Airbus delivered 534 commercial aircraft to 88 customers (10 new) and booked 1,419 net orders in 2011, making it the most successful year in the company’s history, and the 10th in a row with a production increase. The 534 deliveries beat the previous record set in 2010 by 24 aircraft. Deliveries include a new record […]
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Alenia Aeronautica and the Bulgarian Defence Ministry signed a framework agreement for the supply of logistic support services to the C-27J fleet of the Bulgarian Air Force. Within the ten year agreement, a first contract has been signed for the supply of logistic support services, for a five-year period, worth totally €25m.
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group agreed to sell its aviation leasing unit to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group for $7.3bn. The sale of Dublin-based RBS Aviation Capital is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui, Japan’s second-biggest bank by market value, and partner Sumitomo Corp. will take over a fleet
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World Airways has extended its cooperation with Allied Air Cargo for the lease of two MD-11F aircraft beginning in January 2012 for service between Europe and various cities in Africa. World Airways, a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, began operating aircraft for Allied Air in October 2008.
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AeroMechanical Services has signed a contract with an airline that will become the Company’s largest Canadian customer, for seven Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS™) 220 and 12 of the next generation AFIRS 228B, for a total of 19 aircraft. The contract requires AMA to install AFIRS 220 and AFIRS 228B on Boeing 737-200, 767-200F
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Turkish Technic, based at Istanbul Ataturk International Airport in Turkey, has joined the worldwide Airbus Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) Network. The Airbus MRO Network is designed to provide customers with a worldwide choice of competitive, quality maintenance services from MRO providers with Airbus aircraft experience. Since its launch in March 2005, Airbus has worked with
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Westchester Aircraft Maintenance Association (WAMA) announced the elevation of Mike Sullivan to Treasurer on its Board of Directors. Sullivan’s background includes bringing to market various products and services to aviation, especially safety oriented technologies. Among them, Trend Monitoring, HUMS, Satcom and the Maintenance, Repair/ Overhaul (MRO) of aircraft and aircraft systems.
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FL Technics Jets has become the first fully authorised Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) business jets service centre in Eastern Europe. The company has joined an extensive network of official HBC global customer support stations and will provide line maintenance services to warranted Hawker 125 series aircraft.
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Embraer Defense and Security has awarded Ultra’s Controls business two contracts for its KC-390 military transport aircraft. The first award is for all the electronic controls and sensors for the landing gear, nose wheel steering and associated hydraulics. The second award is for all the electronic controls and sensors for the cargo door system which
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Grupo Aeromexico, the largest intercontinental airline in Mexico, reported that capacity increased 10% in December 2011, while traffic grew 11% compared to December 2010. As a result, the load factor for the month was 78.1%. The calendar year 2011 ended with a record high figure of 14.33m passengers transported, representing a 20% increase over the total passengers transported in
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