Sanad Aero Solutions and Engine Lease Finance Corp (ELF) signed a deal with Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways, to finance its 23 spare engines in a sale and lease-back deal valued at $367m, for a  ten-year operating lease term. Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala owned Sanad, will buy and lease back five GE90 and six Rolls Royce Trent 500 engines, […]
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Lufthansa Technik AG is now the sole owner of the American company AirLiance Materials, one of the world’s largest suppliers of quality-assured used aircraft spare parts. Lufthansa Technik announced that it had taken over the shares previously held by the two minority owners United Airlines and Air Canada. AirLiance Materials’ new President and CEO is
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After five years at the helm of AFI KLM E&M subsidiary EPCOR, Paul Chün is moving to a new position as Managing Director of KLM UK Engineering Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AFI KLM E&M which specializes in maintenance solutions for regional aircraft fleets.
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Component Control announced that Aero-Parts Connections, a premier supplier of aircraft safety and emergency equipment to the airline and aircraft repair industries, has expanded its investment with Quantum MRO and Logistics software to support its new sister company, Aviation Inflatables. Aviation Inflatables is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified repair facility, with operational approval from
Robinson Helicopter Company released that it produced 356 helicopters in 2011 (212 R44s, 88 R66s and 56 R22s), more than double 2010’s production of 162. While the R44 remains Robinson’s top selling helicopter, the response to its latest model, the R66 Turbine, has been very strong. The R66 was FAA certificated in October 2010. As
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TP Aerospace Americas has appointed Mr. Jack Torielli as its Regional Sales Manager in North and Central America. He has held a variety of positions at Tracer Corp., latest VP Sales. Torielli will spearhead the sales effort for TP Aerospace from its newly established offices and warehouse, with ready to go inventory, in Las Vegas,
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Boeing has received a U.S. Army contract valued at approximately $370m for 14 CH-47F Chinook helicopters to support Foreign Military Sales efforts. The aircraft will be delivered to the U.S. Army beginning in 2014; all but one are intended for Australia and the United Arab Emirates.
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In a major competitive win, ARINC Incorporated has been awarded the contract for passenger check-in and departure systems at the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport, currently under construction. Under the contract, ARINC will install its industry-leading passenger solution vMUSETM, which is fully compliant with the IATA CUPPS standard for common-use passenger systems. The company will also
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