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KLM BEGINS WIDEBODY FLEETRENEWAL WITH A330-300

DELIVERY

The A330-300 delivered Wednesday is leased from Air

Lease Corp. (ALC), the f irst all-new aircraft that KLM

has taken from the lessor. The second -300 w ill be

delivered in March and the third in April, w ith both

aircraft leased from GECAS. A fourth -300 w ill be

delivered in January 2013 and w ill be ow ned, although

Slobbe said there remains the option to do a sale and

leaseback deal. In addition, a 12th A330-200—also to

be leased from ALC—w ill be delivered in April 2013.

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VOLGA-DNEPR GROUP

INTENDS TO ACQUIRE AIR

CARGO GERMANY

Volga-Dnepr Group has taken the decision to acquire

Air Cargo Germany. The deal w ill allow the group’s

entry into European inland cargo transportation market

and it w ill also open the corridor from Frankfurt to the

USA, Kommersant reports.

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Locatory.com: Supplier ManagementTool – an innovation saving up to 35days a year for every single procurementexecutive

It is now obvious that the chaotic, manually performed spare parts procurement

process involving multi-million dollar deals and requiring enormous human resources is

unproductive, costly and time consuming.

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Boeing receives certification for 787Dreamliner with GE engines

Boeing received an amended type certif icate today from the U.S. Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) for the 787-8 Dreamliner equipped w ith General Electric GEnx

engines.

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High fuel costs and air traffic tax burdenLufthansa result for 2011

Deutsche Lufthansa AG upped its revenue by 8.6 per cent to EUR 28.7bn in the 2011

financial year and posted an operating profit of EUR 820m.

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Qantas to Operate Biofuel Flight

Qantas announced it w ill operate Australia’s f irst commercial f lights pow ered by

sustainable aviation fuel on 13 April 2012. The f lights, a Sydney-Adelaide return

service operated by an Airbus A330, w ill be pow ered by a biofuel derived from used

cooking oil.

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Baltic Ground Services signs anagreement with Lufthansa Group toprovide into-plane fuelling services inthe three largest airports in Poland

Baltic Ground Services has signed an into-plane fuelling services agreement w ith one

of the largest aviation companies in the w orld Lufthansa Group w hich ow ns such

globally renow ned carriers as Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Austrian Airlines AG, SWISS

International Air Lines Limited, Germanw ings GmbH and others.

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Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powers intoservice with record reliability

Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines pow ering the Boeing 787 Dreamliners operated by

Japan’s largest airline All Nippon Airw ays (ANA) have now completed 4000 f lying

hours in just f ive months of revenue service w ith a record 99.9% despatch reliability.

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Air Canada offers $15 millionEmergency Financing to Aveos throughits Monitor

Follow ing the f iling by Aveos Fleet Performance for insolvency protection before the

Superior Court of Quebec under the CCAA, Air Canada has extended to Aveos,

through its Court appointed Monitor

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airberlin is now part of oneworld

airberlin today became part of onew orld®, adding the second largest airline in

Germany and the sixth largest in Europe to the w orld’s premier global airline alliance.

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Moscow Domodedovo Airport secures a

Next generation aircraft is

bringing new technologies

into the classroom

More than 1600 orders for the

Next Generation aircraft –

Boeing 787, Airbus A380 and

A350 – are currently placed by

airlines w orldw ide, w ith the

ASPAC region as the leading

market for the w ide-body aircraft

deliveries. The increasing

popularity of new generation

aircraft truly reflects the change

in the overall industry philosophy

and the prevalent f leet

management strategies.

Needless to say, MROs need to

react to the changes and look for

different approaches to aircraft

maintenance and support

services. The place w here new

generation high-tech

maintenance specialists are

being cultivated is the classroom,

therefore sophisticated

technologies and topnotch

facilities are becoming an integral

part of modern maintenance

training programs.



Euro 165,000,000 debut syndicatedterm loan facility

Moscow Domodedovo Airport (the “Company”) announced that it has successfully

closed a Euro 165,000,000 debut syndicated term loan facility (the “Facility”).

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Bombardier Sells Two CRJ900 NextGenAirliners to RwandAir

Bombardier Aerospace and Rw andAir of Kigali, Rw anda announced today that

Rw andAir has signed a f irm order for tw o CRJ900 NextGen regional jets from

Bombardier.

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Small Planet Airlines is expanding itsfleet in Poland

The f leet of the European leisure charter carrier Small Planet Airlines in Poland has

been replenished by another Airbus A320 type of aircraft. It is planed that the carrier

w ill start operating the aircraft in the beginning of April.

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Russian NordStar Airlines selectsStandardAero as engine maintenanceprovider

StandardAero signed a long term agreement w ith NordStar Airlines’ parent company,

Taimyr Airlines, to perform engine maintenance on NordStar’s f leet of new ATR 42-500

aircraft. Under the terms of the agreement, StandardAero w ill be implementing a TEAM

(Total Engine Asset Management) Program in the maintenance of NordStar’s new fleet

of f ive ATR42’s.

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Aeroflot Introduces Second SkyTeamLivery Aircraft

Aeroflot – Russian Airlines launched the sixth Sukhoi SuperJet 100 (SSJ-100). The

aircraft features the livery of SkyTeam, the second largest airline alliance. Aeroflot is a

full-f ledged member of SkyTeam since 2006, and follow ing its rules the carrier must

have at least tw o aircraft w ith a corporate paint scheme.

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airberlin Banks on Emerging Markets inEastern Europe

For airberlin, Eastern Europe represents one of the most important emerging markets.

airberlin‘s hubs are geographically ideal for connecting air traff ic betw een East and

West.

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Locatory.com: Stolen and counterfeitspares is still one of the major issuescausing dismay in the aviation industry

Boeing Delivers First 737-800

for Aerosvit

Boeing and Aerosvit Ukrainian

Airlines celebrated today the

delivery of a Next-Generation

737-800 jetliner.“Delivery of the

first Next Generation 737 out of

11 airplanes that w e have

arranged to deliver marks the

beginning of our airline’s narrow

body f leet renew al,” said

Gregory Gurtovoy, Chairman of

Supervisory Board of AeroSvit

Airlines. “Execution of this large

scale program w ill help Aerosvit

to increase our operating

eff iciency and offer passengers

unprecedented comfort levels

provided by the Boeing Sky

Interior that w ill be introduced for

the f irst time in Ukraine.”



In the last couple of decades, despite several global economic shake-ups, aviation

industry have been rapidly expanding to meet the demand determined by the increasing

number of passengers and global business trends all over the w orld

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United Parcel Service and TNT Expressto Create a Global Leader in theLogistics Industry

United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”) and TNT Express N.V. (“TNT Express”) have

reached agreement on a recommended all-cash offer of EUR 9.50 per ordinary share

for TNT Express

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Boeing to Provide GoldCare Coveragefor Norwegian Air Shuttle 787s

The Boeing Company today announced that Norw egian Air Shuttle, the third largest

low -cost airline in Europe, is the new est GoldCare customer, w ith a 12-year

agreement that covers the airline’s future 787 Dreamliner f leet.

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AviationCV.com: Asian-Pacific region issetting trends in the global pilot market

According to Boeing, the global f leet w ill almost double in less than tw o decades, w ith

Asia leading the process and outstripping North America by approx. 4000 new

airplanes. Along w ith the new aircraft deliveries the number of pilots in the Asian-

Pacif ic region w ill increase by up to 183 000 w hile in North America the grow th in

demand should not exceed 83 000. With the new global aviation centres emerging in

the Eastern parts of the w orld, the demand for f light crew fluctuates depending on

different regions.

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Baltic Aviation Academy More ThanDoubled Flight Training OrganizationCapacities

Aviation training centre Baltic Aviation Academy plans to accept 140% more Ab Initio

students for the next school year starting from September 2012

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Airlines worldwide

Air Canada’s non-stop Calgary-Tokyo Narita f lights now year-round

GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers Three New Airbus A320s to Airphil

Express

Mercator’s SkyChain implemented for AviancaTaca Holding

Aeroflot is the f irst airline in Europe to put f ixed Electronic Flight Bag into

operation

Southw est Airlines Celebrates the Arrival of the Carrier’s First Boeing 737-800

Aircraft

Aero of Nigeria signs ABACUS contract w ith Fokker Services for Dash 8

turboprops

Malaysia Airlines Suffers Heavy Losses In 2011 On Higher Fuel Cost &

Provisions

Obtaining a Private Pilot License as a Way tow ards Becoming a Part of

AviationCV.com: Global pilot

migration process won’t

succeed without proper

Aviation English

In February 2012 China’s

aviation industry

representatives, along w ith their

international partners, conducted

the All-China Pilot Job Fair in

Florida, w hich captured the

attention of more than 1000 US

pilots. The lack of balance in the

global pilot market has caused

some flight crew ’nationality’

issues, basically in the form of

making current f light crew s

increasingly multilingual and

multicultural. Unless the industry

invests in providing proper

Aviation English training, they

may be forced to face a number

of safety issues.

Baltic Ground Services signs

an agreement w ith Ak Bars

Aero

On 26th of March, 2012 Baltic

Ground Services (BGS) signed a

contract w ith one of the fastest

grow ing Russian aviation

companies Ak Bars Aero. Baltic

Ground Services w ill provide the

Russian carrier w ith integrated

ground and passenger handling

as w ell as fuelling services at

Vilnius International Airport.

According to the agreement,

BGS is to service the Ak Bars

Aero f lights from Vilnius to Saint

Petersburg tw ice a w eek.

‘We are pleased that w ith the

lately grow ing demand for

aviation services, the foreign

carriers that have already

started operating at Vilnius

airport, give preference to Baltic

Ground Services. Last year w e

covered 42% of ground handling

and 74% of fuelling services

market at the airport. We are

w orking in an extremely

competitive environment yet w e

manage to offer services w ith



Aviation Community

Etihad Airw ays Commences Codeshare Flights With Hainan Airlines

PPL, CPL, ATPL – Aviation Career Hiding under These Letters

Pilots Wanted in Middle East, Southeast Asia and Africa – Same Problem,

Different Solutions

Yemenia Airw ays Extends Airbus A330 Component Contract w ith AFI KLM

E&M

Vueling, Norw egian and easyJet: Filling the gap after Spanair

Air Arabia takes delivery of f irst aircraft in 2012, bringing total f leet to 30

Qantas commences inflight connectivity trial across the Pacif ic

Aeroflot puts its sixth Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft in operation

Air India migrates to new automated cargo system

SriLankan Airlines A330/A340 Components Handled By AFI KLM E&M

Estonian Air to get its second Embraer

Flybe signs contract f lying agreement w ith Brussels Airlines

Singapore Airlines Launches Contest For Seats On B747 Farew ell Flight

Qatar Airw ays unveils new Boeing 787 seats at ITB Berlin

Etihad Airw ays-airberlin B787 integration takes partnership to new level

AirAsia to begin full automation and self service in Malaysia & Singapore

starting 17 March 2012

Cathay Pacif ic w elcomes government approval of three-runw ay option at

HKIA

Etihad Airw ays signs MoU w ith China Eastern Airlines

Australia’s Qantas, China Eastern Airlines to set up Jetstar Hong Kong

easyJet’s inaugural f light celebrates the launch of the f irst new airport in the

south east for decades

ANA Group targets 20 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2020

A flight instructor as an authority for future pilots

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Airports in EU and CIS

Port of Seattle Welcomes World’s Largest International Airline to Sea-Tac

Airport

Finavia’s new runw ay reporting system eases air traff ic in w inter

Changi Airport’s Budget Terminal to be closed

Dubai Airports Helps Private Sector Emirati Air Traff ic Controllers Take Flight

Orenburg airport has been certif ied for servicing Sukhoi SuperJet 100

Finavia invests in the functionality of Helsinki Airport’s traff ic areas

First Boeing 747-8 Lands at Queen Alia International Airport

Aerofuels starts the organization of aircraft refueling at Rostov-on-Don airport

Abu Dhabi sees grow th of almost 25% in latest report

Domodedovo Airport Designs the Second 61-Football-Field-Size Segment of its

Passenger Terminal

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Aircraft market and industry

Boeing, Air Astana Announce Order for Four 767-300ERs and Three 787

Dreamliners

the optimum price and quality

ratio. As a result w e continue to

expand our customer base,’ said

the CEO of Baltic Ground

Services Saulius Batavicius.

Ak Bars Aero w ill carry

passengers betw een Vilnius and

Saint Petersburg by a brand

new , Canada-made CRJ 200LR

jet, accommodating 50

passengers.

Rossiya – Russian Airlines

has started retrofitting An-

148s into single class layout

Rossiya – Russian Airlines has

started retrofitting An-148

aircraft’s cabin. The jets intended

for regional routes w ill now have

only economy class cabin w ith

75 seats in order to increase the

operational eff iciency of the

aircraft, the airline’s press-

service reports.

The construction of Аn-148-

100V allow s transporting of 68 –

83 passengers. The modifying of

the layout from 68 seats to 75

ones has been foreseen by the

Rossiya airline and it w ill not

affect the level of comfort. The

seat pitch w ill remain the same –

812 mm. The single class cabin

w ill still have the comfortable

chairs made of genuine leather,

installed in tw o row s (blocks of

tw o and three chairs

respectively).

Airbus to exhibit corporate

jet for first time in India

An Airbus ACJ318, the

corporate jet version of the A318

airliner, w ill be the highlight of the

company’s presence at the

Hyderabad show , marking the

first time that any of the

company’s bizjets is exhibited in

India. The Airbus ACJ318 on

display is operated by Abu



Boeing 787 Dreamliner Kicks Off Fourth Leg of the Dream Tour in Toronto

Boeing Celebrates 1,000th 777

Gulfstream G280 Receives Provisional Type Certif icate from FAA and CAAI

THAI’s f irst A380 makes maiden f light from Toulouse

Boeing, Elbit Systems of America sign MOU for technology investment in Brazil

Russia and China have almost come to agreement on deliveries of Su-35

fighters

Boeing Unveils Design for New Everett Delivery Center

Epic Aircraft Announces Acquisition by Engineering LLC

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Lands in Mexico City for World Tour Stop

Airbus aims to hire at least 25 per cent w omen among its 4,000 new recruits in

2012

Boeing and Uzbekistan Airw ays Partner w ith Non-Profits to Deliver Medical

Supplies to Tashkent

Rolls-Royce starts w ork on new multi-million pound service centre at

Heathrow

Rolls-Royce and US Air Force launch fuel savings f light tests on C-130 f leet

WTO confirms Boeing received billions in illegal subsidies from United States

Boeing Statement Regarding the WTO Appellate Decision in DS 353

First A350 XWB aft fuselage built

Tu-204SM manufactured by Ulyanovsk aviation plant, has passed the low -

temperature testing

Airbus leads the w ay at the Aviation & Environment Summit in Geneva

Eurocopter announces three new bookings including AS350 B3e, EC135 and

EC155 for corporate use at India Aviation 2012

Boeing to Show case 787 Dreamliner at 2012 FIDAE Air Show

Jet Aviation brings Dassault Falcon 2000 under its AOC for EMEA and Asia

COMAC and Bombardier Sign Definitive Agreement to Establish Commonality

Opportunities Betw een C919 and CSeries Aircraft

Boeing Announces Fifth Segment of 787 Dream Tour

Airbus, Boeing, Embraer collaborate on Aviation Biofuel Commercialisation

Porter Airlines to Conduct Canada’s First Biofuel-Pow ered Revenue Flight

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MRO Overview

Is it time for E-commerce to change ‘old school’ spares’ supply chain habits?

Bombardier Strengthens its Aftermarket Service Netw ork in the Middle East

Sabena Technics w ins support deal for Afriqiyah Airw ays

TAM MRO receives certif ication to maintain the ATR-72

CTS Engines Signs License Agreement for CF34 Maintenance

GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers New Boeing 737-800 to Japan’s

Solaseed Air

AFI KLM E&M’s adaptability at the time of a Cargo Air emergency repair sw ings

component support contract

FL Technics Training: how EASA Part TCO w ill impact the aviation industry?

Advanced CFM56-7BE Maintaining Highly Successful In-Service Record

Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey and Air Europa sign MRO agreement

MTU Maintenance Hannover signs contract w ith US Airw ays

FL Technics Training extends its cooperation w ith Donavia

BizJet licensed as a Boeing Business Jet Completion Center

Goodrich Selected by Lufthansa to Retrofit A320 Family Fleet w ith Improved

Dhabi-based Al Jaber Aviation,

w hich offers it for VVIP charters

in a spacious and comfortable

arrangement w ith seating for 19.

“Corporate jets such as the

Airbus ACJ318 are primarily

business tools that save time

and enhance productivity, but

are also an extension of the

home and off ice facilities of

company executives.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Lands

in Santiago for Chilean Debut

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner

touched dow n in Santiago, Chile

today for a w eeklong visit as the

centerpiece at the FIDAE 2012

International Air and Space Fair.

Throughout the w eek, LAN

Airlines executives and

employees, special invited

guests, media and other air

show attendees w ill get a

chance to tour and experience

much of the airplane’s cutting-

edge technological

advancements.

LAN is Boeing’s largest 787

customer in Latin America, w ith

32 Dreamliners on order, 26

directly from Boeing and an

additional six on lease, and w ill

be the f irst Latin American

carrier to operate the Dreamliner.

This is the airplane’s f irst visit to

Chile.



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