Actualité aéronautique

TAM Expands Its Agreement with LAN Argentina

transmise le 28 décembre 2009 par PRNewswire

TAM and LAN Argentina are expanding the flight codeshare agreement signed between the companies to offer more convenience and comfort for passengers who wish to travel between Brazil and Argentina.

OAG Reports Global Airline Capacity Up 4% In December 2009

transmise le 22 décembre 2009 par PRNewswire

Global airline capacity for December 2009 shows positive growth compared to December 2008, reports OAG, () the world's leading aviation data business with its monthly report on trends in the supply of airline flights and seats. There are 294.8 million seats available this month, a rise of 4% over December 2008 levels. Global frequencies are up 1% compared to December 2008, with a total of 2.4 million flights scheduled for December 2009, despite an average North American frequency decline of 2%. Worldwide, frequencies and capacity in the low cost sector are both up by 10% compared to a year ago, accounting for 444,539 flights (18%) and 65.6 million seats (22%).

UBM Aviation Announces Executive Appointments in Marketing and Sales

transmise le 21 décembre 2009 par PRNewswire

UBM Aviation (), a provider of aviation data products, publications and events for the global aviation community recently appointed Jan Wood as Vice President of Marketing and Stephen Baggett as Director of Cargo Sales, Americas. The appointments are part of UBM Aviation's plan to expand its information services offerings.

Travelport GDS Selects OAG as its Long Term Partner for Airline Data Supply

transmise le 18 décembre 2009 par PRNewswire

OAG, the industry's most accurate single source of airline information, announced today that it has signed a long term contract to provide its consolidated global airline schedule and minimum connect time (MCT) data to Travelport, one of the world's leading providers of global distribution systems (GDS). This extends and enhances the established partnership between OAG and Travelport.

Partnership With Itau Will Allow Customers to Pay in Up To 48 Installments

transmise le 17 décembre 2009 par PRNewswire

TAM and the Itau bank have entered into a partnership which, as of today, will allow the bank's individual checking account holders with available credit limits to pay for airline tickets in monthly installments for up to 48 months, depending on the profile of the individual account holder, for purchases made directly at the company site (). The partnership with Itau is the second one signed by TAM, which is planning to enter into the same type of deal with other big banks in coming months.

Skyscanner Traffic Spikes 283% as Flyglobespan Collapses

transmise le 17 décembre 2009 par PRNewswire

Travel search site Skyscanner () has already reported an 283% rise on searches for Flyglobespan routes and expects to see traffic increase further as news of the airline's collapse spreads and affected travellers scramble to find replacement flights.

Monarch Customers NOT Dreaming of a White Christmas!

transmise le 16 décembre 2009 par PRNewswire

It would seem that not everyone is dreaming of a white Christmas this year as award winning low fares airline Monarch gets set to fly almost 140,000 customers to warmer climes in Europe for the festive period.

Sort Out Pay Mess to Avoid Baggage Handling Strike Next Week, Union Urges SAS

transmise le 16 décembre 2009 par PRNewswire

Unite the Union has today (Wednesday) said baggage handlers and check-in staff at one of the world's busiest airports, Heathrow, and at Aberdeen airport, will strike next week unless there is movement on resolving a pay dispute. The workers are employed by SAS Ground Services UK Ltd (SGS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAS.

Les Journees des Applications Galilee soutenues par l'ESA

transmise le 15 décembre 2009 par PRNewswire

Le Bureau du programme de transfert de technologies (TTPO) de l'Agence spatiale europeenne (ESA) sera le partenaire officiel des premieres Journees des Applications Galilee qui se tiendront du 3 au 5 mars 2010 a Bruxelles. Cet evenement vise a promouvoir la valeur ajoutee des programmes de GNSS europeens et a encourager la collaboration en particulier entre les PME et entreprises plus grandes. L'unique "Village des Applications" de cet evenement presentera des innovations dans un theatre exterieur compose de differents decors, tels que la campagne, la ville, le port ou le terrain de jeux. Le Village des Applications reunira une large variete de demonstrations de services et applications de pointe GNSS tout au long des trois jours de l'evenement.

Sky et Oaktree s'associent de nouveau dans un partenariat mondial d'une valeur de 500 millions USD pour le leasing d'avions

transmise le 15 décembre 2009 par PRNewswire

Sky Holding Company et Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. ont le plaisir d'annoncer un nouveau partenariat dont l'objectif est de devenir une fois de plus le principal fournisseur de capitaux aux compagnies aeriennes du monde entier. Les membres de l'equipe de direction de Sky travaillaient auparavant ensemble chez Pegasus Aviation et ont investi dans Oaktree depuis le milieu des annees 90. Ensemble ils ont transforme Pegasus en l'une des plus importantes entreprises de location d'avions commerciaux avant de vendre la societe en 2007. Ce nouvel investissement de 500 millions USD a partir de fonds geres par Oaktree permettra a Sky de financer plus de 2 milliards USD de Boeing et d'Airbus annuellement avec des activites de vente/cession-bail. Ces activites devraient demarrer au premier trimestre 2010.