Bombardier Aerospace announced that an airline that has requested to remain unidentified at the present time, has signed a firm purchase agreement for five Q400 NextGen airliners. Based on the list price for the Q400 NextGen airliner, the transaction is valued at approximately $160m.
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ALAFCO, the Kuwait-based international aircraft leasing company, has finalised a purchase order for 35 A320neo Family aircraft bringing its total backlog for the type to 85. The firm contract is an increase of the previous agreement signed at the 2011 Dubai Airshow for 50 A320neo aircraft.
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Azerbaijan Airlines has ordered Blended Winglets for its new Boeing 767-300ER and -300Fs. Azerbaijan Airlines will have the winglets installed at Delta Tech Ops in Atlanta, GA immediately after taking delivery of these new airplanes from Boeing in Everett, WA. Additionally, one airplane, already in-service, will be modified by MNG Technic in Istanbul, Turkey. All
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AAR has selected a former Boeing executive, Robert Laird, to be the new Vice President of Business Development for the Asia Pacific region. Laird will ultimately be responsible for developing AAR’s growth strategies and increasing visibility of the company’s diverse products and services. He also will maintain an office at AAR’s Chicago-area headquarters, located in
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AAR has received design approvals from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), China’s airworthiness authority, to perform custom interior modifications for Boeing 757-200 aircraft operated by Xiamen Airlines. AAR’s design will modify the 757-200 aircraft into a three-class configuration by installing VIP first-class sections with lie-flat seats
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Turbomeca (Safran group) signed a first Support By the Hour contract, SBH, with Papillon Airways. This contract covers an initial batch of 6 Arriel 2D engines powering the brand new Eurocopter EC130 T2, with the possibility to equip the entire Arriel 2D engine fleet of Papillon. The Turbomeca SBH contract provides total engine availability at
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Korean Air selected Pratt & Whitney’s PW4170 Advantage70 engine to power five new Airbus A330 aircraft. The agreement, valued at approximately $200m, represents 10 firm PW4170 engines. Pratt & Whitney offers the Advantage70 both as a new engine and as an upgrade kit for existing PW4168 engines. The upgrade includes a suite of technology enhancements
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Asiana Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney for a Fleet Management Program agreement to provide engine maintenance for three of the airline’s Pratt & Whitney-powered aircraft. Under the six-year agreement, Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners’ Singapore-based Eagle Services Asia engine overhaul facility will provide engine maintenance for the airline’s six PW4090 engines.
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Air China has extended its relationship with Honeywell Aerospace with a range of agreements covering avionics and wheels and brakes. Honeywell’s avionics suite will be deployed in Air China’s brand-new fleet of 19 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, providing pilots with improved situational awareness to help keep aircraft on course and optimize navigation and routing for improved fuel efficiency.
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ST Aerospace announced it has been awarded a contract to support South Korean low fare airline Eastar Jet’s CFM56-7B engines over 10 years. With a contract value of about US$15m (S$18.8m) per year, the agreement covers Eastar Jet’s current fleet of six Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft as well as the additional Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft
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