2 February 2011

PGA-Portugalia Airlines signs Life Time FLYFokker Take Care contract

PGA-Portugalia Airlines and Fokker Services have agreed to a Life Time FLYFokker Take Care contract for the support of their six Fokker 100 aircraft. Fokker Services developed the Take Care solution for existing operators. It focuses on increasing Technical Dispatch Reliability (TDR), reducing Direct Operating Cost (DOC) and improving passenger comfort. ABACUS is the component

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Embraer names EgyptAir Maintenance and Engineering as authorized aircraft service center

Embraer reinforced its partnership with EgyptAir by signing a five-year agreement with EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering, which has become an authorized service center for the EMBRAER 170/190 family. Based in Cairo, Egypt, the airline is already an Embraer Flight Hour Pool Program customer, and now the group

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Comair announces Next-Generation 737 order

Comair announced an order for eight Next-Generation 737-800s complete with the innovative new Boeing Sky Interior. Comair will use its new 737s to update the fleet of Comair’s low-fare airline, kulula.com. The airplanes are valued at approximately $646 million at current list prices. The order previously was attributed to an unidentified customer on Boeing’s orders

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Air India signs OnPoint Solution agreement for GE90 engine fleet

GE Aviation and India’s national carrier Air India have signed a 20-year OnPoint solution agreement that covers its GE90 engines. Air India will expand its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities at its Mumbai, India facility to include GE90 engine overhaul. The current schedule calls for the Mumbai facility to be certified for basic GE90

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Alitalia signs OnPoint Fuel & Carbon Solutions agreement

Alitalia has signed an OnPoint Fuel & Carbon Solutions agreement with GE Aviation. Using proprietary decision software and fuel-consulting expertise, GE’s Fuel & Carbon Solutions will work with Alitalia to identify and track operational improvements that could reduce the airline’s fuel spend by an average of three percent on given segments. "Alitalia has a strong

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Air China takes delivery of first 737-800 with Boeing Sky Interior

Air China took delivery of the airline’s first Next-Generation 737-800 with the innovative Boeing Sky Interior. With this new addition in its fleet, Air China has become the first Chinese airline to operate the 737-800 with the new Sky Interior, offering passengers an enhanced onboard experience with larger stowage bins and sculpted sidewalls, a LED

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