Dr. Mohammad Ali Seiraffi took over as Vice President Handling Frankfurt on 1 January 2012, charged with responsibility for the airline’s major logistics base, the Lufthansa Cargo Center (LCC) in Frankfurt. Dr. Seiraffi succeeds Dr. Andreas Jahnke who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Lufthansa Consulting GmbH after close to four years as head of […]
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Thales, a leader in in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) systems, and British Airways announced the completion of a new component repair agreement. Initially the partnership will focus on British Airways’ repair work, but will expand to include other Thales TopSeries customers in the future. The repair facility will be based at British Airways Avionics Engineering in
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Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, (Safran group), has won a major contract to supply wheels and carbon brakes for British Airways’ fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft, to be delivered starting in 2013. The contract covers 24 airplanes. Messier-Bugatti-Dowty already provides brakes for BA’s Airbus A320 and Boeing 777 aircraft.
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Airbus delivered the A320 with manufacturer serial number (MSN) 5000 to Lebanon’s national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA). The aircraft was delivered from Airbus in Hamburg, Germany and is powered by International Aero Engines V2500 engines. MSN5000 completes the deliveries of MEA’s total order for seven A320s. It marks a significant milestone for Airbus and
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Geneva-based PrivatAir has placed a firm order for five Bombardier CS100 aircraft and has taken options on an additional five CS100. Based on the list price for the CS100 aircraft, the firm order contract is valued at approximately $309m and could increase to $636m if the five options are exercised. PrivatAir was founded more than 30 years ago
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Crane Aerospace & Electronics has been selected by Contour Aerospace to provide the new ‘next-generation’ mcX Premium Modular Control System on Contour’s First Class Premium Seats for installation on commercial aircraft. The new mcX Premium Modular Control System was introduced by Crane last year at the annual Aircraft Interiors show in Hamburg. The patent-pending modular
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The GE90 engine experienced its most successful year in 2011, accumulating airline and freighter operator commitments for 400 engines with a list price of more than $11bn. This surpasses the previous record of 250 engine commitments in 2007. This year included a record-setting Emirates’ order for 50 Boeing 777s, powered by GE90-115B engines, announced at
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