aviationexperts: Worldwide flight delays cost airlines 25 billion US-Dollars

Click to enlarge After the great interest for their Airline Study 2013 the Frankfurt-based consulting company aviationexperts now published the Airline Study 2014. This year, the survey focuses on on-time performance, delay costs and emerging markets. Of special interest is the figure of 25 billion US-Dollars of costs that were incurred due to delays worldwide. … Dowiedz się więcej

Lufthansa Technik: Contract extension with Virgin America until 2021

Lufthansa Technik AG and Virgin America today announced an extension of their existing contract through to 2021. Under the new contract Lufthansa Technik will continue to provide its Total Material Operations TMO® services for Virgin America. The new agreement also includes the order for ten Airbus A320 aircraft to be delivered between July 2015 and … Dowiedz się więcej

Fighting foam: Airbus leverages innovation in order to help keep a river clean

Airbus has marked another environmental achievement with its introduction of an innovative new method for cleaning aircraft landing gear in Toulouse, France – which was specifically developed to prevent the discharge of foaming, non-toxic waste water in the nearby Touch River. As part of Airbus’ regular aircraft assembly process, their landing gear are cleaned outdoors … Dowiedz się więcej

Lufthansa Technik presents integrated system solutions

Travel experience instead of mere transportation. Lufthansa Technik AG is presenting one-stop service for cabin products at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg. For in-flight entertainment, lighting concepts, medical care or seating configurations, with its unique capabilities as an innovative development, production and maintenance organization gained from six decades of experience in day-to-day operations, the … Dowiedz się więcej

ERA Group meets in Dublin

The first 2015 meeting of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) Industry Affairs Group was jointly hosted by ASL and Air Contractors. The meeting took place over two days in ASL’s Corporate Office in Swords, County Dublin. 11 European airlines attended the meeting and other attendees included airport representatives from Shannon and Rotterdam The Hague … Dowiedz się więcej

Lufthansa: Germanwings Flight 4U 9525

Germanwings announces with the deepest regret that, according to the information currently available, its Airbus A320 aircraft operating Flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Düsseldorf suffered an accident above the French Alps at around 11:00 local time today (Tuesday 24 March). According to current information, there were 144 passengers and six crew members on board. … Dowiedz się więcej