It was announced by the American Air Force back in January 2015 that Boeing would be invited to build two 747-8 aircraft. These are to replace the two current 747-200Bs, designated VC-25A, which were ordered during the Regan Administration and delivered in 1990. Today it has been announced that Boeing have been awarded the contract […]
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Ryanair posted 3rd quarter profits of €103m, a 110% increase on prior year. Traffic grew 20% to 25m as average fares fell 1% to €40 (load factors rose 5% points to 93%) while unit costs fell by 5% (ex-fuel down 1%). “We are pleased to report that our low fares policy delivered strong 3rd quarter
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Panasonic Avionics, a leader in inflight entertainment and communications, and All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced a partnership to launch ANA SKY Live TV and broadband Internet services on domestic aircraft that fly routes across Japan. ANA Sky Live TV includes three unique channels of Japanese news, sports and other popular programming from JSAT Corporation’s Sky
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ATR and Iran’s national flag carrier Iran Air signed in Teheran a deal for the introduction of 40 newest generation ATR 72-600s. The agreement includes firm orders for 20 aircraft plus 20 options, and is valued at one billion euro. The signature of the deal follows the commercial discussions held in the last days in
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FAI Asset Management GmbH has reported that it will be breaking ground for its third hangar at Albrecht Dürer Airport in Nuremberg in June of this year. The new hangar, which represents an investment of €6m, will increase FAI’s hangar floor space by another 4,500m², bringing the total size of the FAI facility to 13,500m².
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Rolls-Royce has won a US$2.7bn order from Norwegian for Trent 1000 engines and TotalCare long-term service support for 19 new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The order also includes TotalCare for Trent 1000 engines that will power 11 previously-announced leased Boeing 787s yet to enter service. Rolls-Royce will provide TotalCare with a fully comprehensive Availability Service
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Comlux Transactions, the sales and acquisitions division of Comlux, confirmed the purchase of 3 brand new Airbus ACJ320 neo, all equipped with CFM Engines and with green deliveries starting in 2019. In 2015, Fly Comlux, the VVIP operator of the Comlux Group, has signed 5 new aircraft management contracts with undisclosed customers of heavy jets
Singapore Technologies Aerospace has completed its investment of the additional 20% equity interest in Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW). The investment was completed following the receipt of regulatory approvals and fulfilment of customary conditions precedent. Following this completion, EFW becomes a subsidiary of ST Aerospace, with the latter owning 55% of the shareholding and Airbus Defence
Finnair has excercised an option, under the Letter of Intent signed with BOC Aviation on December 30th, 2015, to lease a further two new Airbus A321-200 narrow-body aircraft. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery to Finnair during the winter season 2017/2018. The lease agreements have a minimum term of eight years.
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GAMECO has reported that it completed the 100th C-checks on a FedEx aircraft. At the same time the re-delivery of N722FD to FedEx marks also the first time that GAMECO reaches this milestone of 100 C-Checks for a single customer other than China Southern Airlines. It was just in 2008, when GAMECO signed the A300/A310
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