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By Stephen Costley
SANAD AEROTECH and EMIRATES signed MOU to cooperate on engine maintenance programs, including GE90 and GP7200.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
COLLINS has 10-year Etihad Airways contract to provide Dispatch flight hour program for 787-9s, which includes critical on-site spares, maintenance
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By Stephen Costley
CTRM has 10-year Strata contract to supply structural composite detail aircraft parts; first delivery is 2Q20.
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By Stephen Costley
HONEYWELL was selected by Middle East Airlines to supply avionics for 11 A321neos, four A330neos and four A321XLRs.
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By Stephen Costley
ADIENT AEROSPACE and CRANE AEROSPACE & ELECTRONICS teamed to support Boeing's 2019 ecoDemonstrator program by providing business class seats with mcX
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By Stephen Costley
AIRBUS forecasts need for 3,200 new pax/freighter aircraft, >50,000 new pilots and nearly 52,000 new technicians in Middle East over next 20 years to
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By Stephen Costley
MUBADALA and BOEING have renewed their joint internship program.
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By Stephen Costley
CHORUS AVIATION reached agreement with CIBC Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets on behalf of syndicate of underwriters to purchase $75m of senior
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By Stephen Costley
MUFG acquired €4b aviation finance business of DVB BANK (SPNWS; Mar 8).
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By Stephen Costley
AEROCENTURY lost $8.2m in 3Q19 (vs $4.5m loss in 3Q18) on 6.5% lower lease revenue, citing termination leases/repossession of four CRJs from ADRIA
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By Stephen Costley
JAPAN AIRLINES increased its stake in JETSTAR JAPAN from 33.3% to 50%.
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By Stephen Costley
US DOT granted antitrust immunity to Delta Air Lines, Air France-KLM and Virgin Atlantic Airways for their transatlantic joint venture (SPNWS; October
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By Stephen Costley
AVIANCA, UNITED and KINGSLAND HOLDINGS finalized documentation of stakeholder loan of up to $250m for Avianca; 4-year loan has a 3% interest rate and
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By Stephen Costley
REX bought out ST Engineering's stake in AVIATION TRAINING ACADEMY AUSTRALIA and ST AEROSPACE ACADEMY (AUSTRALIA) for $9.3m.
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By Stephen Costley
EASYJET had £427m pretax profit for year ended September 30 (vs £445m a year ago) on 8.3% higher revenues. It says 1H20 bookings are reassuring.
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By Stephen Costley
TUNISAIR EXPRESS took delivery of first (1582) of three ATR 72-600s.
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By Stephen Costley
EASYJET signed MOU with AIRBUS to analyze opportunities and challenges surrounding hybrid and electric aircraft in cooperation with WRIGHT ELECTRIC.
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By Stephen Costley
IDEAWORKSCOMPANY estimates airline ancillary revenues at $109.5b in 2019 vs $92.9b in 2018 and $22.6b in 2010, the first year for estimate.
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By Stephen Costley
JETAIR CARIBBEAN received its AOC for startup of service to Kingston, Port Au Prince and Santo Domingo with a Fokker 70.
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By Stephen Costley
ASTRA AIRLINES has temporarily suspended its AOC and cancelled all flights amid financial difficulties; it has three ATRs and a BAe 146-300.
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By Stephen Costley
COMMSOFT was selected by Aircamo Aviation, UK to provide OASES MRO IT system to support its CAMO and technical management operations.
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By Stephen Costley
A4A projects US airlines will carry record 316m pax during 12-day Thanksgiving holiday travel period (November 22-December 3), up 3.7% from a year ago
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By Stephen Costley
TAP AIR PORTUGAL plans in summer 2020 to begin five-times-weekly Boston-Ponta Delgada, Azores and six-times-weekly Montreal-Lisbon (A321LR).
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By Stephen Costley
AIRASIA began Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo Narita (A320).
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By Stephen Costley
BRITISH AIRWAYS plans to take delivery of its first 787-10 in January 2020; first route is Heathrow-Atlanta in February.
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