17 June 2009

GreenStone Aviation, a commercial aircraft leasing company, has announced that it has been capitalised with over $100 million in equity. GreenStone will focus exclusively on the sale/leaseback of newly-delivered commercial aircraft ordered by major airlines. The company is backed by leading private equity investors and led by John S. Slattery, the former head of RBS …

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Airbus have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the 2009 International Paris Air Show to jointly develop and test an innovative environmentally friendly pilot-controlled towing semi-robotic system. The Taxibot Dispatch Towing system, designed by IAI, allows both wide and narrow body commercial airplanes to taxi to and from the …

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Valliere Aviation Group (holding of Europe Aviation) and Tunisair have signed an agreement which should lead to the creation of a common maintenance company in Tunis in the next 18 months. Europe Aviation, from the Valliere Group, provides a large scope of maintenance services on both Airbus and Boeing aircraft from line maintenance to Total …

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