Monthly Archives: February 2020

Greek Airline AEGEAN Ushers in New Era Revealing New Livery on its 3 New A320neo’s

A new era of growth has begun for AEGEAN, with the official reveal of its new livery and branding as well as the presentation of the first three new generation Airbus A320neo, equipped with latest technology Pratt & Whitney engines. Sealing a 20 years course of successful operation in Greece, AEGEAN sets a solid ground […]

Airbus and Green Africa announce strategic partnership with MoU for 50 A220s

Green Africa Airways, Nigeria’s Lagos-based airline, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 50 A220-300 aircraft, one of the major orders to be placed globally for the A220 programme and the largest ever from the African continent. Babawande Afolabi, Founder & CEO of Green Africa Airways said, “Together with Airbus, we are incredibly proud […]

Virgin Atlantic Cargo to Launch Daily Heathrow-Cape Town Flights and Expand Capacity to Cuba from Oct 2020

Virgin Atlantic Cargo will launch a new daily Heathrow-Cape Town service from October 2020 and increase capacity to Cuba as part of their winter flying programme. As Virgin Atlantic celebrates 24 years of services to South Africa, the introduction of Cape Town flights from Heathrow for the winter season will offer new export and import […]

New Delta Sky Club coming to Haneda in time for Tokyo Olympics

Delta has begun construction this week on its new Delta Sky Club at the former TIAT Lounge Annex on the fifth floor of the International Terminal at Haneda International Airport. The nearly 9,000 square foot Club is located close to gates where Delta flights will depart to seven of its U.S. gateways including Atlanta, Detroit, […]

BBAM Orders Three 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters

BBAM and Boeing announced the lessor has ordered three 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF), underscoring the growing e-commerce and express sector of the air cargo market. BBAM has one of the world’s biggest Next-Generation 737 fleets and has chosen the BCF program to convert three airplanes in its existing fleet. “Through the Boeing freighter conversion […]

ANA Partners with Toyota to Test Autonomous Towing at Nagoya Airport

All Nippon Airways (ANA,  Japan’s largest and 5-Star airline for seven consecutive years, will collaborate with Toyota Industries Corporation to conduct tests of an advanced automatic towing tractor at Chubu (Nagoya) Centrair International Airport from February 10th to 14th. The airport was selected because it hosted over 100,000 departures and arrivals in fiscal 2018, meaning […]

New portfolio of Global Reach Airport Shows to be presented at NAIS Moscow

The organisers of inter airport Europe, inter airport China, inter airport South East Asia, NAIS Moscow and the Airport Show Dubai announce portfolio of Global Reach Airport Shows. The world’s leading exhibitions for airport equipment, infrastructure and design have pooled together to increase their global reach. The group of shows, which are now all part […]

Bombardier Strengthens Customer Support Network in Europe with London Biggin Hill Service Centre Expansion

Bombardier proudly announced today the expansion of its London Biggin Hill service centre with the construction of a new and larger facility nearing 250,000 square feet (approximately 23,225 square metres) to replace its existing hangars. Scheduled to be operational by mid-2022, the new service centre will provide customers in the region with extended maintenance support […]

Etihad Cargo renews WFS Global Handling Contract

Frankfurt and Madrid added to existing station portfolio in Europe, the United States and Asia. Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has renewed its global cargo handling agreements with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the world’s largest air cargo handler, with Frankfurt and Madrid joining six existing gateways in Europe, Asia […]

De Havilland Canada Team on the Way to Singapore Airshow 2020

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (De Havilland Canada) is ready to reaffirm its commitment to customers in the Asia-Pacific region during the upcoming Singapore Airshow. A Dash 8-400 aircraft, which is one of two recently delivered to leasing company TrueNoord, will be a feature of the airshow’s static display. The aircraft is configured with […]