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Bombardier Announces Completion of Previously Announced Acquisition and Gains Full Ownership of Aircraft Service Centre in Berlin

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Fri, Jan 8^th 2021 |

Bombardier announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares ...

Air France-KLM Group Board of Directors of December 4th, 2020

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Jan 7^th 2021 |

Following their meeting today, the Air France-KLM Board of Directors has unanimously decided to submit a resolution at the 2021 Annual General Meeting which would exte...

Sabena technics appoints a new Chief Financial Officer

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Dec 17^th 2020 |

French MRO group Sabena technics has appointed Géraud de Riberolles as its new Chief Financial Officer. He was prevously CFO at Safran Aerosafety Systems where he cont...

Remco Steenbergen appointed as new Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Lufthansa AG

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Nov 16^th 2020 |

The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG appointed Remco Steenbergen as a new member of the company’s Exe...

Take a bow, Tegel: Five things about stalwart Berlin airport

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Nov 5^th 2020 |

Drab and outdated but beloved for its convenience and quirky hexagonal design, Berlin's Tegel airport will finally close for good on Sunday after more than 60 years.T...

Dutch government backs KLM bailout after pilots agree to pay cut

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Nov 4^th 2020 |

The Dutch government on Tuesday approved a multi-billion-euro coronavirus bailout for struggling airline KLM after pilots agreed a five-year pay cut deal.Finance Mini...

Spain offers Air Europa a solid lifeline

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Nov 4^th 2020 |

The Spanish government said Tuesday it would offer a 475-million-euro ($553-million) lifeline to Air Europa to help see the airline through the coronavirus pandemic.The aid is to come from a 10-billion-euro fund set ...

Aviation chiefs in quarantine after virus case at Berlin airport

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Nov 4^th 2020 |

Aviation bosses who celebrated the long-delayed opening of Berlin's new international airport together have been forced into quarantine after a local official tested ...

Berlin's much delayed new airport welcomes first flights

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Nov 2^nd 2020 |

Berlin's new international airport officially opened on Saturday nine years late, massively over-budget and in the middle of a virus-induced air transport crisis.Two ...

IAG flies into a 1.3 billion euros loss in the third quarter

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Oct 22^nd 2020 |

IAG, the owner of British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia, dived into a loss totalling 1.3 billion euros ($1.52 billion) in the third quarter on coronavirus fallou...

KLM virus bailout to go to court in November: Greenpeace

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Oct 8^th 2020 |

KLM could have its wings clipped after Greenpeace said Wednesday a court would hear its lawsuit next month against the government's multi-billion-euro bailout package...

Iberia Pays Tribute to Spain's First Woman Pilot

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Oct 1^st 2020 |

In early October 1928, María Bernaldo de Quirós became the first woman in Spain to obtain a pilot’s license. Her superlative stunt flying skills earned her the nickname “Miss Golondrina” [&ldq...

China's biggest airshow 'will be held' in November, say backtracking organisers

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Sept 9^th 2020 |

China's biennial airshow will be held as scheduled in November, organisers insisted late Wednesday, backtracking on a...

Peru to resume international flights in October

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Sept 3^rd 2020 |

Peru announced Wednesday it will resume international flights and reopen its borders to a limited group of countries from October 1, after months of coronavirus lockdowns."We'll start with a limited number of flights...

American Airlines to lay off 19,000 workers in October without new aid

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Aug 26^th 2020 |

American Airlines warned Tuesday it will lay off around 19,000 workers on October 1 after federal aid expires unless lawmakers vote to give beleaguered US carriers mo...