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Former Blue Islands CCO to move to Loganair
Ronnie Matheson joins the Loganair Executive Team as Chief Commercial Officer with effect from Monday 24th November. Matheson’s career began in Glasgow with British Airways in 1998, experience which spans 25 years and includes senior roles at leading aviation brands, including easyJet, Flybe, and most recently Blue Islands. Blue Islands collapsed last week as the…
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IAG Cargo targets next generation with 2026 graduate scheme
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), has announced that applications for its 2026 Graduate Programme are now open. The Graduate Programme offers participants hands-on experience across several key areas of the business, including logistics, data, and a newly-introduced commercial stream. Running for 24 months and based at the company’s London Heathrow…
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Scottish island airports ‘least reliable’ for UK air travel
Remote Scottish island airports have been named the least reliable for UK air travel, with Barra Airport recording the highest cancellation rate across Britain. The findings by luggage shipping service My Baggage revealed Barra Airport scrapped 14.6% of its scheduled flights. This small Outer Hebrides facility faces unique challenges with small aircraft, high winds and…
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Oman Air Cargo appoints new GSAs and offline routes
Oman Air Cargo has announced five new General Sales Agent (GSA) partnerships, bringing two new offline routes to Australia and Japan. The two new offline routes will be serviced by GSA Australia Cargo and World Prime Services. The other three new GSAs, Al Madinah Travel Company, MGH Logistics, and APG, will service online routes to Kuwait, Qatar,…
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Delta Cargo rolls out smarter tracking for time-critical shipments
Delta Cargo has introduced Pulse, a new real-time tracking solution providing airport-to-airport location visibility and proactive shipment monitoring. Powered by Trackonomy, the system is now live for DASH and DASH Critical shipments departing from major US hubs including Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Honolulu, New York JFK/LGA, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, Minneapolis-St Paul, Chicago O’Hare, Seattle, San…
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Boeing’s MQ-28A Ghost Bat Will Fire AIM-120 AMRAAM in December
Boeing Defence Australia and the RAAF conducted a series of significant trials by teaming the Ghost Bat with the service’s major platforms, and will now conduct a live fire test. The live-fire test of an air-to-air missile launched from the MQ-28A Ghost Bat CCA (Collaborative Combat Aircraft), that Boeing Defence Australia officials previously announced, is…
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Dubai Airshow: FlySafair boosts digital maintenance with Boeing Toolbox
South Afrika-based FlySafair is extending its deployment of Boeing’s Maintenance Performance Toolbox across its all-Boeing fleet, as the carrier continues to sharpen maintenance efficiency and reinforce its operational reliability. The Toolbox provides an interactive, single-source digital maintenance document management system, centralising fleet data and enabling engineers to access essential information on site, with or without…
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Best Places To Work In Aviation 2025: Winners announced
The 2025 winners of Aviation Business News’ Best Places To Work In Aviation have been announced with three new firms joining repeat winners from the inaugural year. The accolade is determined from the results of an independent employer and employee survey conducted for ABN by our partners at Workforce Research Group. This ensures that Best…
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Dubai Airshow: Riyadh Air and Lufthansa Technik sign 10-year 787 support deal
Riyadh Air has signed a 10-year partnership with Lufthansa Technik covering Total Component Support (TCS) for its growing Boeing 787-9 fleet, marking a major step in establishing its maintenance and operational capabilities as it launches commercial services. The agreement gives the Saudi start-up round-the-clock access to Lufthansa Technik’s global spare parts pool, enabling the airline…
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Dubai Airshow: Emirates and Rolls-Royce agree A380 engine MRO partnership
Rolls-Royce and Emirates have strengthened their long-standing collaboration on the Trent 900 by signing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will expand joint MRO support for the engines powering Emirates’ Airbus A380 fleet. The agreement also includes an extension of Emirates’ Trent 900 TotalCare contract into the 2040s, securing long-term aftermarket coverage for the…
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