July 20, 2011

Jet Midwest Technik expands capabilities to include MD-80 and all series 737 C check

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Cmmercial aviation maintenance company Jet Midwest Technik, expands capabilities and is now certified to perform heavy maintenance on all McDonell-Douglas MD series and all Boeing 737 series including New Generation 737NG aircraft. Jet Midwest intends to continue to expand its capabilities to include other aircraft types including wide-body aircraft.

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AMR Corporation reports second quarter 2011 net loss of $286 million

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AMR Corporation reported a net loss of $286 million for the second quarter of 2011 compared to a net loss of $11 million in the second quarter of 2010. The Company’s second quarter performance was negatively impacted by fuel prices that increased 31 percent compared to the second quarter 2010. AMR reported second quarter consolidated revenues of

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Embraer joins Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association

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Embraer has become the newest member of the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA). The announcement was made, on July 20th, at AFRA’s Annual Meeting, in Washington, D.C., USA. Embraer becomes the third leading aircraft manufacturers to link-up with AFRA. For the past five years, AFRA has set industry standards for the safe and sustainable disassembly

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SkyWorks appoints new Managing Director

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SkyWorks Capital announced the appointment of Benoit Debains to serve as Managing Director. Benoit will be based in Toulouse, France where he will focus on global opportunities for SkyWorks. Benoit’s extensive career in aviation finance spans a wide range of executive positions. He started his career at Airbus with sales contracts analysis and purchase agreement negotiation,

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Lufthansa Technik Logistik and SuperJet International extend collaboration

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Lufthansa Technik Logistik (LTL) and SuperJet International are stepping up their collaboration that dates from the beginning of 2009. Under a contract extension LTL will supplement the warehousing service it already provides in Frankfurt, by taking over all the transport services for the Italian-Russian aircraft manufacturer, thus ensuring rapid and reliable spares provisioning for customers of

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SkyWork Airlines adds another Q400 to its fleet

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SkyWork Airlines of Switzerland added a second 70-seat Bombardier aircraft Q400 to its fleet this week. The aircraft, newly registered HB-JIK, acquired on lease via the UK’s SkyWorld Aviation, made its debut on the Bern to Palma Mallorca route on Monday 11th July. A third Q400 will follow in September, when the airline prepares to

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FL Technics adds Wizz Air to list of line maintenance customers

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FL Technics, an integrated aircraft maintenance and repair organization, further expands its capabilities and signs its first contract with Wizz Air. FL Technics has been entrusted to provide maintenance services for the airline’s Airbus 320 at its newly opened base in Vilnius International Airport. According to the recently signed agreement, FL Technics will provide Wizz Air with

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AATS receives EASA approval for CAMO Part M Subpart G & I

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Apple Aviation Technical Services (AATS), part of the Apple Aviation Group, released that it receaved EASA approval for CAMO Part M Subpart G & I for – MD80 / B737 / B757 / B767 / A320 Series.

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American Airlines split order for 460 single-aisle jets between Boeing and Airbus