Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has been selected by Aviation Capital Group (ACG) to provide one B737-400SF 11 Pallet Configuration Freighter Conversion. Following conversion ATRAN Cargo Airlines based in Moscow, an airline of the Volga Dnepr Group will operate the freighter. The aircraft is a high gross weight B737-400 (MSN 28663) built in 1997 and is currently […]
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Ascent Aviation Services (Tucson, AZ) signed a contract for an undisclosed value with Aloha Air Cargo (Honolulu, HI) for heavy maintenance and additional work on two B737-200C aircraft. Ascent is a premiere narrow body maintenance, modification, refurbishment and storage facility located at Tucson International Airport. Ascent provides high quality, cost efficient, 24/7 support with competitive
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CTS Engines, a leading independent engine MRO, reported the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art engine service center. The 60,000 sft² building, located next to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, is a full service engine overhaul facility capable of performing the vast majority of all engine repairs in-house. The facility includes ten full service engine bays
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The Lufthansa Group improved revenue by 5.6% to €6.6bn (previous year: €6.3bn) in the first quarter 2012. The additional revenue could however not offset the cost increases, in particular for fuel. Therefore the Group registered an operating loss of €381m (previous year: €-169m). The net result attributable to shareholders amounted to €-397m (previous year: €-507m).
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Delta reported system traffic increase of 1.1% for April 2012, on a 1.3% reduction in capacity, compared to the previous year. This resulted in a 2.0 point improvement in load factor to 82.8%.
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Pratt & Whitney has successfully delivered the 50th production F135 engine – powering Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II – to the U.S. Department of Defense. The 50th engine is scheduled to be installed in a F-35C Carrier Variant (CV) for the United States Navy. The F-35C aircraft will be delivered to Eglin Air Force
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The Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1200G engine successfully completed its first flight on April 30th, launching the engine family’s flight test program. The PW1217G engine for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft flew on a specially designed stub wing aboard Pratt & Whitney’s Boeing 747SP flying test bed at the company’s Mirabel Aerospace Centre, in
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Turkish Technic and Airblue signed C-check maintenance services agreements for two Airbus A319. Maintenance will be carried out at Turkish Technic’s facilities in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2012.
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Boeing announced a new winglet design concept for the 737 MAX. The new Advanced Technology winglet will provide MAX customers with up to an additional 1.5% fuel-burn improvement, depending on range, on top of the 10-12% improvement already offered on the new-engine variant. Compared to today’s wingtip technology, which provides up to a 4% fuel-burn
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Component Control released that long-term customer Avioserv San Diego, a global provider of aftermarket aircraft engine parts and lease engines, continues to grow its state-of-the-art IT infrastructure by moving to Quantum’s Max-Q Oracle database. Since 2004, Avioserv has leveraged the Quantum Control software to manage its high-volume parts, sales and leasing business. Avioserv was also
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