Boeing and Singapore Airlines (SIA) formally announced a deal for 20 777-9s and 19 787-10s. The order, previously attributed to an unidentified customer, is worth US$13.8bn at current list prices. The value of this sales transaction will sustain thousands of U.S. suppliers and more than 70,000 direct and indirect U.S. jobs during the delivery period […]
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AAR, a leading integrator of aviation supply chain solutions, has expanded its ATR parts offerings by purchasing the entire ATR inventory, plus tooling, of Honolulu-based Island Air, which recently phased out its ATR operations. The acquisition deepens AAR’s commitment to providing global, customer-facing solutions to the ATR market. The inventory will be integrated into AAR’s
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BOC Aviation has delivered the first of eight Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Russian low-cost airline Pobeda Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflot. This aircraft is from the Company’s existing order book.
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CFM International has signed agreements with Lufthansa Technik and AFI KLM E&M to provide maintenance and overhaul support for the company’s advanced LEAP engine product line. CFM has long-standing relationships with both companies on the CFM56 family, and has granted licenses for them to develop MRO services offerings to provide both on-wing and on-site support,
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Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have reached an agreement to strengthen collaboration in ways that will enhance both companies’ competitiveness. The agreement includes efforts to reduce costs in MHI production of wings for the 787 Dreamliner and joint studies of advanced aerostructure technologies for future-generation commercial aircraft. MHI manufactures 787 composite wings at its
HAECO Xiamen and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) have signed a training co-operation framework agreement. Under the agreement, HAECO Xiamen Technical Training Centre, a CCAR-147, HKAR-147 and EASA Part-147 approved aircraft maintenance training organisation, will become a key training base for the continuous development of COMAC’s personnel. HAECO Xiamen will utilise its extensive experience
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JetBlue is ending ticket sales through more than 10 online travel agencies (OTAs) as part of its structural cost program to reduce costs across the airline. The change marks the first phase of a new online distribution strategy, which will focus on direct bookings through jetblue.com and select third-party channels. The distribution cost structure through
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China Southern Airlines’ board of directors have authorized the order of 8 Boeing B777-300ER and 30 B737 -8 aircraft. The Boeing aircraft will be delivered in stages to the Company during the period commencing from 2019 to 2020, of which 5 B777-300ER and 12 B737-8 aircraft will be delivered to the Company in 2019 and
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Lithuanian leisure carrier’s Small Planet Airlines revenue kept growing in the first half of 2017, reaching EUR118.1m – a 63.2% increase compared to the same period in 2016. Passenger flow grew by one-third and reached 871 000. The airline made a loss of EUR10.2m. This happened due to considerable investments in improving its on-time performance
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Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) secured new contracts worth about S$530m in the third quarter (3Q) of 2017 for services ranging from heavy airframe and engine maintenance, component repair and overhaul to cabin retrofit. The heavy airframe maintenance contracts include long-term agreements to support a range of aircraft platforms from MD-11, Boeing 777 and Boeing
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