Boeing received certification for the all-new 787 Dreamliner from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) during a ceremony at the company’s Everett, Wash., facility. Boeing also released that ANA, launch customer of the 787 Dreamliner, is taking delivery of the first aircraft on September 25th.
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ST Aerospace has sealed over S$260 million worth of new maintenance contracts in the second quarter of 2011. Ranging from three to 12 months, these contracts for the Aircraft Maintenance & Modification, Component Total Support and Engine Total Support businesses will be carried out at its facilities in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe.The value
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Mxi Technologies, a leader in aviation maintenance management software, announced that JorAMCo, Jordan’s leading Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) provider, has gone live with an upgrade to the Maintenix software. Building off of JorAMCo’s vision for organizational optimization, this recent go-live further supports the company’s goals for maintenance and engineering excellence. JorAMCo’s Maintenix upgrade includes
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Jet Aviation Hong Kong recently received approval from the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (CAD) to perform maintenance on Global Express aircraft. With the recent approval from the Hong Kong CAD, Jet Aviation Hong Kong is now authorized to support scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on Global Express aircraft. Coupled with the company’s existing Joint Maintenance
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Aeroflot Russian Airlines puts its second Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft (SSJ100) into operation. The airliner will perform scheduled flights on route Moscow — St. Petersburg — Moscow. Sukhoi Superjet 100 SN 95010 was delivered to Aeroflot under contract with VEB-Leasing JSC on financial lease. Aeroflot ordered 30 SSJ100 aircraft in total. In the future the carrier plans to purchase ten more.
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Gary R. Scott, President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, will be retiring on October 1, 2011. Guy C. Hachey, President and Chief Operating Officer, Bombardier Aerospace, will lead the Commercial Aircraft business unit until a replacement is named.
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Astronics Corporation, a leader in advanced, high-performance lighting, electrical power and automated test systems for the global aerospace and defense industries, reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Astronics DME Corporation, was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide LED airfield lighting for the U.S. Air Force, with a maximum value of $7.4 million.
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A year after signing leases for eight MD-90-30 aircraft with an undisclosed operator, Scandinavian Airlines System, Denmark-Norway-Sweden (“SAS”), has completed the delivery of the last aircraft. Five of the aircraft were previously leased to Blue1 Oy, a Finnish-based subsidiary of SAS and three aircraft had been leased to the Swiss charter operator Hello AG. The
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Air New Zealand reported normalised earnings* before taxation of $75 million for the 12 months to 30 June 2011. The result is 45% down compared to the 2010 financial year. Air New Zealand posted a first half year profit $112 million and second half year loss of $37 million. Net profit after taxation was down 1% to
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Malaysia Airlines’ Group posted a net loss of RM527 million for the second quarter 2011, impacted by higher fuel costs that offset yield and Revenue Available Seat Kilometer, higher than the same quarter for 2010. The Group’s total revenues for 2Q2011 increased to RM 3.485 billion, 8% more than 2Q2010 (RM3.213 billion), while passenger revenue
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