Taylor English Duma served as outside legal counsel to Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group on its agreement to acquire 20 Boeing 747‑8F aircraft worth US$8bn. Based in Moscow, Volga-Dnepr Group is a consortium that owns, operates, and manages several cargo airlines. The deal – announced July 12, 2016 at the Farnborough Air Show – is a landmark […]
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HAECO Americas, a subsidiary of the HAECO Group with headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, confirmed has signed a letter of intent with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation at the Farnborough International Airshow to become a preferred airframe Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) partner for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) in North America. The collaboration will provide
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GE Aviation and its joint venture companies, including CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Snecma (Safran), announced more than US$25bn in orders and commitments at this week’s Farnborough Air Show. The orders and commitments included more than 800 GE and CFM engines as well as TrueChoice suite of engine maintenance offerings.
The ISTAT Foundation has announced the 2016 ISTAT Scholarship and 2016 ISTAT Grant recipients. Funding for these programs is provided by annual grants from ISTAT and contributions from individuals and companies. The Foundation is committed to supporting aviation-focused university students around the globe by way of scholarships. This year, the Foundation has awarded $345,000 in
SR Technics reported that sole shareholder Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi investment and development company, has agreed to sell an 80% stake in the company to HNA Aviation, a global enterprise group based in Haikou, China. SR Technics, a world leading MRO service provider for the civil aviation sector, will remain a standalone business within HNA
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SK AeroSafety, which specializes in the repair and overhaul of aircraft safety components, has selected Quantum Control MRO and Logistics software for worldwide rollout to its five locations. Implementation across all facilities is expected by end of the third quarter 2016. SK AeroSafety, the aviation business unit of the SK FireSafety Group based in the
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The SmartSky 4G network is taking off with another partner onboard. Pro Star Aviation will serve as an authorized dealer for hardware sales and installation of SmartSky’s innovative technology. Pro Star will sell and install SmartSky equipment across many business jet models using STC licenses obtained from SmartSky’s earliest distribution partners.
CFM International’s industry-leading LEAP and CFM56 product lines remain the engines of choice for single-aisle aircraft, with the company announcing orders, commitments, and long-term service agreements for a total of 565 engines with a value of US$8.2bn (including undisclosed customers) at the 2016 Farnborough Airshow.
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STG Aerospace announced that its emergency floorpath marking system, saf-Tglo, has been installed on the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital. Orbis, a non-profit organization that fights blindness around the world and based in New York, operates the Flying Eye Hospital, the world’s only mobile ophthalmic teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft, taking the very latest
