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ETIHAD AIRWAYS SIGNS CODESHARE DEAL WITH SAFI AIRWAYS

ETIHAD AIRWAYS SIGNS CODESHARE DEAL WITH SAFI AIRWAYS

Etihad Airways will gain better access to Kabul following the signing of a codeshare agreement with Safi Airways, the leading international airline of Afghanistan. Under the deal, effective since Tuesday 15 May, Etihad Airways has placed its two-letter ‘EY’ code on the four weekly services which Safi Airways has operated between Abu Dhabi and the

Turkish Airlines announces a commercial cooperation agreement with Air Canada

Turkish Airlines announces a commercial cooperation agreement with Air Canada

Turkish Airlines is pleased to announce that a commercial cooperation agreement has been reached between Turkish Airlines and Air Canada. The agreement will enable domestic Canadian flights to directly connect to Turkish Airlines itineraries to or beyond Turkey and for THY originating passengers to continue their journey with Air Canada domestic flights. All passengers will

Avioserv San Diego, Inc. Selected as Southwest Airlines Consignment Partner

Avioserv San Diego, Inc. Selected as Southwest Airlines Consignment Partner

SAN DIEGO, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Avioserv San Diego, Inc. has been selected to support Southwest Airlines’ phased retirement of their 737 Classic fleet. In this capacity Avioserv will support Southwest’s efforts to control its CFM56-3 overhaul costs, utilizing proprietary consignment material for engine overhauls, while marketing excess inventory as the sole consignment partner

Cargolux starts weekly service to Manaus

Cargolux starts weekly service to Manaus

Cargolux Airlines International S.A. today announced the addition of Manaus, Brazil, to its network of worldwide destinations. The airfreight service begins on 19 May 2012 with flight CV7606 departing Luxembourg at 18:00 local time and arriving in São Paulo at 00:45 on the next day. Leaving the largest city in Brazil at 02:45 as flight

Atlantic Airways anticipates positive result for 2012 despite uncertain market

Atlantic Airways anticipates positive result for 2012 despite uncertain market

Atlantic Airways, the national carrier of the Faroe Islands, has recorded a nine per cent year-on-year increase in revenue in the first quarter of 2012. However, higher fuel costs and weakening demand in the European charter sector meant an increase in losses for the period compared with 2011. The period was the airline’s last prior

Transat A.T. Inc. and Air Transat mark their 25th anniversary by unveiling an all-new, entirely redesigned cabin interior

Transat A.T. Inc. and Air Transat mark their 25th anniversary by unveiling an all-new, entirely redesigned cabin interior

MONTREAL, May 17, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – Transat A.T. Inc., one of the largest integrated tourism companies in the world and Canada’s holiday travel leader, along with its business unit Air Transat, Canada’s leading holiday travel airline, this week proudly unveiled the first Air Transat Airbus A330 to feature a new, fully redesigned cabin interior.

FAA Grants APB Blended Winglets Approval for 767 Boeing Converted Freighter

FAA Grants APB Blended Winglets Approval for 767 Boeing Converted Freighter

SEATTLE, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) announced today that it has received approval from the FAA demonstrating compatibility for installing Blended Winglets on the Boeing 767 Converted Freighter (767-BCF). This development assures that Boeing 767-300ERs with Blended Winglets are viable candidate for future conversion to freighters by Boeing. Blended Winglet technology

SIA: APRIL 2012 OPERATING RESULTS

SIA: APRIL 2012 OPERATING RESULTS

LOS ANGELES, May 17, 2012 – The operating results for April 2012. In April 2012, Singapore Airlines recorded 9.8% year-on-year growth in systemwide passenger carriage (measured in revenue-passenger kilometres), which outpaced the increase in capacity (measured in available seat-kilometres) of 2.9%. As a result, passenger load factor (PLF) improved 5.1 percentage points to 79.7%. The

AerCap Holdings N.V. Announces Pricing of its Private Offering by AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V.

AerCap Holdings N.V. Announces Pricing of its Private Offering by AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V.

Schiphol, The Netherlands, May 17, 2012 – AerCap Holdings N.V. (NYSE: AER) (the “Company”) today announced that AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. (the “Issuer”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, priced its previously announced offering of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes (the “notes”). The notes will bear interest at a

RYANAIR CUTS ALL RHODES & KOS FLIGHTS FROM OCTOBER 2012 AS MINISTRY OF TOURISM RENEGES ON PROMOTION AGREEMENT

RYANAIR CUTS ALL RHODES & KOS FLIGHTS FROM OCTOBER 2012 AS MINISTRY OF TOURISM RENEGES ON PROMOTION AGREEMENT

Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (17 May) confirmed the early cancelation of 82 weekly flights to Rhodes and Kos, after DETAP and the Mayor of Kos failed to honour an agreed joint marketing campaign with Ryanair to promote Ryanair’s Rhodes and Kos routes this summer. Ryanair will now close 11 routes to Kos and