Airlines for America (A4A) has been dealt its biggest blow in a 75+ year history as one of its biggest airlines and the third-biggest US airline by capacity, Delta, had decided to end its membership of the only trade organization in the US for leading commercial airlines. In a statement, Delta confirmed that “The USD$5 […]
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Aircraft Propeller Service (APS), one of the oldest, leading commercial propeller Maintenance Repair Organizations (MROs), reported that APS’ new, state-of-the-art Lake Zurich, Illinois facility is up and running and ready to leverage its role as the license holder for repair and maintenance of propeller systems in IATA 1 and IATA 3. The company is the
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GKN Aerospace has signed a GBP multi-million, long term agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to supply titanium rotating parts for the PW1100G-JM and PW1400G-JM, Geared Turbofan (GTF) engines. This contract covers the planned production period for this programme to 2028, with first deliveries targetted for the end of this year. Manufacture of these critical rotating
Regional One supported Estonian Air through the lease of their two maiden CRJ-700’s, MSN 10083 and MSN 10085.
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BOC Aviation delivered the first of three Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Turkish low-cost airline Pegasus Airlines. The remaining two are scheduled for delivery within the next three months.
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Global Eagle Entertainment, a worldwide provider of aircraft connectivity systems, operations solutions and media to the travel industry, has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval to install its Ku-band satellite connectivity system on Airbus A320 aircraft.
Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, reported its completion of a modification and upgrade for the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department’s (SBCSD) Bell 212 aircraft. Modifications to this aircraft included avionics, airframe, and tailboom structural modifications required for the installation of a new Pratt & Whitney Canada
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PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with an undisclosed customer for four B737-400 conversions. The work is scheduled to begin November 2015, with all conversions completed during 2016. PEMCO’s latest 737-400 program will provide converted aircraft with eleven (11) pallet positions, up to 48,000 pounds of payload
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easyJet has partnered with AJW Group in a five year cost-per-flight-hour contract to support its growing fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft. The collaborative and wholly engaged transition process went live on October 7th 2015. Key factors have included the training, development and enhancement of the AJW resource pool and the in-depth education and practical
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GE Aviation is creating adjacent factories in Huntsville, Alabama, to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) materials used to manufacture ceramic matrix composite components (CMCs) for jet engines and land-based gas turbines. GE Aviation will invest more than US$200m to construct two factories on 100 acres in Huntsville. When the factories are operational later this decade, they
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