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 Airbus A330 to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. 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 airline 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 Turkish Airlines 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 Korean Air 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 Gulf Air 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 Aeroflot 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 -- >