27 April 2017

Airbus Q1 profits halve after engine delays and price reductions

The day after Boeing announced a Q1 19% rise in profits, Airbus has announced a fall in adjusted operating profit of 51%, to €240m for Q1 2017. Revenue increased 7% to just under €13bn and while analysts had predicted a loss, the 52% drop was appreciably greater than the 31% anticipated. Airbus shares fell by […]

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HAECO Americas names Jim Clarke new VP Planning and Performance

HAECO Americas has reported that Jim Clarke will be joining the company’s leadership team as its new Vice President, Planning and Performance. In that role, he will lead teams that conduct all maintenance event planning, cost and pricing analysis and customer performance reporting across the company’s North American operations. Mr. Clarke has had an accomplished

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Embraer and American Airlines sign contract for four additional E175s

Embraer and American Airlines Group have signed a firm order for four E175 jets. The contract, in addition to the original order placed by the airline in 2013, for 60 E175s, has a value of US$182m, based on current list prices, and will be included in Embraer’s 2017 second-quarter backlog. The deliveries will start in

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FAI completes €7m carbon neutral hangar development at Nuremberg Airport

FAI Asset Management GmbH, a member of the Nuremberg, Germany-headquartered FAI Aviation Group, has completed a brand new 4800 m² carbon neutral maintenance hangar, known as Hangar 8, at Albrecht Dürer Airport (NUE) in Nuremberg, Germany. The new hangar represents an investment of €7m and has created at least 10 new local engineering jobs, plus

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Lufthansa Technik and Air Canada agree on services for Boeing 737 and CFM56 engines

Air Canada and Lufthansa Technik have strengthened their trusted partnership with the signing of a new Total Component Support (TCS) contract for Air Canada’s future Boeing 737 MAX fleet. The airline also extended the existing CFM56 engine services agreement for a further eight years until 2026. The ten-year TCS-contract covers the airline’s future fleet of

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The Liebherr Group achieves €9,009m turnover in business year 2016

In 2016 the Liebherr Group has achieved the third-highest turnover in the Group’s history, with total sales of €9,009m, compared to 2015, this represents a decrease of €228m or 2.5%. In 2016, the Group achieved a net result for the year of €298m, equaling the 2015 result. The financial result improved significantly, thanks in part

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interCaribbean Airways signs Preferred Supplier Agreement with Thomas Global Systems

Thomas Global Systems, a leader in the design, production and support of innovative electronics solutions for aerospace and defence applications, announced at MRO Americas that it has signed an agreement with interCaribbean Airways in relation to Thomas Global’s TFD-8601 cockpit display, a pioneering plug-and-play LCD replacement for ageing CRT displays in corporate and regional aircraft

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