GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, delivered three new Boeing 777-300ERs to China Airlines to expand the airline’s fleet. A fourth aircraft is scheduled for delivery in January 2015. All four are part of GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing.
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The US Air Force has awarded a contract worth over US$100 million to Rolls-Royce to purchase spare engines and parts for its C-130J fleet and to support Foreign Military Sales customers. Rolls-Royce AE 2100 engines power all C-130J aircraft in the US military and global fleets, while legacy C-130 aircraft are powered by Rolls-Royce T56
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MSP Aviation and Avio-Diepen have signed a worldwide distribution agreement authorizing Avio-Diepen to distribute MSP aviation products globally. MSP is one of aviation’s premier designers and most trusted manufacturers of Instrument Clamps, Instrument Cases, Avionics Cooling Ducts, and Switch Guards for the Commercial, Corporate, General, and Military Aerospace markets. MSP Aviation provides service, technical knowledge
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AMAC Aerospace has been appointed by Pilatus as the exclusive Sales Distributor for the all-new PC-24 light jet in the Middle East. The new appointment, formally signed on October 30th extends AMAC’s existing exclusive agreement with Pilatus as a fully Authorised Service Centre and Sales Distributor for the PC-12NG in the region which it has
Exchange Income Corporation a diversified, acquisition-oriented company has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the shares of Provincial Aerospace (“PAL”), a diversified Canadian-based aerospace and aviation company, for a combination of cash and stock totaling approximately $246m. PAL, headquartered in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, operates three distinct businesses across the aerospace, airline
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Global Eagle Entertainment, a worldwide leading provider of content, connectivity and digital media solutions to airlines, has joined Air China’s WiFi Alliance. In addition, Dave Davis, CEO of Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has been appointed as a “Member of Council” in the Air China WiFi Alliance. Air China, one of the largest carriers in Asia
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FLY Leasing, a global lessor of modern commercial jet aircraft, has agreed to sell eight of the 11 Boeing 757 aircraft in its fleet. The sales are expected to close by the end of 2015. “The sale of these eight older B757 aircraft, averaging 15.7 years of age, will lower the average age of our
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Flybe and Finnair have agreed to restructure the ownership of their jointly owned Flybe Nordic venture, and Flybe has agreed to sell the shares that it holds in Flybe Nordic to a potential new majority shareholder or to Finnair for the price of one euro. The sale of the shares is conditional only upon approval
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Aleris reported that the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), has qualified the company’s new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Zhenjiang, China, to supply aluminum plate for COMAC’s C919 commercial aircraft program. With this certification, Aleris’ Zhenjiang facility becomes a qualified supplier of the 7050, 7075 and 2024 alloy series to COMAC. Aleris is a privately
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GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes, the largest low-cost airline in Latin America, announced its results for the third quarter of 2014. Operating income (EBIT) registered R$152min 3Q14, R$115m up over 3Q13, with an operating margin (EBIT) of 6.2%, up by 4.5 points. The last twelve months (LTM) EBIT totaled R$497m, with an operating margin of 4.9%.
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