The European Regional Airline Association (ERA) has voted Loganair (LM/LOG) as Airline of the Year 2023 at its awards ceremony held in Innsbruck, Austria. The UK’s largest regional airline picked up the industry award, determined by a panel of independent, globally acclaimed judges, in recognition of its “impressive performance” in [read more]
Leading low-cost carrier easyJet (U2/EZY) has brokered a deal with Airbus to purchase 157 new A320neo (New Engine Option) family aircraft for delivery at the end of the decade with the rights to purchase an additional 100 aircraft. The deal, worth $19.9bn at list prices, comes as the airline announces [read more]
European aerospace giant Airbus has broken ground at the site if its new A400M maintenance centre in Wunstorf. Tbe site at Wunstorf Air Base, which is home to the German Air Forces A400M transport fleet, will start maintaining A400Ms from mid 2027 and employ around 300 people. The ground-breaking ceremont [read more]
US carrier United Airlines has placed an order for 50 additiinal Boeing 787 airliners with the Seattle-based airframer. The deal will see the airline become the worlds largest operator of the 787 Dreamliner as it brings the total ordered by the airline to 150. The order is for the mid-size [read more]
Airline leasing specialist Avolon has announced a positive 3rd quarter of 2023 with a series of new leases and fleet additions. The Dublin, Ireland based lessor says it has completed 43 lease transactions which include new aircraft, lease extensions and follow-ons. This includes 7 brand new aircraft to 7 different [read more]
Russian airline Ural Airlines has comfirmed that, subject to engineering assessments, it plans to fly their stranded Airbus A320 from the field in which it becme stranded in following and emergency. The Airbus A320 (RA73805) landed in the field following an hydraulic fsilure on a flight from Sochi to Omsk [read more]
Menzies Aviation has announced it has appointed a new global head of cargo as it seeks to continue its rapid growth the air freight sector. Beau Paine will take on the role as well as retaining his current role of Senior vice president cargo (OSEA). Mr Paine joined Menzies Aviation [read more]
Airbus Defence and Space has handed over the first Airbus C295 military transport aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF) this week at Airbus; site in Seville, Spain. The first IAF C295 was equipped in a transport configuration and with an indigenous electronic warfare suite and is the first of [read more]
Asian carrier Vietnam Airlines has signed a deal with Boeing to purchase 50 Boeing 737 Max jets as it seeks to grow its fleet. The carrier has selected the versatile 737 Max 8 variant which offers a significant increase in fuel effeciency compared to the older -800 models. The order [read more]
Berkshire-based ISS Aerospace has announced a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for time-critical tasking missions. The tube-launched WASP M4-TL is man-portable and deployed in less than 3 seconds and can be operated physically by a person, or remotely if mounted on a vehicle, infrastructure, or ship. After its initial rocket launch from [read more]
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