Australia’s Alliance Airlines has entered into a five-year heavy maintenance agreement with Fokker Services for its Fokker F70 and F100 aircraft. Australia’s Alliance Airlines has entered into a five-year heavy maintenance agreement with Fokker Services for its Fokker F70 and F100 aircraft. The latest agreement is effective until 2025 and builds on a 2018 deal...Continue Reading

The US Air Force is looking for air-to-air combat technologies for its family of next-generation unmanned air vehicles. The US Air Force (USAF) is looking for air-to-air combat technologies for its family of next-generation unmanned air vehicles (UAV). Some of the service’s initial focus areas are air domain awareness technologies, including airborne moving target indication...Continue Reading

Lufthansa Technik foresees no return to pre-crisis MRO activity before late 2023 or early 2024 “at the earliest” while it expects the maintenance market will be permanently changed by the pandemic. Lufthansa Technik foresees no return to pre-crisis MRO activity before late 2023 or early 2024 “at the earliest” while it expects the maintenance market will be...Continue Reading

Amazon Air has taken a stake in lessor and cargo operator Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), worth $132 million. Amazon Air has taken a $132 million stake in lessor and cargo aircraft operator Air Transport Services Group (ATSG). Amazon is exercising warrants that it has held since 2016 and 2018 to acquire 13.5 million shares...Continue Reading

Both houses of the US Congress have passed the third comprehensive coronavirus relief package for the air transport industry, which would grant airlines $14 billion more in payroll support as the crisis drags on. Both houses of the US Congress have passed the third comprehensive coronavirus relief package for the air transport industry, which would...Continue Reading