Willis Lease Finance increased its revolving credit facility to $450m from $430m. The credit facility is available to Willis Lease on a revolving basis through November 2016. This and other credit facilities support the company and its subsidiaries in financing its lease portfolio, which stood at over $1bn as of March31, 2013.
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Nordic Aviation Capital confirmed that it has sold one Fokker 50, MSN 20162 to Air Panama. Nordic Aviation Capital A/S is a global aircraft leasing company dedicated to the worldwide sale, purchasing and financing of commercial jet and turboprop aircraft.
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AWAS has delivered one new A320 passenger aircraft to Vueling, the Spanish low cost airline. This second A320 delivery from AWAS is from the lessor’s existing new order pipeline and is factory – fitted with advanced Sharklets. .
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Boeing workers in Everett loaded the first wing spar for the first U.S. Air Force KC-46A aerial refueling tanker, starting production of that aircraft and achieving another milestone toward delivering 179 tankers during the next 14 years. The KC-46A is based on the commercial 767-200ER, a proven airframe in service as an airliner, freighter and
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Airbus has awarded Honeywell the contract for the powerhouse operation for the A320 Family Assembly Line Airbus is establishing in Mobile, Ala. Honeywell will be responsible for designing, building, operating and maintaining the facility that will supply all utilities to the new assembly line, including power distribution and backup generation, heating, cooling, chilled and drinking
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Universal Asset Management reported the planned arrival of a Boeing 747-400 to their Tupelo, MS disassembly facility at the Tupelo Regional Airport (TUP) for immediate disassembly and sale. The jet airliner will be inducted through UAM’s End-of-Life Recycling Process.
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GE Aviation will start testing this summer on a high pressure compressor (HPC) rig for the GE9X engine that will power Boeing’s 777X aircraft. GE plans on spending $200m in 2013 on maturation testing of technologies for the new GE9X engine. The high pressure compressor rig will be a 90% scale of the full-size HPC
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The deliveries of three new EC225s to customers in Vietnam and Malaysia further expands the fleet of Eurocopter’s workhorse helicopter deployed worldwide in demanding operating conditions of the offshore oil and gas industry. EC225 deliveries involve the Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company (VNH South), along with Awan Inspirasi Sdn Bhd (AISB) and MHS Aviation – both
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