China Southern Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney’s PW4170 Advantage70 engine to power 10 Airbus A330 aircraft. The contract is valued at $590 million, including a 10-year Fleet Management Plan for engine maintenance. China Southern’s selection marks the first Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus A330 aircraft to enter service in China.
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WestJet has signed an exclusive 12-year OnPoint solution agreement valued at more than $850 million over the life of the contract with GE Aviation for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its fleet of CFM56-7(+) engines that power 79 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft. As part of the agreement, maintenance, repair and overhaul of WestJet’s engines
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Brazil’s TAM Linhas Aereas (TAM) signed a four-year exclusive repair agreement with Pratt & Whitney for Airbus A330-200 thrust reversers. TAM currently operates 11 A330-200s with Pratt & Whitney PW4168A model engines. Those engines are covered by an exclusive service agreement provided by Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners.
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Babcock & Brown Air has closed a $32 million debt facility that is secured by $119 million principal amount of its previously repurchased securitization notes, which B&B Air recently purchased for approximately $58 million. The loan has a final maturity date of August 2012. As of June 16, 2009, after receipt of net loan proceeds,
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Boeing and MC Aviation Partners (MCAP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp., have finalized an order for two Next-Generation 737-800s valued at $153 million at list prices. The order represents MCAP’s first direct purchase of airplanes from Boeing. The Tokyo-based MCAP, which holds the largest aircraft lease assets in Japan, owns 60 airplanes worth
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Rolls-Royce will power AirAsia X aircraft in an order worth up to $1.8bn at list prices. Trent XWB engines have been selected for 10 firm and five option Airbus A350 XWB aircraft ordered by AirAsia X. In addition, the airline has ordered Trent 700EP (Enhanced Performance) engines for 10 A330 aircraft already on order. All
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After analyzing more than 2,000 data points from more than 400 hours of testing, Pratt & Whitney confirmed that the PurePower PW1000G demonstration engine met all program objectives including performance, efficiency, acoustics and overall operational characteristics. The PW1000G engine, with Pratt & Whitney’s patented Geared Turbofan technology, targets double-digit reductions in fuel burn, environmental emissions,
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Embraer has signed a five-year Pool Flight Hour program service contract with Austria
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Embraer has signed a five-year Flight Hour Pool program contract with three European operators
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Premium AEROTEC delivered the door frame shell for the CFRP fuselage demonstrator from Nordenham to Airbus Operations GmbH in Hamburg for structural testing today on schedule. This marks another major milestone on the way towards serial production for the A350 XWB at Premium AEROTEC. The aerospace supplier, founded in January 2009, is the main aerostructure
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