AVIATION MARKET OVERVIEW 22 June2012
LESSORS
AWAS delivers sixth Airbus aircraft to Royal Jordanian. Read more -- >
GECAS delivers leased Airbus A320 to Hamburg Airways. Read more -- >
Nordic Aviation Capital orders twelve Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft to be leased to Garuda Indonesia. Read more -- >
AIRLINES
Air Canada to conduct first flight with sustainable biofuel. Read more -- >
ANA announcement of model change for Boeing 787 aircraft. Read more -- >
Estonian Air and Air France to start code-share cooperation on Paris-Tallinn route. Read more -- >
Air France-KLM is continuing to support sustainable alternative fuel research. Read more -- >
JetBlue Airways becomes first FAA-certified carrier to fly special (non-public) RNP AR approaches with Airbus A320 fleet at New York's JFK airport. Read more -- >
Ryanair calls for urgent sale of Stansted as May traffic declines 5.5%. Read more -- >
Transaero Airlines and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft signed a firm contract on delivery of six SSJ 100 aircraft. Read more -- >
Kenya Airways rights shares start trading at Nairobi Securities Exchange. Read more -- >
The passenger traffic of Rossiya Russian Airlines increased by 25.2% during 5 months. Read more -- >
Wizz Air announces 7th Polish airport: Lublin. Read more -- >
Azul Brazilian Airlines makes demonstration flight with renewable jet fuel produced from Brazilian sugarcane. Read more -- >
Orenair has acquired 23rd Boeing 737 aircraft. Read more -- >
Code share agreement between Luxair and Turkish Airlines. Read more -- >
GOL and Qatar Airways enter into mileage sharing agreement. Read more -- >
Transaero Airlines firms up order for four A380s. Read more -- >
MRO
Pratt & Whitney expands global network with South African Airways Technical. Read more -- >
Line Maintenance expansion for Monarch Aircraft Engineering. Read more -- >
Turkish Technic signs agreement with Atlasjet for Landing Gear Overhaul services. Read more -- >
FL Technics Training adds new Part-147 aircraft type training course for Boeing 757 technicians. Read more -- >
AIRPORT
New Rail Link Between Warsaw Chopin Airport. Read more -- >
4.09 million travellers passed through Singapore Changi Airport in May, 2012. Read more -- >
Bordeaux Airport, +13.3% of international passengers at the end of May. Read more -- >
China continues to drive international passenger growth. Read more -- >
Brussels Airport releases first images of the future Connector building. Read more -- >
AIRCRAFT & ENGINE MANUFACTURERS
Skyworld Aviation arranges sale of two Airbus A320′s to Ukrainian operator. Read more -- >
Aeroports de Montreal, Bombardier Aerospace and Porter Airlines kick-off ICAO flightpath to a sustainable future. Read more -- >
Airbus launches enhanced Customer Support Network in India. Read more -- >
ATR 42-600 certified by EASA. Read more -- >
Bombardier Q400 Smart Parts program soars with new Eurolot agreement. Read more -- >
The first anniversary of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 commercial operations in Aeroflot. Read more -- >
Embraer and Avic Announce joint venture to build executive jets in China. Read more -- >
Rolls-Royce starts work on advanced casting facility in Rotherham. Read more -- >
OTHER
22nd ACI Europe Assembly: Europe on course for becoming aviation-disabled, say airports. Read more -- >
22nd ACI Europe Assembly: CO2 reduction & efficiency drive go hand in hand for Europe’s airports. Read more -- >