Boeing is entering into a joint venture with automotive seat manufacturer Adient to develop and produce airplane seats. Boeing will hold a 49.99 percent stake in the new company, Adient Aerospace, which will be located in Kaiserslautern, near Frankfurt, Germany. The move comes at a time when the aerospace industry is witnessing a number of …
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From 2020, independent German airline Germania will be implementing the most comprehensive fleet replacement measures in its corporate history. In this context, the airline is now setting the course for the standardisation of its fleet. Over the next 15 months, the ten Boeing type 737-700s in the fleet will be retired and replaced with Airbus …
Singapore Technologies Engineering has reported that its aerospace arm, Singapore Technologies Aerospace secured new contracts worth about S$510m in the fourth quarter (4Q) of 2017 for services ranging from airframe maintenance and landing gears repair to pilot training. The airframe maintenance contracts include multi-year agreements to provide A- and Cchecks for Boeing aircraft including the …
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Air Partner plc has sold 2009-vintage Beechcraft King Air 200, serial number BB-2014. Air Partner plc acted as the exclusive remarketing agent for the seller Air HH Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Privat Jets. This sale marks a strong start to 2018 and follows a successful 2017, in which the Aircraft Remarketing division won and fulfilled a number …
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MRO service provider SR Technics has opened its new Manchester Line Station. The new operations, which are part of a larger growth strategy in Line Maintenance, started already in November 2017 and is fully EASA-approved. The station’s initial capability covers the Airbus A330 and the Boeing 787. The new SR Technics line station is the …
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TrueNoord, the specialist regional aircraft lessor, has appointed Richard Jacobs to Head of Sales and Marketing and Carst Lindeboom as new Sales Director. Jacobs and Lindeboom both joined the TrueNoord team this month as the organisation expands its senior management in line with significant portfolio growth and emerging global opportunities. A graduate of the faculty …
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GECAS has arranged a sale-leaseback along with pre-delivery payment financing for Viva Air in a transaction for ten A320ceo aircraft, to be delivered in 2018 and 2019. Viva Air has been a GECAS customer since the inception of VivaColombia six years ago and their fleet is currently comprised entirely of A320ceo aircraft powered by CFM56 …
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AAR, a leading integrator of aviation supply chain solutions, will provide in-flight connectivity logistics, repair and aftermarket management services to Viasat, a global communications company. Through this partnership, AAR’s OEM Aftermarket Solutions group will manage the aftermarket inventory pool of Viasat components including modems, antennas, radomes, wireless access points (WAPs) and power supply units (PSUs). …
IBA, the independent aviation consultancy, has released that Alice Gondry, Head of Operations – Intelligence, has earned Senior Appraiser status through the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT). Alice joined IBA in 2005 and is responsible for managing operations within the commercial aviation intelligence team. She oversees the production and delivery of intelligence-derived projects, …
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Only six months after the opening announcement of their third paint shop, Sabena technics has been selected by Airbus for the construction and operation of a fourth painting facility dedicated to Airbus wide body aircraft in Toulouse Blagnac airport. This new facility reinforces Sabena technics’ footprint in Toulouse and comes in addition to two facilities …
