Sanad and AvAir have come together to provide asset management solutions for a vast array of Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer components. All material will be made available for exchange to AvAir’s network of customers worldwide. Steven Solomon, AvAir Vice President of...
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Air India signs Ideagen’s Coruson software application to enhance inflight safety
Air India has signed up Ideagen’s cloud software application Coruson to enhance safety management and facilitate real-time reporting of in-flight incidents. This move by the airline comes under the backdrop of three incidents of unruly passenger behaviour on two...
Aer Lingus ditches Knock-Gatwick route, switches to Heathrow
Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus will stop flying from Ireland West Knock Airport to London Gatwick in March. The airline is to instead open a Knock-London Heathrow route on the 26th of the month and compete more directly with Irish rival Ryanair, which connects the...
Atlas Air reports earnings ahead of delivery from Boeing of final 747
As it geared up to take a history-making delivery of Boeing's last-ever jumbo jet on January 31, Atlas Air announced earnings fell in 2022, mainly due to increased pilot costs related to a new collective bargaining deal and higher overtime pay. "Net income and...
SAL Saudi Logistics Services and Menzies Aviation signs MoU to enhance airport services
SAL Saudi Logistics Services and Menzies Aviation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a comprehensive study on delivering best in class passenger handling services for low-cost carriers at Saudi Arabia airports. Faisal AlBedah, Managing Director and...
Indian Oil Corporation commences export of AVGAS used in piston engine aircraft and UAVs
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has started the export of AVGAS 100 LL, a special aviation fuel meant for piston engine aircrafts and unmanned ariel vehicles (drones). “In the first-ever instance of India exporting this fuel, marking its entry into an estimated USD...
Japan Airlines invests in REGENT’s seaglider technology for sustainable transportation
REGENT has secured a strategic investment from Japan Airlines (JAL) Innovation Fund for incorporating seagliders into JAL’s global network. With this investment, REGENT has raised over $45 million to date. Billy Thalheimer, co-founder and CEO of REGENT said: “This...
Ethiopian Airlines partners with MailAmericas to offer wider freighter network
Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with MailAmericas (MA) to offer air transport service for carrying goods across its wide network. As a part of the partnership, MA will provide its market expertise and the knowhow in Latin America and Africa, where it has networks in...
Lufthansa Technik and Flyr widen checks and maintenance deal
Lufthansa Technik has started to carry out base maintenance services for Norwegian airline Flyr. The checks are being conducted in Budapest on the carrier's Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 737-800 aircraft and add to the services provided by Lufthansa Technik to Flry since the...
Martinair Holland to replace old freighters with Airbus A350F widebodies
Air France-KLM has put in a firm order for four new Airbus A350F widebody freighters for use by its Martinair Holland, a Dutch cargo airline headquartered at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. The A350F’s will, Air France-KLM said, "allow the airline to retire its existing...
Finnair Cargo announces SVP switch
Gabriela Hiitola is take over from Fredrik Wildtgrube as senior vice president of Finnair Cargo. Hiitola has worked for Finnair for nearly 25 years and will start her new job on February 1. “I have been following closely the transformation of Finnair Cargo during the...
Munich Airport and Lufthansa to bolster partnership
Munich Airport and Lufthansa are "reaffirming and strengthening their successful strategic partnership", according to a joint statement. "Both parties commit to a shared sustainability strategy, to the expansion of Munich Airport as an intermodal transport hub, to the...