Deutsche Aircraft has signed a follow-on maintenance contract with German-based business aviation operator Private Wings Flugcharter (PWF). PWF is one of the largest D328 operators in Europe, with a fleet of nine D328-100 turboprops and one D328 jet. Peter Gatz, CEO...
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AJW expands PBH agreement with Modern Logistics
AJW Group recently expanded the power-by-the-hour (PBH) support contract with Brazilian cargo operator Modern Logistics. The PBH contract was signed in 2017 for the full maintenance services for B737CL freighters. It was also one of the first PBH contracts for AJW in...
Bombardier expands US footprint with new maintenance facility in Miami
Bombardier recently inaugurated a new 300,000-square-foot facility at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF) in Florida, almost quadrupling Bombardier’s current maintenance footprint in Florida. Apart from creating over 300 aerospace jobs in the community, the...
IATA’s Global Passenger Survey underlines simplification and convenience as passengers’ priorities
International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest Global Passenger Survey (GPS) revealed that passengers’ main priority during air travel is simplification and convenience with proximity to the airport as the main criteria. The passengers prefer to fly from an...
AvEx selects Rusada to manage its heavy maintenance
Aviation Exteriors Louisiana (AvEx) has selected Rusada’s ENVISION software to manage its new line of heavy maintenance activities. AvEx recently expanded its services by adding heavy maintenance and passenger-to-freighter conversions to its service portfolio. In...
SIA Engineering reports net profit of $32.5 million for H1 of FY2022-23
SIA Engineering Group (SIA) has posted revenue of $362.2 million for the first half of the financial year ending September 30, 2022, an improvement of $98.7 million (+37.5%) year-on-year, largely driven by the increase in flight activities, and all segments recorded...
Datalex achieves IATA Airline Retailing Maturity index certification
Datalex achieved an important milestone with IATA Airline Retailing Maturity index (ARMi) certification for three pricing capabilities. With this certification, IATA stated that airlines can unlock greater value to the customers with improved differentiation of...
Safran reports a positive Q3 with €4,849 million in sales
Safran posted an increase of 29.9% in sales, closing at €4,849 million in the financial report for the third quarter of 2022. Revenue for Q3 was up by 29.9% reaching €4,849 million while organic revenue was up by 17.9% compared to Q3 2021. Safran’s revenue for the...
A.P Moller-Maersk launches first flight of Maersk Air Cargo
A.P Moller-Maersk recently launched the first flight of Maersk Air Cargo with scheduled flights between Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (GSP) and Incheon, Korea (ICN). The transpacific operation will start on October 31, 2022, with two weekly flights. Maersk...
Changi airports forecast 80% pre-pandemic levels by 2022 end
Singapore Changi Airport handled 3.42 million passenger movements in September 2022, reaching 62.6% of its pre-Covid traffic in September 2019. Aircraft movements, which include landings and takeoffs, totaled 20,400, 65.6% of September 2019 levels. Airfreight...
MTU Aero Engines closed first nine months on positive note with operating profit of €448 million
MTU Aero Engines recorded a growth of 27% in revenue reaching €3.82 bn with an operating profit of €448 million in the first nine months of 2022. MTU’s revenue increased in both commercial maintenance and the commercial engine business in the first nine months. In...
SIA digitalizes cargo operations with IBS Software’s iCargo platform
Singapore Airlines has gone live with the Integrated Cargo Management System (ICMS), powered by IBS Software’s iCargo cargo management platform. This solution will help in eliminating disparate cargo systems and bringing in the latest cloud technology to transform...