Joins Junior Achievement Of Central Indiana’s BizTown

Republic Airways is the newest thing in town — Junior Achievement BizTown, that is. On Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, Republic Airways and Junior Achievement of Central Indiana hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a Republic Airways and LIFT Academy Hangar in BizTown, a work-readiness interactive experience in Indianapolis for 10,000 central Indiana grade school students who pass through its doors each year.

Panel Found FAA's 'Limited Involvement' Led To Its Inability To Properly Assess The MCAS System

The 737 MAX Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR) report released by the FAA late last week finds fault with the agency and Boeing for issues with the MCAS which led to two fatal accidents earlier this year.

Cites 'Technical Problems' With Pratt & Whitney Engines

Lufthansa group airline Swiss has grounded its fleet of A220 short-haul airliners citing "technical irregularities" with the Pratt & Whitney engines powering the aircraft.

Becomes The First A220 Customer Based In The Indian Ocean Region

Air Austral, France’s Réunion Island-based airline, has signed a firm order for three A220 aircraft, Airbus’ newest family member. With this order Air Austral becomes the first A220 customer based in the Indian Ocean region. Benefitting from a 20 percent reduction in fuel burn and CO2 emissions, the A220s will enable Air Austral to reduce its costs and carbon footprint on international routes in the region.

Adds One More Month To Its Previous Projection

The union representing pilots flying for Southwest Airlines now believes it will be February before the airline returns its Boeing 737 MAX airplanes to service.

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AD NUMBER: 2019-19-15

PRODUCT: Certain Airbus SAS Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes.

Facility Will Be Used For Training More Than 2,000 easyjet Pilots From All Over Europe

CAE and easyJet have announced the official opening and inauguration of the CAE Milan training center, located near the Milan Malpensa airport in Lombardy, Italy. CAE and easyJet inaugurated the new center alongside local Italian and Canadian government officials.  After London Gatwick and Manchester, this is the third new training center that CAE has inaugurated in the last month to support the pilot training needs of easyJet across Europe and its exclusive long-term pilot training agreement with the airline, announced in November 2018. 

IndiGo Will Operate The Milestone Aircraft

Airbus has delivered the 1,000th A320neo Family aircraft. The aircraft, an A321neo produced in Hamburg, Germany, was delivered to Indian airline IndiGo.

AD NUMBER: 2019-20-07

PRODUCT: All Boeing Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes.