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Jeff Smisek has announced he is stepping down from his positon as CEO and chairman of United Continental “in connection with the company's previously disclosed internal investigation related to the fe...

FlyAfrica.com has been forced to cancel its service between Hosea Kutako International Airport and OR Tambo airport after a high court ruling found it did not have the required licence to transport pa...

Senegal's aviation authority has reported that a Senegal-bound medical evacuation aircraft with seven people aboard may have collided with 737-800 aircraft operated by Ceiba International Airlines sho...

Oman Air and Air Lease Corporation have announced long term lease agreements for 14 jet aircraft. The lease agreements cover three new Boeing 737-800s, seven new Boeing 737-8MAXs, and one new Boeing 7...

fastjet operations in Tanzania have reported a record number of passengers in August 2015, carrying a total of 76,741 passengers during the month. The load factor for August was 75%. The increase in p...

RwandAir, the national flag carrier of the Republic of Rwanda, has signed a firm contract with Airbus for an A330-200 and a larger A330-300, at a signature ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda. With this order ...

Wayne Easlea has been appointed Operations Director of KLM UK Engineering Limited, a wholly owned AFI KLM E&M subsidiary specialising in maintenance solutions for regional and narrow body aircraft fle...

On 1 October, Dr. Jens Krueger (43) will become Head of the Corporate Communications & Political Affairs at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg. He succeeds Bernd Habbel, who retired on June 30. The trained ...

Airbus’ A330-200 has received EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) certification for the new 242 tonne Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) version, following certification in April 2015 (*) of the 242t A...

As part of an ongoing GTA with Russian airline, JSC Donavia, AJW Engines is to provide engine shop visit management services for CFM56-5B engines. An experienced team of professional engineers from AJ...

British Airways 777 bound for London Gatwick caught fire on the runway in Las Vegas McCarran International Airport on Wednesday as the aircraft was taxiing to takeoff. All 172 passengers and crew esca...

The French government has announced its intention to relinquish its 60% stake in Nice Côte d’Azur and Lyon-Saint-Exupery airports. Reports state that interest has been particularly high due to the con...