West Star Aviation highlighted the new Paint and Maintenance Hangars at the Chattanooga facility Open House, November 7, 2018. With the completion of these new facilities, West Star now occupies over 175,000 ft² of space at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport. “The open house was a great way to showcase our new facilities, and to demonstrate …
Vietnam Airlines (VNA), the national carrier of Vietnam, has taken delivery of its first A321neo in Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft has been acquired on lease from Aviation Capital Group (ACG). Vietnam Airlines will receive 20 A321neo aircraft under its fleet renewal programme. The new addition complements the airline’s Airbus fleet that currently includes 57 A321ceo, …
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Middle East airline Gulf Air and CFM International have signed a long-term agreement for the maintenance of the airline’s LEAP-1A engines. The agreement is valued at just over US$1 billion at list price. Under the terms of this 10-year Rate per Flight Hour agreement, which covers a total of 65 LEAP-1A engines that the airline …
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Cadence Aerospace, a provider of highly complex aerospace components and assemblies to commercial and defense customers, has appointed Darren Waltier as Director, Business Development, Cadence Aerospace—Aerostructures. Waltier brings an expansive portfolio of skills to his new role of building new business for Cadence while helping to enhance and deepen relationships with existing customers. He reports …
Delta Air Lines has ordered 10 additional Airbus A330-900 widebody aircraft, expanding their A330neo order book from 25 to 35 aircraft. This latest order supports Delta’s international growth strategy in the near to medium term. Simultaneously, Delta and Airbus have agreed to defer 10 previously ordered A350 XWBs to 2025-26 in order to accommodate the …
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GE Aviation’s original Boeing 747 Flying Testbed aircraft made its final flight today from the Flight Test Operation in Victorville, California to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. The donated aircraft will join more than 350 historical aircraft at the museum that is one of the largest non-government funded aviation and space …
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Al-Qahtani Aviation, parent company of SaudiGulf Airlines, and CFM International have signed a purchase agreement for LEAP-1A engines to power 10 firm, 10 option A320neo family aircraft that are scheduled to begin delivery in 2023. The value of the agreement, which includes the firm engine order and a long-term service agreement, is more than US$1.0 …
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Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, has reported the repayment by Emerald Aviation Finance (Emerald) of the outstanding US$407 million of its Class A-1 Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes and Class B-1 Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes (the “Notes”) associated with its aircraft securitisation. Following repayment, the Notes will be de-listed from Euronext Dublin (formerly …
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