5 April 2012

Etihad Airways adds 500,000 passengers as revenues surge 28% in first quarter

Etihad Airways continued its growth in the first quarter of 2012, with a 28% rise in revenue to $989m over the corresponding period in 2011 and passenger numbers soaring by 500,000 to 2.4m. The airline said traffic rose during the first quarter by 26.6% to 10.9bn, thanks to growth in capacity through new routes, additional

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CFM signs CFM56-7B material support agreement with Delta Air Lines

CFM International has signed a suite of material support agreements with Delta Air Lines to support the airline’s fleet of nearly 400 CFM56-7B engines in service or on order, as well as its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations for third party airlines. The agreements provide for the comprehensive repair and replacement of life-limited and

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Boeing's Maintenance Performance Toolbox reaches 100-customer milestone

Boeing announced that Star Air, a cargo airline based in Dragoer, Denmark, is the 100th airline to sign up for Boeing’s Maintenance Performance Toolbox. Introduced in 2005, Toolbox is the industry’s first set of productivity tools designed to unify an airline’s maintenance and engineering operations from start to finish. Star Air operates 11 Boeing 767

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Aircelle and Applied Composites Engineering to expand scope of cooperative nacelle services

The Safran group’s Aircelle business unit signed an agreement to enlarge the scope of jet engine thrust reverser and nacelle repair and services performed by Applied Composites Engineering (ACE) in the United States, building on three years of successful cooperation. This new agreement – which was concluded at the MRO Americas conference in Dallas, Texas

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