Reading Time: < 1 minute China Express Air has become the newest operator of CFM International’s CFM56 engines. The airline took delivery of the first of 11 CFM56-5B-powered Airbus A320ceo aircraft; the remaining aircraft are scheduled to be delivered in 2018 and 2019. The airline is operating the aircraft routes from its base in Chongqing to such destinations as Liuzhou, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes When Air Berlin, Germany’s second-largest airline, filed for bankruptcy protection, the stricken carrier was given a government bridging loan of €150 million (US$177 million) to keep it operational while a buyer, or buyers were sought. It was hoped that the carrier would prove more attractive if it remained operational and the loan was intended to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes On 10 October 2017, Air France and Vietnam Airlines announced the signing of a strategic partnership allowing the two airlines to optimize their services between France, Europe and Vietnam and to strengthen their position in a buoyant but highly competitive market. Starting 1 November 2017, date of the launch of this new joint venture, Air […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Допуск к работе с российским региональным самолетом Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) получил еще один европейский провайдер услуг по ТОиР. Им стала немецкая компания Haitec Aircraft Maintenance, одновременно расширившая сертификат EASA Part 145 и разрешение авиавластей Германии. Кроме того, компания готовится стать первым зарубежным провайдером услуг по ТОиР, сертифицированным на обслуживание SSJ 100 российскими авиавластями […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Эксперты лидера рынка делового туризма ГК “Аэроклуб” проанализировали бронирования авиабилетов сотрудниками крупнейших корпораций, работающих в России, и выяснили, как изменился спрос на перелеты бизнес-классом в 2017 году. Исходя из результатов исследования, бизнес-туристы приобрели на 20% больше авиабилетов бизнес-класса за рубеж, чем в 2016 году. Динамика роста спроса на перелеты повышенным классом комфорта по России не […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing reportedly injected GBP100 million (USD131 million) into Monarch Airlines last year as part of a bailout that briefly kept the airline operational, reports The Financial Times. However, the cash payments, which were paid over a period of six months from October 2016 into Monarch’s holding company, the Jersey-based Petrol Jersey Limited, weren’t enough to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Following on from last week’s 219.63% duty levied by the U.S. government on Canadian plane manufacturer Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft for “countervailable subsidies”, the U.S Commerce department has added a duty of 79.82%. This latter figure is based on a predetermination of what has been referred to as the investigation into the ‘dumping’ of the CSeries […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Brussels Airlines Airbus A320, in the livery of the Belgium “Red Devils” Soccer National Team, performing flight from Brussels to Madrid landed on Madrid’s runway 32R but touched down hard. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron, where passengers disembarked normally. While the aircraft was being prepared for the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute AviaAM Leasing, a Warsaw Stock Exchange listed global aviation holding company engaged in the business of commercial aircraft acquisition, leasing and sales, has announced the delivery of Airbus A321-211 to its long-standing partner Yamal Airlines. The aircraft was leased to the carrier under an operating lease agreement for the term of 6 years. Prior to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing Business Jets announced today at the National Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition it booked 14 new orders in the last year. The orders include one 737, four BBJs, three BBJ MAXs, one BBJ 787-8, two BBJ 777-300ERs and three BBJ 747-8s. “It has been a really strong year for us at Boeing Business Jets,” […]