With economic sanctions having been lifted, Iran has become a prime target for aircraft manufacturers who have identified that the country has an ageing fleet of aircraft. Based on Airglobal figures, it is understood that the current Iranian fleet consists of 94 Boeing and McDonnell Douglas aircraft and 96 Airbus planes. A good number of […]
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At the Singapore Airshow, Thales announced a string of successes for its avionics business in 2015. The group will equip a staggering total of over 700 Airbus single-aisle aircraft in Asia. Thales signed contracts with 16 airlines, including China’s Air China and Shenzhen Airlines, India’s GoAir and Singapore’s BOC Aviation. Singapore is Thales’s primary regional
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Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran) has signed a contract with Singapore Airlines during the Singapore Airshow, to support the landing gear systems on its upcoming fleet of Airbus A350-900 jetliners. The airline’s first A350-900 will start revenue service soon. Since 2008, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty has also provided support services for Singapore Airlines’ A380 super-jumbo jets. This contract gives Singapore Airlines
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Singapore-based Tigerair will be upgrading 34 Airbus A320 aircraft (21 firm orders and 13 optional) with the latest version of its Iridium satellite communications (SATCOM) system. Deliveries will begin later this year. The Rockwell Collins Iridium SATCOM system provides flight crews with reliable long-range voice and data communications over the global Iridium satellite network and
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InTech Aerospace, a steadily growing aviation technical services firm specialized in commercial and government airplane interiors and components, achieved full certification to AS-9110 aerospace quality standards in February 2016. Based in Houston TX, InTech Aerospace is poised for continued growth as commercial airlines fleets keep expanding. Performing a variety of overhaul, repair, and retrofit chores
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Gulfstream Aerospace announced that the fourth Gulfstream G500 test aircraft, T4, has completed its first flight and officially joined the G500 flight-test program. The aircraft climbed to a maximum altitude of 51,000 feet/15,545 meters and reached a maximum airspeed of 340 KCAS/Mach 0.925. During the 3-hour and 17-minute flight, the crew exercised all primary flight
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Jazz Aviation, a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation, reported that its Technical Services division, represented by Unifor, have ratified their tentative agreement reached on January 28th, 2016. Unifor represents approximately 820 maintenance and engineering employees at Jazz. The new collective agreement provides long-term labour stability to 2025, productivity enhancements and a transition to competitive labour costs.
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Go2Sky of Slovakia has agreed to lease one Boeing 737-800 aircraft, MSN 29925, from a Dublin-based lessor. The aircraft was manufactured in 2000 and is equipped with 189 economy leather seats. It will be delivered in March and will be flown on ACMI services in the EMEA region. The lease was arranged by ISIS Aviation
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Austrian Airlines will begin using Spairliners for Integrated Component Care Support effective January 2016. The long-term contract was signed in December 2015 and covers component pooling and repair solutions of seventeen (17) Embraer E195 aircraft. Sven-Uve Hueschler, CEO at Spairliners, says: “We will deliver the best services and knowledge to Austrian Airlines based on our
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This year’s Singapore Airshow proved a major success for MTU Aero Engines: the engine manufacturer secured orders worth over €500m (some US$570m), scoring high especially with PurePower PW1000G-family geared turbofan (GTF) engines. “In the commercial engine business, the GTF programs for single-aisle aircraft are key to how MTU’s future is defined,” commented MTU CEO Reiner
