Singapore, GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing unit of GE, announced it will lease 12 Boeing 737-500s to help the Indonesian carrier Sriwijaya Air upgrade its fleet. Read More

Singapore Airlines will be suspending services to Abu Dhabi in the UAE and Athens in Greece as a result of the sustained weak performance of both routes. The last flights to both cities will depart Singapore on 26 October 2012.  Read More

Paris, Amstelveen, Aigle Azur has signed with Air France Industries and KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M)  a component support contract for its fleet of A320s. The new contract is a flight-hour agreement for component support, with pool access and repairs. It additionally covers major overhauls (C-checks) on a non-exclusive basis.  Read More

Honeywell (NYSE:HON) made two product announcements HFT7000 engine upgrade and availability of its SmartView Synthetic vision system for PILATUS PC-12 NG aircraft Read More

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union has just released figures on air transport. In 2010, London/Heathrow remained the EU’s busiest passenger airport, with 66 million passengers handled, down by 0.2% compared with 2009. Paris/Charles de Gaulle (58 mn, +0.5%) and Frankfurt/Main (53 mn, +4.1%) were the second and third busiest airports, followed by Madrid/Barajas (50 mn, +3.9%) and Amsterdam/Schiphol (45 mn, +3.7%). Read More