Lease Corporation International’s (LCI) helicopter division has taken delivery of its fifth AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter, and has placed the aircraft on lease with Bond Offshore Helicopters (Bond) in Aberdeen, Scotland. The delivery follows the agreement last year of a long term lease between LCI and Bond’s parent company Avincis Group – a leading global provider […]
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Boeing has identified “green diesel,” a renewable fuel used in ground transportation, as a significant new source of sustainable aviation biofuel that emits at least 50% less carbon dioxide than fossil fuel over its lifecycle. The company is working with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and other stakeholders to gain approval for aircraft to fly
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Boeing executive Mike Cave, president of Boeing Capital Corporation, the company’s product financing unit, announced that he will retire on May 1st. Marc Allen, Boeing China president, will replace Cave, effective March 14th. Cave who also serves as a Boeing senior vice president, has led Boeing Capital since January 2010. The unit is responsible for
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Rockwell Collins and Beijing Bluesky Aviation Technology, an AVIC subsidiary, signed a final agreement on January 15th, to establish ACCEL (Tianjin) Flight Simulation Co. LTD. joint venture (JV). The JV, with equal shares owned by the two entities, will create a simulation and training center of excellence in China for commercial flight simulation and training
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High-speed wind tunnel tests have started for the Boeing 777X. Testing began last week at Boeing’s Transonic Wind Tunnel in Seattle. Last month, engineers started wind tunnel tests at QinetiQ’s facility in Farnborough, U.K., where testing of the low-speed performance of the airplane continues. Subsequent rounds of low-speed and high-speed testing will provide further design
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Air Lease Corporation announced a long term lease agreement with Air France for one new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from ALC’s order book, which is scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2015.
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Rockwell Collins reported that its acquisition of ARINC Incorporated will serve as the foundation of a new Information Management Services (IMS) business that combines ARINC with Rockwell Collins’ Flight Information Solutions business and its Ascend family of products and services. Jeff Standerski has been appointed senior vice president of Information Management Services. The new business
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Embraer released that it delivered 32 commercial and 53 business jets during the fourth quarter of 2013, thus closing out the year with 90 airplanes delivered to the airline market and 119 to executive aviation, that is, 90 light and 29 large jets. Therefore, Embraer met the estimated aircraft delivery guidance proposed for 2013, for
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