Brazil’s Gol to offer MRO services from 2020
Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, São Paulo Congonhas) is planning to start proferring maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services to external customers from 2020 onwards, maintenance director Carlos Alberto Costa said at Aviation Week’s MRO Latin America event. The facility located at Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves will initially focus on B737 aircraft. The maintenance hangar […]
Lufthansa Cargo to add four 777Fs, speed up MD-11F phaseout
Lufthansa Cargo (LHC) will take delivery of four Boeing 777Fs in 2019 to speed up the phaseout of its 12-aircraft strong MD-11F fleet. “We are fortunate to get four Boeing 777Fs this year, one of the biggest fleet-renewal programs in our history,” Lufthansa Cargo CCO Dorothea von Boxberg told ATW in Nairobi. Two aircraft will […]
Aircraft Engine Seals market worth US$ 391.9 million in 2023 according to new research report
Stratview Research has published a new research report on Aircraft Engine Seals Market. This extensive 276-page report by Stratview Research analyses the growth of Aircraft Engine Seals Market over the trend period of 2012 to 2017 and forecast period of 2018 to 2023 under the following segments – by Aircraft Type (Commercial Aircraft, Regional Aircraft, […]
FAA recalls inspectors, engineers to work during shutdown
FAA is recalling aviation safety inspectors and engineers to work without pay during the ongoing partial shutdown of US government agencies. The agency said it anticipates 2,200 inspectors and engineers will return to work by Jan. 18. Overall plans call for recalling 3,113 people employed by FAA’s Aviation Safety Organization, but a breakdown of affected […]
FAA to issue new rules for drone flights over people, at night
The FAA will soon publish a proposed regulation that would allow flights of small drones for commercial purposes at night and over people under certain conditions. US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the pending release of a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) governing small drones Jan. 14 in a speech at the annual meeting of […]
Panamanian Copa Airlines is the most punctual airline in 2018
Analytical firm OAG Aviation Worldwide ranked the most punctual airlines in the world at the end of 2018 and concluded that the Panamanian Copa Airlines had the least delays and discrepancies with the schedule, according to the report “League of Punctuality-2019”. The calculation was carried out on the basis of 58 million reports of flights […]
Delta named as 2018 World’s most on-time mainline airline
FlightGlobal, incorporating FlightStats, global leader in aviation data and analytics, has today named Delta Air Lines as the world’s most on-time* mainline airline in 2018 in the industry’s longest-running annual On-Time Performance Service (OPS) Awards. This marks the second year running that Delta has topped the rankings, with 86.09% of its flights on time – […]
Shell, SkyNRG begin providing biofuel at SFO
Fuel supplier Shell Aviation and biofuel distributor SkyNRG have begun providing sustainable aviation fuel to Finnair, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) under a long-term collaboration agreement announced in May. The fuel is being provided by World Energy, formerly AltAir Fuels, from its Paramount refinery in Los […]
US and Argentina sign new aviation safety bilateral
The US and Argentina signed a new bilateral aviation safety agreement Nov. 30 during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, FAA announced. The agreement, which replaces an accord the two countries signed in 1989, allows FAA and Argentina’s National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) to increase collaboration on airworthiness certification of civil aviation products and in […]
ICAO highlights commitments and accomplishments driving progress in Latin American aviation
ICAO outlined a range of priorities and expectations for Latin American States this week when its Council President and Secretary General delivered their remarks to the 23rd Ordinary Assembly of the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (LACAC). ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu underscored to his audience that the event’s main panel discussion theme […]
