Cargolux Airlines International S.A. announced changes to its Board of Directors following the acquisition by the Luxembourg State of a 35% stake in the airline from Qatar Airways on 31 December 2012. Cargolux’s Board of Directors elected Paul Helminger as its Chairman. Furthermore Alphonse Berns, Paul Mousel and Patrick Nickels were appointed as Directors to […]
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Bombardier Aerospace announced that it has received full certification for its Global 6000 jet from the Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil in Brazil. “With this new certification the entire families of Learjet, Challenger and Global jets now have Brazilian certification.” said Fabio Rebello, Regional Vice President, Sales, Latin America, Bombardier Business Aircraft.
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On January 1st, 2013, Eric Chen has become President of Airbus China, responsible for Airbus’ overall activities in the People’s Republic of China, including business development, commercial activities, customer services and industrial cooperation. Eric Chen, previously Airbus China Senior Vice President Commercial and External Affairs, succeeds Laurence Barron, who has now taken over as CEO
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Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) released that ATRAN Cargo Airlines has taken delivery of its second AEI B737-400SF 11 Pallet Configuration Passenger to Freighter Conversion. The aircraft, a high gross weight B737-400 (MSN 28758) was built in 1997 and underwent passenger to freighter modification at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Flightstar Aircraft Services, Inc. which is located
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In addition to winning new MRO customers, Aerostar S.A. a leading Romanian aerospace company is also ensuring that it retains existing customers and winning repeat business from them. In what is shaping up to be a busy first quarter of 2013 for the company, further Boeing 737s from Royal Air Maroc and Pegasus Airlines of
GE Aviation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Aldus Aviation Limited to develop a lessor-oriented CF34-8E and CF34-10E support package. The support package will enable leasing companies to better control maintenance costs, regardless of the operator to which the aircraft is leased. Under the terms of the agreement, GE would provide support for lessors
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EGYPTAIR MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING (EGME) managed to attract more customers from different European countries. One of the newest customers is Thomas Cook Belgium. The Belgian carrier is sending two A320 aircraft in January 2013 for C-Checks. Meanwhile, EGME has continued cooperation with the Russian carrier Aerovista through a contract to perform on its B737-500 “Bridge
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Aviation Capital Group has closed the sale of $300 million of its 4.625% senior notes due January 31, 2018. Proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes. The joint book-running managers for the offering were Credit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan, RBC Capital Markets and Wells Fargo Securities. Including the
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Avolon, the international aircraft leasing group, issues a trading update for 2012 announcing that its fleet had reached 167 aircraft at 31st December, 2012 and that total capital raised has exceeded US$5bn. Avolon raised US$300m of new equity from the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and US$1.3bn of new debt finance bringing total capital raised
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Aerospace Systems has been selected by Aeroflot, Russia’s flagship airline, to supply the wheels and carbon brakes for its new fleet of 16 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The company will provide the equipment through its Wheels & Brakes business in Troy, Ohio. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in January, 2013. The 777-300ER carbon brakes
