Boeing’s 777X program has been hit by another blow as its fourth-quarter 2020 accounting standard assessment has adjusted firm orders from 309 to 191. Firm orders are those which the company feels confident will result in a completed sale and purchase. Only last week the American planemaker was forced to take a US$6.5 billion charge …
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Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has delivered one Embraer E190, MSN 19000070, to Breeze Airways on lease. This is the first aircraft to deliver as part of a fifteen E190 aircraft lease agreement made with Breeze Airways and represents a significant vote of confidence in the E190 and in NAC’s TrueChoice Flight Hour agreement with GE …
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AerCap has released that Philip Scruggs, President and Chief Commercial Officer, will retire in March 2021 and that Peter Anderson will take over as Chief Commercial Officer. During his 26-year career with AerCap, Scruggs has held a number of positions within the company — lawyer, leasing executive, Chief Commercial Officer and President. Over the past …
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AJW Group has opened a new 35,000 ft² warehouse in Milan to primarily support easyJet’s EU operations as part of the recently signed complete supply chain solution contract. The new EU facility located adjacent to Malpensa airport, Milan, holds significant inventory of over 10,000 lines of stock across 3,000 part numbers of rotable, repairable and C&E …
Industrialization and parts production for the first A321XLR is underway across Airbus sites and its wider supply chain, paving the way for the major component assembly of the first forward fuselage, center and rear fuselage sections and the wings, to begin in 2021. By the start of this year, a large proportion of the engineering …
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APOC Aviation’s specialist landing gear division has concluded its first landing gear deal with Avion Express Malta, the Maltese-based ACMI and aircraft leasing operator. A freshly overhauled A321-200 from stock replaced its ran-out gear which APOC took in exchange. With several A320 family and B737NG assets already out on lease, or in active exchange programs, …
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Kenya Airways (KQ), Kenya’s national carrier, and Montreal-based Avianor, a leader in MRO, integration and interior finishing of commercial and military aircraft, have reached an agreement to collectively repurpose Kenya Airways’ aircraft cabins into cargo transportation on the Boeing 787. The repurposed cabins have been certified to carry up to 16 tons of cargo, potentially …
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VSE Aviation has entered into an exclusive five-year distribution agreement with Triumph Systems & Support as part of its new Aviation Landing Gear initiative. The agreement, which took effect in January, has a total estimated value of approximately US$100 million over five years. Under the terms of the agreement, VSE will be the exclusive distributor …
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