Pratt & Whitney and its joint venture partner, Turkish Airlines Technic broke ground on a new CFM56 and V2500 engine overhaul facility in Istanbul on July 14th. Once fully operational, the 25,000-square-meter (269,000-square-foot) center is expected to overhaul up to 200 engines annually and employ up to 550 people, many of whom will be from […]
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Arik Air reported an order for an additional seven Next-Generation 737s at the Farnborough Airshow. The airline ordered 10 Next-Generation 737s in September 2007 and now has a total of 17 Next-Generation 737s on order. Arik Air currently operates six 737-700s. Today’s order has been attributed on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries Web site to an
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Austria’s NIKI Luftfhart GmbH signed a contract for five EMBRAER 190 jets. The agreement includes purchase rights for another five aircraft, which could be either the EMBRAER 190 or the EMBRAER 195. The total value of the deal comes to $187.5 million, and could double, if all options are confirmed for the EMBRAER 190. Deliveries
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Embraer and Saudi Arabia’s National Air Services (NAS) Aviation confirm options on five more EMBRAER 190 jets. The original contract, covering five firm orders and five options, was announced in November 2007, during the Dubai Airshow. The total value of the new agreement, at list price, is $ 187.5 million, and the airline also retains
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Embraer signed a contract with Aeromexico to incorporate 12 EMBRAER 190 jets into its fleet as part of the airline’s modernization plan. The new aircraft will be flown by its Aeromexico Connect subsidiary, which already operates 28 ERJ 145 jets, and has taken operating leases on four EMBRAER 190 jets from GE Commercial Aviation Services
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GE-Aviation and SAFRAN announced agreement on a new joint venture company to cooperatively develop, produce and support engine nacelles for the next-generation single-aisle commercial airliners. The agreement covers complete nacelles and nacelle subsystems
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Volvo Aero and Rolls-Royce have entered into a risk and revenue sharing agreement for the Trent XWB engine for the Airbus A350XWB aircraft, under which Volvo Aero will develop and manufacture the intermediate compressor case, a key engine component. Volvo Aero Corporation estimates the value of the contract to be approximately 40 billion SEK over
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Jazz Air LP (“Jazz”) announced the resignation of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer William (Bill) Bredt effective August 10, 2008. Mr. Bredt will be returning to Air Canada as their new Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Bredt was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Jazz on August
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GMT Global Republic Aviation (GMT Global) has acquired four Airbus A320-200 aircraft with a market value of $68 million, from Aercap Holdings N.V. The aircraft are currently on lease until 2012 to TAM – LInhas Aereas, S.A. based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The addition of the four single-aisles further diversifies GMT Global’s portfolio to a
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The first Boeing 777 Freighter successfully took to the sky for the first time on July 14th and completed an initial series of tests during a flight lasting more than three-and-a-half hours. The airplane performed well. “The 777 Freighter completed the scheduled three-hour inaugural flight with no airplane performance-related issues,” said Dennis O’Donoghue, vice president
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