India – the first sale of the type in the region. The helicopters will be delivered with the ACH160 Exclusive configuration for business use by the customer who is an experienced helicopter operator. Under the terms of the contract, Airbus Corporate Helicopters will provide a turnkey solution to ensure smooth …
Finnair carries 85.9% more passengers in February 2023

Finnair carries 85.9% more passengers in February 2023

In February, Finnair carried 823,500 passengers, which was 85.9% more than in February 2022 and 0.9% more than in January 2023. Month-on-month figures are, however, not fully comparable as there were three fewer days less in February. As the COVID-19 pandemic impacts are fading, passenger traffic figures for Finnair improved year-on-year. The negative impact of the Russian airspace closure on …
Air Lease Corporation and Air France sign lease placements for three Airbus A350-900s

Air Lease Corporation and Air France sign lease placements for three Airbus A350-900s

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has signed long-term lease placements for three new Airbus A350-900 wide-body aircraft with Air France. The aircraft are scheduled to deliver to Air France in the second quarter of 2024 from ALC’s order book with Airbus. “This strategic lease placement of three new A350-900s is another important step in the long-haul fleet modernisation of Air France,” said …
Colin Copp officially begins tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer at Chorus Aviation

Colin Copp officially begins tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer at Chorus Aviation

Chorus Aviation has released that Colin Copp has officially begun his tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer of Chorus following the retirement of Joseph Randell. Copp has also been appointed to the Chorus Board of Directors in place of Randell who stepped down from the board concurrent with his retirement. "Colin has been an integral and proven member of …
C&L Aviation Group signs contract repair agreement with subsidiary of Héroux-Devtek

C&L Aviation Group signs contract repair agreement with subsidiary of Héroux-Devtek

C&L Aviation Group has signed a contract repair agreement with APPH Ltd., a subsidiary of Héroux-Devtek to provide factory-authorised repair, overhaul, and warranty services on Héroux-Devtek products on the HS-125, Bae-125, BH-125, Hawker 800 and derivatives. Work will take place at C&L’s 200,000 ft² MRO facility in Bangor, Maine. “We’re thrilled to be able to offer this service for Héroux …

Luxair to add four Boeing 737-8s to growing single-aisle fleet

Emirates and Philippine Airlines ink interline agreement

KLM Group, Delta, Corendon, easyJet and TUI challenge Dutch government’s decision to cut flight movements at Schiphol

MRO provider Joramco embarks on expansion plan

GA Telesis and Tokyo Century launch HALO AirFinance

General Atomics AeroTec Systems carries out modernisation of Dornier 228 aircraft for Royal Thai Navy

Supervisory Board of Lufthansa extends contracts of Spohr and Steenbergen for another five years

For more up to date news visit www.avitrader.com

Our aviation magazines

Monthly MRO Magazine

Our magazine focusing on maintenance, repair overhaul in the aviation industry. Monthly features focusing on key issues in MRO sector, exclusive insight from senior industry executives, regular in-depth company profiles.
Subscription free monthly magazine straight to your inbox, as a pdf attachment or link to hosted site.Edit this to insert text.

Weekly Aviation Headline News

The industry leading weekly aviation newsletter. No subscription charges. Distributed in magazine style every Monday via email. AviTrader’s flag ship publication since 2005.

Interested in advertising with AviTrader?

Please contact:
Tamar Jorssen
Vice President Sales & Business Development
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (788) 213 8543
Mailing Address
AviTrader Publications Corp.
Suite 305, South Tower
5811 Cooney Road
Richmond, British Columbia
Canada V6X 3M1
Phone: +1 (604) 318 5207
For information, contributions, letters to the editor and queries:
Heike Tamm
Editor in Chief
Email: [email protected]
Phone: + 34 971 612 130
facebook twitter youtube instagram linkedin