AirAsia, the largest low cost airline in Asia, has placed a new order with Airbus for 100 more A320 Family aircraft. The contract covers an additional 64 A320neo and 36 A320ceo aircraft for operation across the carrier’s network. The contract reaffirms AirAsia’s position as the largest A320 Family airline customer in the world. Altogether, the […]
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Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and SkyWest reported that they have executed a definitive agreement for the purchase of 100 MRJ90 aircraft and up to an additional 100 option aircraft. The agreement sets forth respective rights and obligations that enable Mitsubishi Aircraft and SkyWest to mutually position themselves for opportunities in the US regional airline industry. MRJ
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, (AIG), has priced $287,042,000 1.492% prefunded secured notes due 2025 guaranteed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). “This first-ever Ex-Im Bank financing for ILFC will further support our company’s goals of diversifying capital sources and reducing average funding
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Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co., announced the appointment of Todd Witchall as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Electronics Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics. In this role, Witchall will report directly to Bob Tavares, President of Crane Electronics Group. Witchall will be responsible for Finance, Accounting
Universal Avionics’ long-time customer, Horizon Air, has hit a new milestone; as of Friday, November 30th, all 48 of Horizon Air’s Bombardier Q400 aircraft were modified with Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) using dual Universal Avionics’ UNS-1Ew Flight Management Systems (FMS). All aircraft are now WAAS, Required Navigation Performance (RNP) 0.3 Authorization Required (AR) and
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Finnair has appointed Allister Paterson Senior Vice President, Commercial Division and a member of the Finnair Executive Board as of January 7, 2013. Mika Perho, the current head of Finnair’s Commercial Division has announced he will leave the company at the end of December, 2012.
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AAR has been selected by the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) to be the exclusive manager and single source of all repairs and spare parts requirements for its fleet of BAe146 and HS125 aircraft, and of all unit exchanges for the HS125. The three-year agreement includes a one-year renewal option. The aircraft are operated
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Sabena technics has contracted a cabin modification project for two Airbus A320 and one Airbus A318 with an undisclosed Middle East VIP operator. Within the scope of this contract, Sabena technics is carrying out VIP cabin modification as well as SATCOM systems installation. The work is being performed by Sabena technics’ expert team at its
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Lufthansa Technik has started the VIP cabin completion of a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 2 for Freestream Aircraft. The ultra-modern interior has been designed by renowned designer Marc Newson and his London-based Aviation Design Studio MNAerospace Ltd. The hand-over of the aircraft is scheduled for mid of 2013. Lufthansa Technik will install the latest generation
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Founded in 2004, MAINtag is a leading manufacturer of RFID solutions including tags, readers and innovative business software, primarily for the aerospace industry. MAINtag began working with Airbus in 2010, supplying the FLYtag solution for the identification and tracking of components embedded on the A350 XWB. MAINtag will deliver, over an eight-year period, the latest
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