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Island Aviation orders two De Havilland Canada Twin Otter series 400 aircraft

Island Aviation has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire two new Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft. Founded in 2003 as A. Soriano Aviation, Inc., Island Aviation is a charter airline based in the Philippines. Captain Emmanuel ("Butch") Generoso, Chief Operating Offi...

Modernizing the fleet - Condor took delivery of its first A330neo

Condor Flugdienst took delivery of its first A330-900 widebody aircraft out of an order of 16 A330neo aircraft. The A330neo will replace previous generation aircraft in their fleet to reduce Condor’s operating costs as well as fuel consumption and CO2emissions by 25 percent. Condor&r...


WestJet joins De Havilland Component Solutions Program to enhance support to its fleet of Dash 8-400

De Havilland Aircraft announced that it has signed a De Havilland Component Solutions Program agreement with WestJet Encore Ltd. Under the agreement, De Havilland Canada will manage component maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the airline's fleet of Dash 8-400 aircraft and provide access to De Havilland Canada's strategically located exchange pool. Lisa Davis, Vice-...

SmartLynx Airlines now flies with two Airbus A330 for Condor

Back in June 2022, SmartLynx Airlines landed in the long-haul market and started operation for Condor with an Airbus A330. For the winter season, another aircraft of the type has been added from December 2022. The basis is a wet lease agreement concluded with the German holiday airline Condor Flugdienst GmbH. The current flight schedule from Frankfurt includes, at peak times, up to...

flydubai celebrates Argentina national football team’s World Cup victory with two special liveries

flydubai has unveiled a special livery on two of its Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to celebrate the Argentina national football team’s victory in the final of the World Cup 2022. As the regional partner for the Argentine Football Association, flydubai carried the champions from Abu Dhabi to Doha after they concluded their training on 18 November, marking the start of their race to the cup. Th...

Eviation Aircraft chosen by Air New Zealand as Mission Next Gen Aircraft partner

Air New Zealand has signed a LOI with Eviation Aircraft for up to 23 aircraft as part of its Mission NextGen Aircraft program. The nine-seater Alice is the first flight-proven all-electric commuter aircraft and promises to usher in a new era of carbon-free, cost-effective and convenient aviation. Alice is powered by two magni650 electric propulsion units developed by magniX, th...

ORC took delivery of its first ATR 42-600 covered by an ATR GMA

ORC took delivery of its first ATR 42-600 covered by an ATR Global Maintenance Agreement contract. The aircraft, delivered in Toulouse was ordered in July and carries the brand-new ORC livery. ORC will plan to start operating the ATR aircraft in July 2023 to further support the airline’s domestic activities in providing reliable essential connectivity from Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu in...

World first net zero transatlantic flight to fly from London in 2023

In 2023, one of Virgin Atlantic’s flagship Boeing 787s, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, will take off from London Heathrow and make the journey to New York’s John F Kennedy Airport – a journey made by thousands of people for business, family, and leisure every week. But this will be no ordinary journey.  When fully replacing kerosene, SAF can slash lifecycle carbo...

United Airlines unveils historic order to purchase up to 200 new Boeing widebody planes

United Airlines announced the largest widebody order by a U.S. carrier in commercial aviation history: 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliners with options to purchase 100 more. This historic purchase is the next chapter in the ambitious United Next plan and will bolster the airline's leadership role in global travel for years to come. United expects to take delivery of the new widebody plan...

Mission Next Gen Aircraft - Air New Zealand selected VoltAero for sustainable fleet ambitions

Air New Zealand selected VoltAero as one of “Mission Next Gen Aircraft” demonstration partners with its Cassio electric-hybrid aircraft as a unique solution for sustainable fleet ambitions. VoltAero and Cassio are aligned to Air New Zealand goal of working with world-leading innovators in introducing zero-emission passenger/cargo flights. The Cassio aircraft fa...

airBaltic performs maintenance for Air Austral A220-300

Beginning December 2022 airBaltic performed the scheduled A-Check technical maintenance and engine replacement for an Airbus A220-300 aircraft of the French carrier Air Austral. The work was done by a team of 10 airBaltic technicians, and it was the first time that such maintenance was performed for an aircraft of another airline. Andris Vaivads, Senior Vice P...

Ruili Airlines becomes the first airline in China to be a part of the Embraer Energia Advisory Group

Ruili Airlines has signed an agreement with Embraer to join its Energia Advisory Group - Energia is Embraer’s project developing sustainable aircraft for the future. The companies will work together on the design requirements for next-generation sustainable aircraft and the potential market in China. Based at Kunming Changshui International Airport, Ruili Airlines is a full-service premium c...

Reducing its environmental footprint - American Airlines partners with Safran for more efficient brakes

As part of its commitment to minimize the environmental impact of air travel, American Airlines, the world’s largest operator by fleet size, has partnered with Safran Landing Systems to upgrade its Boeing 737NG fleet from steel to carbon brakes, representing more than 300 aircraft currently in operation.Lighter than steel brakes, with up to 700 pounds (320 kg) of weight savings per aircraft,...

A long-standing partnership in support of the aviation sector decarbonization - Air France-KLM & TotalEnergies

Air France-KLM & TotalEnergies signed a MoU that will see TotalEnergies deliver more than one million cubic metres or 800,000 tonnes of Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Air France-KLM Group airlines over a 10-year period, starting in 2023.This SAF will be produced by TotalEnergies at its biorefineries and will be made available to the Air France-KLM Group’s airlines, mainly for fli...

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Air Baltic Corporation AS , Latvia’s national airline and the leading carrier in the Baltic States, announced that airBaltic and its subsidiaries participating in the voluntary Ch...

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Qantas Freight and Australia Post expand air cargo capacity with Airbus A321 freighter in western Sydney

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Turkish Airlines and CFM sign landmark MOU for more than 600 LEAP-1B engines

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