The sixth Singapore Airshow will start on Tuesday, February 6 and will run until Sunday, February 11. Originally called the Changi Airshow, the bi-annual Singapore Airshow is now held adjacent to Singapore’s Changi International Airport, at the Changi Exhibition Center which offers approximately 42,500 square meters of indoors space and over 100,000 square meters of […]
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AerCap has selected the GEnx-1B engine to power its 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners with the option to purchase 10 additional aircraft. The engine order is valued at more than US$780m list price and increases AerCap’s GEnx-powered 787 Dreamliner fleet to 49 firm aircraft.
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GE Aviation will invest S$42m in a new facility located in Singapore to manufacture components for its GE9X engine that will power Boeing’s 777X aircraft. This facility will expand GE Aviation’s presence in the country where the company operates a sizable aircraft engine component repair facility. The new 50,000 ft² facility will be located at
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Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) has officially approved Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen as their first MRO service provider in China for ARJ21 engine nacelles and components. Prior to the approval, the Lufthansa Technik subsidiary had successfully performed an on-site audit in December 2017. Located in the Chinese province of Guangdong, Lufthansa Technik
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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Airbus Helicopters have implemented a new single Production Organisation Approval (POA). This replaces previous national approvals from France, Germany and Spain by a single, integrated framework allowing for simplified industrial exchanges between Airbus Helicopters’ manufacturing facilities and supporting the company’s industrial strategy of site specialisation across Europe. “The
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JORAMCO Academy and AACO Regional Training Center have signed a cooperation agreement to support the growing needs of the civil aviation industry in Jordan and the Middle East. Under this agreement, both parties will offer joint courses in the field of aviation maintenance training for engineers and technicians to be held at AACO Regional Training
Telair International AB has received certification for its new Flexible Loading Systemâ„¢ (FLS) for all current production and in-service Boeing 737 aircraft. The system allows 737 operators to carry containerized cargo (baggage, mail, and parcel freight) in the lower hold of the aircraft, along with bulk-loaded bags. Commercial aviation lessor GECAS will offer the new
Baines Simmons, part of the Training & Consultancy division of global aviation services group Air Partner, has secured two separate contracts with NATO operating units, the Heavy Airlift Wing at Papa, Hungary, and the AWACS unit (Airborne Warning And Control System) in Geilenkirchen, Germany. Both contracts have a duration of around three months. Baines Simmons
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Universal Asset Management (UAM), a leader in aviation asset management, high-tech aircraft disassembly and commercial aviation aftermarket solutions, has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of Airbus A340 airframes and engines from Airbus Asset Management for trading and component support. The portfolio, which includes three Airbus A340-300 airframes, one Airbus A340-500 airframe, nine CFM56-5C engines
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ST Aerospace, through its US affiliate company, VT San Antonio Aerospace (VT SAA), has secured a contract from Air Canada to perform interior reconfiguration services on part of the airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. This cabin reconfiguration contract follows a long-term agreement with Air Canada, announced in June 2017, for heavy maintenance services on the
