Air Transport World

KLM UK Engineering, a subsidiary of AFI KLM E&M, has opened a facility for dismantling and recycling aircraft.

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO) has been appointed by Hongkong Jet to provide inventory technical management and airframe maintenance for Airbus A319 corporate jets (ACJ).

Ethiopian Airlines will provide technical support to RwandAir as from March, which includes line maintenance up to an A check and component exchange support for Boeing 737NGs and Bombardier Dash Q400s.

TUI Travel subsidiary Tec4Jets has moved into its new maintenance facility, Jetairport, at Brussels Airport.

The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 236 airports worldwide, presented by monthly and year-to-date figures.

Airbus Americas chairman Allan McArtor will become chairman and CEO of Airbus Group, the company’s North American business unit, succeeding Sean O’Keefe, effective March 1.

Guernsey-based regional airline Aurigny will wet lease an Embraer E-195 while awaiting delivery of its own aircraft.

Delta Air Lines retired its remaining McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft Monday after the last scheduled commercial flight from Minneapolis/St. Paul to Atlanta.

Twenty-three Chinese carriers are expected to receive CNY912 million ($149.3 million) in subsidies to operate regional routes in 2014, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).

Germany’s Intro Group owner Hans Rudolf Wöehrl said Air France’s Irish regional airline CityJet, which Intro plans to acquire in March, will operate mainly from London City Airport.

Russia and Armenia have agreed to remove all airline restrictions on routes between the two countries.

Lithuanian Avia Solutions Group has won the Rostekhnologii (Rostec) investment contest for airport development at Ramenskoye Airfield near Moscow.

French carrier Europe Airpost plans to make its transatlantic passenger debut in 2014 using Boeing 737-700s, as it seeks to further diversify its business.

Frankfurt Airport is implementing a new system of airport charges to reward airlines if they achieve passenger growth of more than 1% using quieter aircraft on international routes.

Emirates Airline has signed an operational and commercial cooperation agreement with TAAG Angola Airlines, as it aims to strengthen its ties to Africa, African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has reported.

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Flydubai has finalized an order for 75 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 11 737-800s, valued at $8.8 billion at list prices.

Turkish Airlines is planning to convert options on seven Airbus A321-200neos, as it looks to swell its fleet to 267 aircraft by the close of 2014.

North Africa-based Air Algérie has committed to eight Boeing 737-800s and placed firm orders for three ATR 72-600s, valued at a total of $798.1 million at current list prices.

Boeing booked 1,355 net commercial aircraft orders and delivered 648 aircraft in 2013, the company said Monday.

UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines has finalized plans to retire its last Airbus A300-600s in April, marking the end of 23 years’ service for the carrier.

Mumbai’s Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) will inaugurate a new terminal Jan. 10.

Singapore’s Changi Airport Group (CAG) has awarded Takenaka Corp. a SGD985 million ($777 million) contract to build Changi Airport’s new Terminal 4.

A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380, enroute from London to Singapore, was forced to divert to Baku, Azerbaijan Monday due to a loss of cabin pressure.

Boeing, which is on track to deliver the 787-9 to launch customer Air New Zealand in mid-2014, flew the Dreamliner from Seattle to Auckland Jan. 3 after a 13-hour, 49-minute flight.