AVIATION MARKET OVERVIEW 18 May 2012

LESSORS

GE Capital Aviation services helps build Sriwijaya Air’s fleet with 12 leased Boeing 737s. Read more -- >

GE Capital Aviation services delivers new A330 to KLM Royal Dutch . Read more -- >

Air Lease Corporation announces first quarter 2012 results. Read more -- >

AIRLINES

Mahan Air will commence flights to Erbil Airport. Read more -- >

Atlantic Airways anticipates positive result for 2012 despite uncertain market. Read more -- >

Wizz Air celebrates its 8th anniversary. Read more -- >

AviancaTaca Holding S.A. reports first quarter 2012 operating revenue of US$1,028 million. Read more -- >

Singapore Airlines: suspension of services to Abu Dhabi and Athens. Read more -- >

SIA and SAS sign joint venture agreement. Read more -- >

Fiji’s national achieves another milestone in turnaround strategy. Read more -- >

Air Pacific to relaunch with new partners onboard. Read more -- >

American Airlines applies for additional Brazil frequencies. Read more -- > airBaltic achieves +3 pp increase of load factor in the first four months of 2012, Read more -- >

Estonian Air has increased significantly its market share in Tallinn Airport. Read more -- >

JetBlue Airways and form partnership. Read more -- >

Transaero airlines expands its fleet. Read more -- >

Transaero airlines launched Moscow – Los Angeles flights. Read more -- >

A positive start to 2012 for airberlin. Read more -- >

WestJet and launch code-share agreement. Read more -- >

Republic Airlines to operate 32 Q400s as United Express. Read more -- >

Alitalia Group increased its revenues by 13%. Read more -- >

Royal Jordanian and enter into full codeshare. Read more -- >

MRO

Dreamliner maintenance for LOT. Read more -- >

Aigle Azur signs with AFI KLM E&M for A320 component support. Read more -- >

Masterjet: a VIP client for AFI KLM E&M Read more -- >

SR Technics’ wins second contract for VIP aircraft. Read more -- >

VIP business cooperation with Airbus: renewal of agreement. Read more -- >

Lufthansa Technik Switzerland to concentrate on line maintenance. Read more -- >

AVIATION TRAINING & GROUND HANDLING

Flight training of pilots continues in Zhukovsky. Read more -- >

CAE acquires Oxford Aviation Academy. Read more -- >

Masterjet Cessna and Dassault pilots to train exclusively at CAE. Read more -- >

CAE and Bombardier to grow authorized training provider network for Bombardier business aircraft customers. Read more -- >

CAE opening new business aviation training locations in Australia, Brazil, China and Mexico in 2012. Read more -- >

Embraer expands flight safety training role for Legacy 450/500. Read more -- >

AIRPORT

Aéroports de Paris Group completes purchase of stake in TAV. Read more -- >

Budapest Airport welcomes Ryanair’s Billund flights. Read more -- >

Brisbane Airport: more Asian travellers heading to Qld. Read more -- >

Aéroports de Paris: revenue up 2.4 % for the first three months of 2012. Read more -- >

Airports of Thailand: financial performance for Q2 increases more than 20%. Read more -- >

Chopin Airport welcomes first Bingo Airways plane. Read more -- >

AIRCRAFT & ENGINE MANUFACTURERS

Boeing partner Northrop Grumman to explore opportunities with Brazilian machining companies. Read more -- >

Airbus corporate jets gain approval for Part 135 operations. Read more -- >

SCAC and Aeroflot sign the Act of Delivery & Acceptance for the SSJ100 MSN 95014. Read more -- >

Bombardier delivers first Q400 NextGen aircraft to Polish carrier Eurolot. Read more -- >

Flexjet to be first Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft fractional jet ownership provider. Read more -- >

ANAC certifies new cabin option for Phenom 300. Read more -- >

Embraer Legacy 650 spreads its wings into Saudi Arabia. Read more -- >

GE Aviation freezes design of Passport™ engine. Read more -- >

GE Aviation continues expansion of business & general aviation service network. Read more -- >

OTHER

Greater cooperation and regulatory engagement key to improving ground operations safety. Read more -- >

Using aviation to further Poland’s economic growth - government should accelerate its support. Read more -- >