Air Lease Corporation announced that it has signed lease agreements for 13 additional aircraft. ALC placed the following new aircraft from its order book: Two Embraer 175s leased to Belavia (Belarus). Four ATR 72-600s leased to Passaredo (Brazil). Two Airbus A320-200s leased to S7 Airlines (Russia). Additionally, ALC leased the following aircraft from its fleet: One …
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As a step in further streamlining the Volvo Group towards heavy commercial vehicles, AB Volvo has initiated a process aimed at divesting Volvo Aero. “One of the prerequisites for a transaction being implemented is that a divestment could enable Volvo Aero to enter into a structure that would enhance the company’s opportunities for further development …
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Assembly of the 32 metre long carbon fibre wings for the first A350 XWB (MSN1) has started at Airbus’ recently opened “North Factory” in Broughton, UK. Most of the A350 XWB wing is made of light-weight carbon composites, including the upper and lower wing covers, stringers, front and rear spars. The advanced structural designs, combined …
East Midlands based composites manufacturer Atlas Composites has boosted its project engineering team with the appointment of a new Project Engineer. Alan Cokayne, who joins Atlas Composites from Heanor based Advanced Composites, brings with him a wealth of experience with over 26 years in the composites industry in a variety of senior engineering and management …
Singapore Airlines has expanded its 10-year OnPointSM solution agreement for engine maintenance, repair and overhaul to include its new GE90-115B engines that power its eight additional Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The agreement on the newly added engines is valued at more than $300m over the life of the agreement.
DHL placed an additional order for five A300-600 P2F with EFW, a global market leader in wide-body freighter conversions. These five aircraft are former JAL aircraft. In total EFW will now have 18 P2F for DHL under contract. EFW handed over the first A300-600 aircraft out of the 18 ordered conversions to EAT/DHL at the EAT/DHL …
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SAS has secured a five year refinancing of 4 Airbus 321 to a total value of approx. US$74m (500 MSEK). Nordea is Agent and Deutsche VerkehrsBank AG (DVB) is Security Trustee in the transaction. The transaction is part of SAS ongoing aircraft refinancing program where loans maturing in 2011/2012 are to be renewed. The financing of two …
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Christoph Meyerrose, who has been the Managing Director of Lufthansa Technical Training in Hamburg for over ten years, is set to become the new Managing Director of Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) in Schönefeld, Berlin. The present Managing Director of LBAS, Andreas Kaden, who has held this position for thirteen years, will be taking over …
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Doric Asset Finance announced a further mandate for the remarketing of two Airbus A319s. The Doric Group with offices in Europe and the US was appointed as a remarketing agent for the two aircraft. “We are currently leading negotiations with several interested airlines to achieve the best possible contractual arrangements for our customers. We expect …
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The new Full Flight Simulator (FFS) of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft is ready to start training for Russian pilots. The FFS, produced by French manufacturer Thales, is a highly technologically synthetic training device replicating the SSJ100 cockpit. It has been put in place in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, by the Training Center managed by SuperJet …
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