AgustaWestland reported that the Swedish Maritime Administration has taken delivery of its first AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopter during an official ceremony held at Vergiate plant (Italy) on September 10th. The aircraft is the first of seven AW139s on order which will be equipped for Search and Rescue (SAR) operations in Sweden and the customer […]
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Christoph Franz has informed Deutsche Lufthansa AG that he is not available for an extension of his contract as Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO. His current contract runs until 31 May 2014.
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The European manufacturer of turboprop aircraft ATR and the Caribbean carrier LIAT have announced the signature of a Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA) for the airline’s new fleet of ATR -600 aircraft. Signed for an initial period of 10 years, the contract will cover the four ATR 42-600s and four ATR 72-600s that will be operated
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Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC), a joint venture between Airbus and its Chinese partners, has started to deliver elevators for the Airbus A350 XWB programme. A ceremony was held in Harbin for the delivery of the first ship set of elevators on September 16th. The elevators manufactured at HMC are delivered to Spain-based
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Erickson Air-Crane reported the signing of a Master Agreement with Sikorsky Aircraft to build fabricated aircraft assemblies. Activities under the Master Agreement scope of work will begin immediately, using a wide range of Erickson expertise in engineering, legacy aircraft production, and fabrication of aircraft assemblies. The total contract value is more than $5.6m. Erickson expects
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Virgin America’s August 2013 traffic decreased 5.1%, while capacity decrased 5.0%Â when compared to August 2012. Load factor was 82.2%, which is unchanged from the same month a year prior.
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Mesa Air Group signed a new agreement with United Airlines that extends the term of its existing fleet of 20 Bombardier CRJ 700 aircraft to 2019 and adds 30 new United owned Embraer 175 aircraft. Under the terms of this agreement Mesa will place the new Embraer 175 jets into service over the next two
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A2B Heli Maintenance, a newly established EASA Part 145 independent commercial helicopter maintenance company, has formally opened its doors at London Oxford Airport. Headed by Andy Bloxham, Managing Director, A2B Heli moved into the newly refurbished hangar on 19th August and will specialise in the support of leading commercial helicopter types. In its first week
Embraer Defense & Security announced that the company is on schedule with its Jacksonville, Florida, assembly facility to begin deliveries in mid-2014 of A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to the U.S. Air Force for the Light Air Support (LAS) program. On March 26th, a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the presence of government officials and local leaders marked
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Bristol Associates representing United Airlines, has completed the sale of a 2000 vintage B767-224ER aircraft (MSN 30431, N73152) to Wells Fargo as Trustee. UTAir (Russia) will operate the aircraft.
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