by Dino D'Amore | Mar 13, 2023 | Airports, Zone: Europe
Around 16.6 million passengers passed through airports run by Spanish state operator Aena in February, a 2.2% increase on February 2019. About 10.5 million of the passengers flew internationally, down 0.2% on 2019 but 44% more than in 2022. Almost 7.5 million...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 13, 2023 | Airports, Zone: Europe
TAP Air Portugal said it “has reintroduced its popular Stopover scheme to allow customers to rediscover Portugal”. The carrier said the programme, which is a partnership with Turismo de Portugal, was revived ahead of its participation in this year’s...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 13, 2023 | Technology, Zone: Middle East/Africa
Setting stage for advanced technology in airport check-ins, Emirates is planning to launch multilingual robots to speed up passenger check-ins at Dubai airport, over the next two months. “We are the first airline globally that has introduced or plans to introduce...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 13, 2023 | Finance, Leasing, Maintenance, Parts, Zone: Americas
Engine lessor Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) recorded revenue of $311.9 million and pre-tax income of $9.8 million in 2022. By year-end, aggregate lease rent and maintenance reserve revenues were $246 million and spare parts and equipment sales were $27...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 10, 2023 | Maintenance, People, Zone: Europe
Barfield, an Americas-focused subsidiary of Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M), has named Franck Zoungrana as its chief financial officer (CFO). Zoungrana was Air France-KLM’s manager of the order to cash finance and...