22 June 2011

AAR selected as exclusive distributor for Unison

AAR CORP. and Unison Industries have entered into an exclusive worldwide aftermarket distribution agreement for Unison Industries’ electrical components, sensors, and systems for aircraft and industrial uses. The agreement is valued at more than $600 million dollars over a 10-year term. As exclusive distributor, AAR will be responsible for forecasting, ordering, warehousing, and performing aftermarket product […]

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Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation selects Boeing to provide customer support and services

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation chose Boeing to provide customer support services for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) family of regional commercial jets. Boeing will provide Mitsubishi Aircraft with 24/7 customer support including spare parts provisioning, service operations and field services. It will allow Mitsubishi to focus on launching its business as it works with Boeing to create

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UTair announces agreement to purchase 40 Boeing 737s

UTair Aviation, Russia announced an agreement at the Paris Air Show for the purchase of 40 Next-Generation Boeing 737 airplanes, comprised of seven 737-900ERs and 33 737-800s. UTair is one of the largest Boeing operators in Russia with a fleet of over 30 Boeing airplanes. In 2011, UTair became the first operator in Russia and Eastern

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MTU Aero Engines scores big at Le Bourget with orders worth over 600 million euros

For MTU Aero Engines the air show in France’s Le Bourget was a huge success: MTU CEO Egon Behle reported that the company had bagged orders in the total amount of more than 600 million euros. “That’s a figure that is twice as high as at the last Paris Air Show two years ago,” explained Behle.

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Kenya Airways chooses IFE Services as in-flight entertainment supplier

In-flight entertainment (IFE) supplier, IFE Services, has been chosen by Kenya Airways to provide all in-flight entertainment (IFE) services. The specially tailored in-flight entertainment content for Kenya Airways will run on a combination of IFE systems across the airline’s entire fleet. They include the Rockwell Collins dTES audio video on-demand (AVOD) platform as well as overhead and

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Cobham to provide avionics suite to new Skylander SK 105 aircraft

Cobham has been officially selected by GECI Aviation of Metz, France, to provide an integrated avionics suite for its new Sky Aircraft twin turboprop Skylander SK 105 commuter aircraft, due for certification and first delivery in 2013.The SK 105 flight deck will include Cobham’s large-format synthetic vision flight displays with advanced flight management capability, audio/radio

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Angola’s National Police Force takes delivery of tenth Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopter

Eurocopter reported the delivery of the tenth AS350 B3 Ecureuil (Astar) helicopter to Angola’s National Police Force’s Helicopter Unit, strengthening its airborne law enforcement capabilities and at the same time, expanding its modern and versatile rotor wing fleet. This latest delivery concludes the 2009 contract to supply a fleet of 10 AS350 B3s delivered between

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GE adds three aviation products to its ecomagination portfolio

Three GE Aviation products, CFM International’s LEAP engine collaboration (CFM International is a 50/50 joint venture between GE and Snecma, SAFRAN group),  GE’s Passport Integrated Propulsion System (IPS) collaboration and ClearCore engine wash system, have been added to GE’s ecomagination portfolio of products, collaborations and innovations. These three products join other GE Aviation ecomagination products, including

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Lufthansa Technik and Jazeera Airways extend Total Engine Support contract

Jazeera Airways and Lufthansa Technik AG, a leading provider for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of airplanes, components and engines, have extended the existing 10-year Total Engine Support TES from 2006 for further two years. The agreement comprises 13 CFM56-5B engines of the six Airbus A320 airplanes of Jazeera Airway’s fleet.

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