The TRUEngine designation continues to gain significant customer acceptance, with engine enrollments expected to top 9,000 GE and CFM International (CFM) engines in coming weeks. Including announcements at the Farnborough Air Show, there are now 138 airlines particpating in the GE and CFM TRUEngine Program. The number of TRUEngine MROs also is expanding, with Evergreen […]
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During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s State visit to Brazil, Embraer S.A. concluded an agreement for the sale of 40 aircraft to China’s Tianjin Airlines, a subsidiary of the HNA Group. The contract, with an estimated value of US$2.1bn at list prices, is comprised of 20 E-Jets and 20 E-Jets E2, which also makes HNA Group
FL Technics, a global provider of tailor-made aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, signed a three-year long Line Maintenance Agreement with Garuda Indonesia. Under the contract, engineers from FL Technics Storm, part of FL Technics, shall support the carrier’s Boeing 777 aircraft with a comprehensive set of services, including daily and transit checks, defect rectification,
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CFM International’s industry-leading LEAP and CFM56 product lines remain the engines of choice for single-aisle aircraft, with the company signing orders, commitments, and long-term service agreements for a total of 1,062 engines at the 2014 Farnborough Air Show. “What an incredible week,” said Jean-Paul Ebanga, president and CEO of CFM International. “We started the show
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Bruce Aerospace reported the selection by Swiss International Airlines (Swiss) as a new customer for its popular XLume LED Lighting product line for its fleet of A320/A321, A330 and A340 aircraft. First deliveries will start in September 2014. The product line offers airlines a drop-in replacement for the OEM supplied fluorescent cabin lighting fixtures which
BOC Aviation has priced A$50m of 5.5-year fixed rate senior unsecured notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). The Notes represent an increase over the Company’s A$150m notes issuance priced on 14 July 2014 resulting in a final transaction size of A$200m. The transaction was arranged by Westpac Banking Corporation and issued off BOC Aviation’s US$5bn Euro
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Aircraft Window Repairs Co, a Torrance California headquartered FAA/EASA approved repair station, is proud to celebrate its 35th year of operations. It has been in the aircraft transparency repair business longer than anyone. They are capable of evaluating and repairing windows and lenses on all airliners and general aviation aircraft. Says Kathi Cupery, their President,
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Aeronautical Engineers has delivered the third of five B737-400SF freighters to Southern Air who will operate the aircraft for DHL Express in the Americas. The aircraft is a standard gross weight B737-400SF (MSN 26455) built in 1993 and was converted at Commercial Jet’s Dothan facility, which is one of five authorized AEI Conversion Centers worldwide.
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STS Component Solutions, a division of STS Aviation Group, opens a new support office in Turkey and hires Omur Basol, a former purchasing executive for several Turkish airlines and MRO’s, to spearhead its marketing and sales activities.
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GE Aviation, Hamble – the aerostructures business of GE Aviation – is readying its production start-up for the Airbus A350-1000 jetliner’s wing fixed trailing edge package, comprising more than 3,000 deliverable components that incorporate structural composite panels, complex machined parts and assemblies. The A350 XWB wing fixed trailing edge package is the largest design and
