August 17, 2021

ADAC Luftrettung takes delivery of first two five-bladed H145s

ADAC Luftrettung, one of Europe’s biggest Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) operators, has taken delivery of its first two five-bladed H145s. Furthermore, the German HEMS operator will upgrade its current fleet of 14 four-bladed H145s to the five-bladed rotor system. The new version of Airbus’ H145 light twin-engine helicopter was unveiled at Heli-Expo 2019 in …

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Alaska Airlines continues fleet optimization with order of 12 additional Boeing 737-9 aircraft

Aircraft & Engines, Top Stories

Alaska Airlines is accelerating its fleet growth by exercising options early on for 12 Boeing 737-9 aircraft. The option aircraft are now firm commitments for 2023 and 2024. This additional commitment brings Alaska’s total firm 737-9 order to 93 aircraft, five of which are currently in service. Alaska announced a restructured agreement with Boeing in December 2020 to …

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APOC chooses Miami for new warehouse facility in the U.S.

MRO & Production

Alongside the recent announcement that APOC is trebling the size of its European facility to meet the expansion of its narrow-body inventory and consignment program, the company has just opened a new stock hub in Miami. This is the second part of its on-going strategic plan to expand its global footprint, and it follows the launch …

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MRO Insider promotes Clovis Martins to Director of Sales, South America

People

MRO Insider has promoted Clovis Martins, formerly an Account Executive, to Director of Sales for South America. Martins has been working with the MRO Insider team since October of 2020, when he joined as an Account Executive managing Brazil. As South American traffic on the website increased, Martins’ territory expanded into the entire South American …

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C&L Aviation Group completes first Saab 340B+ cargo conversion

MRO & Production

C&L Aviation Services, a C&L Aviation Group company, has completed a cargo conversion on a Saab 340B+ at the company’s Maine-based MRO facility. This is the very first B+ model that has been converted for cargo operations. The operator, which has taken possession of this aircraft, has signed an agreement with C&L to complete an …

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German government to offload total investment in Lufthansa by 2023

Financial

The German government has announced its intention to immediately sell of 25% of its stake in Lufthansa, the country’s flag-carrying airline, with the intention of divesting itself of the total investment by 2023. The original €300 million investment came from Germany’s Economic Stabilization Fund (WSF) which was set up in March 2020 to aid struggling …

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BBAM and EFW sign agreement for Airbus A320/A321P2F conversions

MRO & Production

Aircraft leasing company BBAM Limited Partnership (BBAM) and Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a joint venture ofST Engineering and Airbus, have signed an agreement for Airbus A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions including options. The new orders by BBAM bring the total number of its A320/A321P2F conversions to 20, with the conversions to be carried out by EFW through …

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Startup Aerit awarded thumbs-up from Transportstyrelsen to conduct drone delivery

Aircraft & Engines

Aerit, the sustainable drone delivery startup based in Stockholm, Sweden, has received operational authorization from Transportstyrelsen, Sweden’s national transportation agency, to pilot last-mile drone delivery in Sweden. Aerit’s operational authorization is made possible by the Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) process provided by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) that came into effect in …

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ADAC Luftrettung takes delivery of first two five-bladed H145s

Alaska Airlines continues fleet optimization with order of 12 additional Boeing 737-9 aircraft

APOC chooses Miami for new warehouse facility in the U.S.

MRO Insider promotes Clovis Martins to Director of Sales, South America

C&L Aviation Group completes first Saab 340B+ cargo conversion

German government to offload total investment in Lufthansa by 2023

BBAM and EFW sign agreement for Airbus A320/A321P2F conversions

Startup Aerit awarded thumbs-up from Transportstyrelsen to conduct drone delivery

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