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Virgin Atlantic, Delta Cargo to drive long-term growth with move to new purpose-built facility at Heathrow

Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo are to move into the new purpose-built dnata City East, London Heathrow’s most state-of-the-art cargo facility. The move supports the airlines’ growing cargo businesses, enhances their trans-Atlantic partnership for customers, and future-proofs the joint venture’s position in the U.K. market by doubling the size of their cargo footprint at […]

AirBridgeCargo Airlines moves one step further with its IoT concept in partnership with Unilode Aviation Solutions

AirBridgeCargo Airlines, one of the leading air cargo carriers for transportation of specialist types of cargoes, and Unilode Aviation Solutions, the leading global provider of outsourced Unit Load Device (ULD) management and repair solutions, have extended their ULD management partnership for the extensive usage of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices (TPEDs) for ULDs – pallets and […]

Wizz Air Celebrates 40 Million Passengers at London Luton with Further Expansion at its UK Base

Wizz Air UK, a UK-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of Wizz Air Holdings Plc. (“Wizz Air”), today announces expansion at its London Luton base, with the allocation of two new A321CEO aircraft and six new routes as Wizz Air celebrates carrying 40 million passengers on its low-cost Luton services. With the additional capacity Wizz Air is set […]

Air Astana Receives Its First Embraer E190-E2 jet

Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, presented its first E190-E2 jet in a ceremony held on 14th December in Astana. The airline will receive four additional E190-E2s next year, with the last of the five aircraft, leased by AerCap, being delivered in the final quarter of 2019. The Kazakhstan airline will start flying the […]

First ANA A380 rolls-out of Airbus Paintshop with unique livery

The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg, Germany, bearing the airline’s distinctive and unique Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle livery. ANA has firm orders for three A380s, becoming the first customer for the superjumbo in Japan. The airline will take delivery of the first A380 […]

Emirates Takes Delivery of its Last Boeing 777-300ER Aircraft

A6-EQP is the 190th Boeing 777 aircraft to be delivered with Emirates’ modern and efficient fleet strategy to continue with future deliveries of Boeing 777-8 and 777-9 aircraft. Emirates celebrated an important fleet milestone with the delivery of the final Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on its order books. A6-EQP is the 190th Boeing 777 aircraft to […]

Delta TechOps partners with Rolls-Royce to provide worldwide On-Wing Care Services

​Collaboration will provide customers with global support for engine line maintenance services. ​ Delta TechOps has recently partnered with Rolls-Royce to provide worldwide On-Wing Care Services for various Rolls-Royce Trent engines. “This collaboration with Rolls-Royce expands our existing relationship and provides customers with round-the-world support from our expert field teams,” said Jack Arehart, V.P. — […]

Boeing Delivers First 787-9 Dreamliner for Royal Air Maroc

Larger and longer-range Dreamliner to help airline expand service to Europe, United States and Latin America. Morocco’s flag carrier unveils new interior and special livery on inaugural 787-9. Boeing delivered the first 787-9 Dreamliner for Royal Air Maroc on 11th December, introducing a second member of the super-efficient Dreamliner family to the airline’s fleet. The […]

SWISS and Helvetic Airways Expand their Collaboration

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is to expand its partnership with Helvetic Airways, and will deploy up to eight Helvetic Airways Embraer E190-E2 aircraft or similar equipment on its route network from 2019 onwards under wet-lease (i.e. the lease-in of aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) arrangements. The expanded collaboration reconfirms the high quality of Helvetic […]