Cathy Buyck
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Airlines

Norwegian Opens New Chapter as CEO and Founder Steps Down

Bjorn Kjos has announced his retirement at age 72, calling his departure “way overdue.”
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Airlines

Norwegian Opens New Chapter as CEO and Founder Steps Down

Bjorn Kjos has announced his retirement at age 72, calling his departure “way overdue.”
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Airlines

France Reveals Plans To Introduce an Eco Tax on Flights

The new levy will come into force in 2020 and will range from €1.5 per ticket in economy to €18 in business class.
Engines

Rolls-Royce Allots More Hybrid-electric Resources to Germany

The UK engine maker is teaming with the state of Brandenburg to create a regional ecosystem for hybrid- electric power and propulsion activities.
Airlines

British Airways Faces Record £183 Million Fine over Data Breach

The UK data protection authority faults the British flag carrier for "poor" security arrangements.
Airlines

Belgium Moves Towards Single Civil-military ATM System

The project to implement a shared air traffic management system for Belgium has reached the final implementation phase.
Aircraft

Norwegian Points to Max Groundings for Traffic Dip

The continued grounding of the Boeing 737 Max has diluted passenger totals for Norwegian Air Shuttle, as well as undermined on-time performance.
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Aircraft

Wake Vortex Reduction Trials Go Live at Vienna Airport

A new procedure using plate lines aims to mitigate wake vortices during landing approaches.
Aircraft

KLM to Deploy Its First Boeing 787-10 to East Africa

The Dutch airline plans to have 15 of the type in its fleet following an order swap with Air France.
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Aircraft

Asco Sees Progress In Restoring Production after Cyber Attack

A large-scaled ransomware attack beset Belgian manufacturer Asco Industries on June 7.
Aircraft

Tarom Renews Turboprop Fleet with Nine ATR 72-600s

The Romanian flag carrier will lease the new ATR turboprops from Nordic Aviation Capital.
Airlines

Lufthansa Reveals Major Shake-up of Eurowings

The low-cost carrier will solely focus on short-haul ops, reduce growth, and bring down costs to trim losses.
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Aircraft

American Airlines Orders 50 A321XLRs

The order includes the conversion of 30 of the airline’ s existing A321neo slots
Aircraft

Accipiter To Acquire 20 A320neo Aircraft

The purchase agreement marks the Dublin-based lessor’s first direct order from an aircraft manufacturer
Aircraft

Indigo Partners Adds To Growing A321XLR Order Tally

The U.S. private equity fund orders 50 of the long-range single -isle jetliner for three of its low-cost carriers.
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Aircraft

Regional Aircraft Lessor NAC Expands ATR Portfolio

Nordic Aviation Capital inks a LOI for up to 105 ATR 42/72-600s
Aircraft

Cebu Pacific Signs For Raft of Airbuses

The Philippines-based low-cost carrier will configure its new A330-900s with 460 seats.
Aircraft

Neeleman's ‘Moxy’ to Fly A220-300s

GECAS will lease nine A220s to David Neeleman’s new venture
Aircraft

Airbus Launches 4,700-nm A321XLR

Air Lease Corporation commits to 27 of the new model as part of an order for 100 Airbus narrowbodies.
Aircraft

Airbus Wins A330neo Order from Virgin Atlantic

The new widebodies are part of the airline’s goal to become the UK’s second flag carrier at London Heathrow.
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Aircraft

Hope, Ambiguity On Display in Paris

The 737 Max saga will dominate the discourse, but the air show invariably presents surprises.
Aircraft

Dassault Showcases Civil and Defense Platforms

The company’s Falcon 8X and Rafale will participate in the flying display at the 2019 Paris Air Show.
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Aircraft

Transavia To Test New Fuel-efficiency Solution

Low-cost carrier Transavia teams up with OpenAirlines to launch real time and in-flight fuel-saving application for the cockpit.
Airlines

Air France Moves To Remove Single-use Plastic

The airline will eliminate 1,300 tons of single-use plastic by year-end.
Aircraft

Flying-V Concept Secures KLM Backing

The V-shaped wing design claims to be 15% more aerodynamically efficient compared to the A350.
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Aircraft

Airbus Lines Up Urban Mobility Fleet

Airbus is test flying two eVTOL demonstrators though it believes its role in urban air mobility is larger than building aerial vehicles.
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Aircraft

Boeing Exceeds Environmental Performance Targets

U.S. company is offering customers the option of using biofuel on delivery flights.
Environment

Airbus uses hi-tech to gain zero emissions

Airbus's low-emissions research spans carbon-absorbing algae, synthetic spider silk, and hybrid-electric propulsion.
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Airports

Sweden Makes a Sustainability Leap

Braathens Regional and ATR collaborated on a SAF-powered ‘perfect flight’ that produced significantly lower CO2 emissions.
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Airlines

Ryanair To Establish New Airline in Malta

Plans calls for Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair to register up to 60 aircraft on its Maltese subsidiary’s AOC.
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