The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) will launch a dedicated exchange for aviation-related debt and other financial instruments in a bid to “enhance Ireland’s status as a global center in aviation finance,” it said in a statement.
International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) completed 281 lease transactions in 2013, including both extensions and new leases of aircraft from ILFC’s portfolio.
France’s Aéroports de Paris, the Netherlands’ Schiphol Group and South Korea’s Incheon International Airport Corp. have signed a new strategic partnership, extending the cooperation agreement established in July 2011.
Premium air travel markets continued to improve in November, with overall international premium traffic increasing 5.4% year-over-year, “in line with the October result [5.6%] but … above growth year-to-date, which indicates that premium travel demand has accelerated over recent months,” according to IATA’s November Premium Traffic Monitor.
LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services (LOTAMS) has signed an agreement with BA CityFlyer for technical services for 14 months on Embraer E-170s and E-190s.
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Form 1 certification for an aircraft part on BAe 146s made using innovative new 3D printing, or so-called additive manufacture technology.
Bahrain-based Aero Gulf Group’s Sola Engine Center in Norway—which was purchased from Pratt & Whitney in late 2013—is ready to overhaul CFM56s after reorganizing and streamlining the new investment.
Etihad Airways is expected to announce a new US codeshare agreement this week, marking its third North American partnership after Air Canada and American Airlines.
Bombardier Aerospace will lay off 1,700 employees in a bid to contain costs after stretching out CSeries development by at least 12 months and seeing business and commercial aircraft orders decline in 2013.
Airbus is aiming to wrap up a new contract with its Chinese final assembly line (FAL) partners this year, potentially extending its remit to A320neos, and is progressing toward the operational opening of its new US facility in Mobile, Ala.
Darwin Airline, which just adopted new branding as Etihad Regional, is aiming to return to profitability in 2014 aided by its new 33.3% shareholder Etihad Airways.
The Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination (ATCEUC)—which originally planned an Action Day Oct. 10, 2013, and then called it off—has rekindled plans to strike Jan. 29 to protest the European Commission’s (EC) SES2+ package aimed at speeding implementation of the Single European Sky (SES).
Italian National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) grounded Small Planet Airlines Italia Jan. 20 due to its fragile financial situation, although its Lithuanian franchise parent Small Planet Airlines is still operating normally.
London’s Heathrow Airport will consult the local community on proposals for an additional runway at the airport as shortlisted by the government’s Airports Commission.
Air China parent China National Aviation Holding Co. (CNAH) has named Cai Jianjiang as its new GM, succeeding Wang Changshun, who has been appointed as Vice Minister of China’s Transport Ministry.
