FTAI Aviation has acquired 27 Boeing 737-700 aircraft from Canadian airline WestJet in one of its largest aircraft transactions to date, the companies said on Monday. Under the deal, FTAI’s 2026 special purpose vehicle (SPV), the second investment vehicle of its Strategic Capital business, acquired 17 737-700s leased to WestJet under a sale-and-leaseback arrangement. FTAI […]
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Aviation asset management company Setna iO has acquired a first-run CFM56-5B4/3 engine previously operated by Air Cairo, it said. The engine has about 11,000 cycles remaining on its Fan & Booster and Bearing Support modules and 6,000 cycles on its Low-Pressure Turbine module, providing substantial remaining service life. Setna iO said the engine also contains
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Liebherr-Aerospace has been selected by Taiwan-based China Airlines to provide exchange and overhaul services for the nose landing gear on its fleet of 18 Airbus A350 aircraft. Under the agreement, Liebherr-Aerospace will provide asset exchange services to support the airline’s maintenance planning and fleet availability. “China Airlines is our launch customer in Asia for the
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RECARO Aircraft Seating Polska has opened an expanded production and office facility in Świebodzin, Poland, following a double-digit million-euro investment that more than doubles the site’s footprint and raises annual production capacity to 100,000 passenger seats. The expansion increases the facility’s total area from about 10,550 square metres to more than 22,000 square metres, while
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Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer has delivered the first C-390 Millennium multi-mission transport aircraft to the Uzbekistan Air Force, marking the Central Asian country’s entry as an operator of the aircraft. The aircraft was handed over at a ceremony at Embraer’s facility in Gavião Peixoto, Brazil, attended by Major General Akhmad Jamolovich Burkhonov, commander of the
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