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South Sudanese start-up Golden Wings Aviation successfully launched operations on August 1st with flights from Juba to Wau, using a Fokker 70 wet-leased from South Africa's SKA Aviation.Golden Wings i...

Ethiopian Airlines received its ninth B787 on August 3rd.  The aircraft has been named ‘Great Wall of China’, and will be operated on services to Hong Kong from Addis Ababa.Chief Executive Officer of ...

Premium Aerotec is planning to employ additive layer manufacturing technology – commonly known as 3D printing – for regular component production from 2016.The German aerostructures manufacturer and Ai...

Airbus has announced that an undisclosed customer has placed an order for 45 A320 Family aircraft during the month of July. According to Airbus, the client ordered 17 A320ceo along with 21 A320neo and...

KfW IPEX-Bank and lessors Nordic Aviation Capital have closed a commercial transaction for two new ATR 72-600s. The aircraft will be on a long term operating lease to Danish operator Jet Time with a w...

As Skymark continues to cut routes, one wonders if the airline can survive much longer, but as mentioned previously, at least management are trying to cut back to the profitable routes alone to save t...

China Construction Bank (CCB) Financial Leasing Corporation has appointed Wang Tao as its new managing director of aviation.Tao left Embraer China on 31st July after serving for three years as directo...

China's Xian Aircraft Industry (XAIC) has become the sole supplier of wings to Airbus's A320 final assembly line in Tianjin.Initially, Xian Aircraft supplied systems for installation in wings built in...

Inmarsat has opened its first office in Beijing, located at the Kong Gang Industrial Park in Shun Yi District.Andy Sukawaty, executive chairman, Inmarsat, said: “Inmarsat has a strong and enduring his...

JG Summit Holdings Inc. has denied reports that it has abandoned plans to invest in Philippine Airlines (PAL).JG senior vice president Bach Johann M. Sebastian said that the company has yet to review ...

Indonesia's Lion Group has finalized the first deal for its leasing subsidiary, Transportation Partners, to lease three B737-800s to China's 9 Air in a move described as a "backup plan" for the group’...

Jet Airways has finalized a codeshare agreement with Vietnam Airlines, in order to facilitate links between India and Vietnam via flights between Singapore and Bangkok. Under the codeshare arrangement...