Monthly Archives: January 2022

Atlas Air Worldwide Purchases Four Boeing 777 Freighters

Boeing and Atlas Air Worldwide today announced an order for four 777 Freighters. The order, placed in December, rounds out a record-setting 2021 for Boeing’s freighter family including new-production and converted models. Boeing has forecast that the global freighter fleet will grow by 70% in the next 20 years, with freight carriers such as Atlas […]

ALLEGIANT ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF 50 BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT

Allegiant Travel Company announced an agreement with Boeing to purchase 50 new 737 MAX aircraft as part of the airline’s ongoing efforts to modernize and expand its fleet on 5th January, 2022. The multi-year deal – Boeing’s first with an ultra-low-cost carrier in the United States –  includes the purchase of 737-7 and 737-8-200 models, […]

Launch of Airbus Atlantic, a new global player for aerostructures

A wholly-owned Airbus subsidiary, Airbus Atlantic, a global player in the aerostructures field, was officially established on 1st January 2022. The new company groups the strengths, resources and skills of Airbus’s sites in Nantes and Montoir-de-Bretagne, the central functions associated with their activities, as well as the STELIA Aerospace sites worldwide. This unification is part […]

airBaltic increases the use of sustainable aviation fuel

Latvian airline airBaltic reports that in 2021 the company has increased the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 20% compared to SAF volumes uplifted in 2020. This has been achieved in cooperation with Neste and other fuel providers on the airBaltic network. The collaboration with Neste started recently when airBaltic fuelled the first flight […]

Air Malta is not Cancelling Routes but is Consolidating Its Flight Frequencies to Match Demand

Air Malta is consolidating its flight schedule for the months of January and February by reducing frequencies on certain routes without however cancelling any of the 16 routes the airline is operating to this winter. This curtailing, necessitated due to the dramatic downturn in demand over recent weeks, is presently very common in the industry […]

Groundforce Portugal renews its Management System Certification

Groundforce Portugal’s Management System was once again recognized by APCER (Portuguese Association for Certification) with the normative reference ISO 9001:2015. Groundforce Portugal is ISO 9001 – Quality Management certified in all its stations – Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Madeira. This certification regulates the best market practices in Service Quality Management, assuring that Groundforce’ s operation […]