13 April 2015

Air Côte d’Ivoire orders two more Bombardier Q400 NextGen Turboprop Aircraft

Air Côte d’Ivoire, the national airline of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, has converted options on two Q400 NextGen airliners to a firm order. Air Côte d’Ivoire’s two options were acquired under a contract announced on December 18th, 2013 that also included a firm order for two Q400 NextGen aircraft. Air Côte d’Ivoire took delivery […]

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Mitsubishi Aircraft now under more pressure with maiden flight delays of the MRJ

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) is the first commercial aircraft to be manufactured in Japan since the 1960s when a 64-seat turboprop dubbed the YS-11 came off the production line, even though only 182 planes were built by a consortium that included Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Today, Mitsubishi Aircraft, which is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi heavy

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Copa Airlines and Boeing sign order for 61 Boeing 767s

Copa Airlines and Boeing announced an order for 61 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 airplanes. The order, valued at US$6.6bn at list prices, is the largest commercial transaction ever between a Panamanian and a U.S.-based company. Copa Airlines will use the airplanes to replace existing airplanes and support the carrier’s plans for strategic growth.

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Dassault Aviation opens line service facility in Beijing

Dassault Aviation signed an agreement with Beijing-based Deer Jet authorizing it to provide line maintenance and unscheduled maintenance for the Falcon 7X. Located at Beijing Capital Airport, Deer Jet is one of the largest business jet operators in the Asia Pacific region. It manages and supports a large fleet of executive aircraft, including the 7X.

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STG Aerospace wins major contract to supply emergency floorpath lighting for all new-build Embraer aircraft

STG Aerospace, a leader in pioneering aircraft lighting technologies, has won a contract to supply its market-leading safTglo photoluminescent emergency floorpath marking system for the next generation of Embraer aircraft launching in 2017. Having supplied safTglo to the current generation Embraer aircraft through a Tier 2 contract achieving Tier 1 status with the Brazil-based Embraer

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AAR amends OEM support agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace

AAR has amended a long-term general terms agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace. Under terms of the deal, Liebherr-Aerospace will provide full support of AAR’s nose-to-tail comprehensive solution on the Bombardier fleet. The services are performed by Liebherr-Aerospace Saline and Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, which is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Under the existing agreement, Liebherr-Aerospace grants access to

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Air New Zealand and AJW Group expand partnership

Air New Zealand and AJW Group have signed a new agreement which will extend the component maintenance and repair services provided at Air New Zealand’s Auckland Engineering and Maintenance base. Under the agreement, Air New Zealand will now carry out some component maintenance on Tigerair Australia’s Airbus A320 fleet on behalf of AJW Group. Air

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Stratos arranges over US$340m of aircraft transactions during Q1 2015

Monaco-based Stratos, a boutique advisory firm providing independent aircraft financing, sourcing & placement advisory solutions for airlines, investors and manufacturers, has delivered 8 aircraft in the first quarter of 2015, including arranging the sale and leaseback of 6 ATR72 aircraft to a major European airline on behalf of investor clients, sale of an A320 to

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Flying Colours Corp. begins work on first three Sparkle Roll CRJ200 aircraft

Just six months after the joint venture announcement between China-based Sparkle Roll Technik Co. Ltd. (SRT) and Flying Colours Corp. the North American MRO, completion and refurbishment specialist, three of the eight B-registered CRJ-200 aircraft conversions are already in situ at Flying Colours’ Peterborough headquarters in Canada, with the work schedule well under way. The

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STG Aerospace expands global team with key appointments in the USA and China

STG Aerospace announced that it has made two new key appointments – Dan Rice to the position of Regional Sales Director – North America and Cai Hai Tao as General Manager of the company’s recently established subsidiary, STG Aerospace (China) Co. Both of these new roles will report to Marcus Williams, Director of Global Sales

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