November 24, 2021

After 2.5 years 737 MAX returns to the sky in India with SpiceJet

Two-and-a-half years after it was grounded, globally, following two fatal crashes, Boeing’s 737 MAX is once again in service with Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet. The first flight on Saturday November 20, was a “special flight for employees” and the first operated by the carrier since March 2019. SpiceJet is the only Indian carrier currently operating […]

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Rolls-Royce delivers 1,000th Trent XWB-84 engine

Aircraft & Engines

Rolls-Royce has delivered its 1,000th Trent XWB–84 engine, achieving another key milestone for the engine programme. The Trent XWB–84, which will power an Airbus A350-900, was built at the company’s state-of-the-art Production Test Facility in Derby, England. The Trent XWB-84 is the latest in the Trent family to reach this milestone, and has done so

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Beechcraft Denali enters flight test phase

Aircraft & Engines

Textron Aviation has announced that its new single-engine turboprop, the Beechcraft Denali, took to the skies for the first time. The milestone first flight is a major step for the clean-sheet design aircraft and begins the important flight test programme that substantiates the segment-leading performance expected of the Denali. Piloted by senior test pilot Peter Gracey and

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Singapore Airlines upgrades fleet-wide IFEC experience with Panasonic Avionics

Other News

Panasonic Avionics has signed an agreement with Singapore Airlines to provide a seamless and harmonised in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) experience across the airline’s wide-body and narrow-body fleets. Singapore Airlines has selected Panasonic Avionics’ eX1 IFE solution for its new fleet of 37 Boeing 737-8 aircraft. The system features full-HD seatback monitors in both the

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Jorge Ortega appointed CEO of Safran Cabin

People

Effective December 1, 2021, Jorge Ortega is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Safran Cabin and becomes a member of the Group’s Executive Committee. He succeeds Norman Jordan who has decided to give a new orientation to his career. After having held different management responsibilities in Westinghouse Corporation, Ortega joined Labinal in 1993 as programme manager

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GE awarded two contracts supporting T700 engine fleets across US military

Military & Defense

The Defence Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded GE two contracts in September totalling more than US$1billion to support T700 turboshaft engine fleets across the US military. GE will provide field-level consumables and services through a five-year, US$284 million contract with DLA Aviation in Richmond, Virginia and depot-level repairable and module section components through a five-year,

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Embraer and the Netherlands Aerospace Centre sign MoU for strategic collaboration

MRO & Production

Embraer and the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (Royal NLR) have signed an MoU for a potential strategic collaboration relating to aerospace research. The research areas include technology development and innovation in defence and space systems, general aviation, MRO, air mobility and sustainability. The MoU also brings together the possibility to extend and increase long-term relations

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Israel Aerospace Industries marks profitability and growth for third quarter of 2021

Financial

Israel Aerospace Industries has issued its consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 (reporting period) and for the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021). The company’s sales in the reporting period grew to approx. US$3,205 million compared with approx. US$3,084 million in the corresponding period of 2020, an increase of US$121

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easyJet is recruiting for 1,500 seasonal crew roles across Europe for its summer operations

Airlines & Routes

easyJet, one of Europe’s leading airlines, has launched its annual recruitment drive for seasonal cabin crew to fly next summer, to serve the predicted ramp-up in demand. easyJet is recruiting for 1,500 seasonal crew roles across Europe for its summer operations between March and October next year. Of these, 1,100 of the jobs being advertised

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S7 Technics launches new facility for Embraer aircraft heat and sound insulation repairs