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SITAONAIR hails successful Iridium® NEXT satellite launch

SITAONAIR has hailed the successful launch of Iridium’s second set of Iridium NEXT constellation satellites as another step closer to achieving minute-by-minute, 100% global aircraft flight-tracking. In partnership with Aireon and FlightAware, SITAONAIR’s AIRCOM® FlightTracker&nbs...

Airfare of Buta Airways flights will start from 29 euro

Final minimum airfare for all destinations of Azerbaijan’s first low-cost airline - Buta Airways will be only 29 euros one way. At the first stage, the Airline will operate flights from Baku to Moscow (Vnukovo Airport), Antalya, Kazan, Mineralnye Vody, Kiev, Tbilisi and Tehran. Starting fro...

VietJet Air and Safran sign SFCO2® service agreement

Safran has added a new customer, VietJet Air, Vietnam's leading private airline, for its SFCO2® fuel efficiency solution. The SFCO2 service contract spans five years, starting in 2017, and covers the entire fleet of the Ho Chi Minh City-based airline. It will help VietJet Air improve its operational efficiency by reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The agreement provides for op...

Airlines owe more than a billion euros for UK travelers, number is expected to shoot up in summer

Getting ready for a beach holiday? Already daydreaming about those long walks along the ocean? Well, better dream carefully, because airlines have other plans. Summer is not only peak season for vacation and travelling, but for delays and cancellations as well, say experts at www.skycop.com. As airports across the globe are getting ready for ‘the busiest summer yet’, airlines debt for...

Bombardier Signs a Letter of Intent with SpiceJet for up to 50 Q400 Aircraft

Longtime Bombardier operator in India to increase its fleet of Q Series turboprops to support regional expansion strategy SpiceJet will become newest customer of extra-capacity, 86-seat Q400 aircraft Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today from the International Paris Air Show, that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with SpiceJet of Gurgaon, India for up to 50 Q400 turboprop...

Boeing, United Airlines Announce Order for 100 737 MAX 10s

Boeing and United Airlines today announced an agreement at the 2017 Paris Air Show to convert 100 of its current 737 MAX orders into 737 MAX 10s, becoming the largest single 737 MAX 10 customer in the world. United also announced an order for four additional 777-300ER aircraft. "The 737 MAX 10 will enable us to continue using larger and more efficient aircraft within our domes...

Azerbaijan Airlines announced its intention to purchase four B787-Dreamliner aircrafts

Azerbaijani Airlines (AZAL) announced its intention to purchase four Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircrafts, which are estimated at approximately $918 million, today at the air show in Paris. Information about dates of order and delivery of the aircrafts will be posted to Boeing's Orders and Deliveries website once finalized. "The decision to order additional 787 Dreamliners represents s...

Cargoes for holding Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix delivered to Baku

Delivery of cargoes for holding Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix to Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku started. More than 600 tons of cargo, including racing cars and equipment needed for their maintenance and organization of the competition, arrived by six flights from Montreal. Two more flights will be operated this week. Flights are operated by cargo airlines Silk Way Ai...

Bombardier to Celebrate C Series’ First Year in Service by Showcasing a CS300 Aircraft in airBaltic’s livery at 2017 Paris Air Show

airBaltic’s brand new CS300 aircraft will be on static display alongside a Q400 aircraft in WestJet Encore colors Bombardier Commercial Aircraft will celebrate the C Series aircraft’s exceptional first year in service by showcasing airBaltic’s brand new CS300 aircraft at the 2017 Paris International Airshow, at Le Bourget airport from June 19 to 25. In addition to the CS3...

easyJet receives first of 130 A320neo aircraft

Airbus has delivered easyJet’s first A320neo, which is also the airline’s 300th A320 Family aircraft, at a ceremony in Toulouse involving Carolyn McCall, easyJet CEO, Gaël Méheust, CFM international CEO, Tom Enders, Airbus CEO, and other senior executives. The aircraft, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, is configured in a comfortable 186 seat layout. To mark the occasi...

airBaltic – Record Passenger Growth in the Baltic region

In the first five months of 2017, the Latvian airline airBaltic has transported 29% more passengers from Lithuania and Estonia compared to the same period a year before. From January until May, airBaltic has transported a record number of passengers – 146,116 customers from Estonia, the highest number since the beginning of operations in Estonia. In the meantime, airBaltic has transported...

Hahn Air adds Beijing Capital Airlines to its network of interline partners

Beijing Capital Airlines (JD) joins Hahn Air’s network of 300 air, rail and shuttle partners. The Chinese carrier signed an Interline Electronic Ticketing Agreement (IET) with the German scheduled airline and leading provider of distribution and ticketing services and can now sell its flights even in markets where it is not participating in the local BSP. Travel agents worldwide using the Gl...

Lufthansa Selects Cirrus Aircraft Fleet for Airline Pilot Training Program

Cirrus Aircraft announced that Lufthansa Aviation Training, the flight training program operated by Lufthansa Airlines, selected the technologically-advanced SR20 for its primary training fleet. Lufthansa Aviation Training has ordered 25 aircraft to lead its ab-initio, MPL and other flight training programs in Goodyear, Arizona. The SR20 aircraft will be used to train pilots from many of the...

Removing the copy+paste barrier in aircraft spare parts supply

As it stands today, Airbus and Boeing have a total of over 11 000 new aircraft in their backlogs. Inevitably, all of these machines will blend into the ageing worldwide fleet, amounting to a colossal 40 000 aircraft in 2035, says Boeing. Nevertheless, as the numbers in this graph flourish, delays and flight cancellations are also on an upward trend, amounting to losses of almost quarter of a milli...

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Korean Air places landmark order for 103 Boeing aircraft

Boeing and Korean Air announced that the carrier has finalized a purchase agreement for 103 aircraft spanning Boeing’s widebody and single‑aisle families. The deal includes 20 777‑9, 25 787...