Kalitta Air and Pratt & Whitney have signed an agreement to upgrade the airline’s fleet of JT9D engines with Pratt & Whitney durability kits. The kits, covering 12 upgrades, are valued at more than $25 million over three years; deliveries will begin in March 2008. Kalitta Air also maintains the option to purchase additional durability […]
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Rolls-Royce took the first step towards its S$320 million ($225 million) Trent aero engine facility in Singapore with a groundbreaking ceremony at the new Seletar Aerospace Park. The Facility of the Future will be the most modern Rolls-Royce production engine assembly and test facility for large commercial aero engines, and its first in Asia. The
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AAR announced that it is significantly expanding its Composites manufacturing operations with the lease of a 90,000 square-foot facility located at the McClellan Business Park, formerly McClellan Air Force Base, in Sacramento, California. AAR will occupy the portion of the McClellan facility formerly used by the U.S. Air Force for manufacturing composite replacement aircraft parts.
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Following its successful tender for the full maintenance of the French Defense
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Jakarta-based Garuda Indonesia announced at the Singapore Air Show that the airline has ordered four 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The order is valued at more than $1 billion at current list prices. Additionally, Garuda confirmed a previous unidentified order for seven Next-Generation 737-800s placed in 2007, and announced that it has converted 18 of its
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JAT Tehnika and Pratt & Whitney entered into a non-exclusive MRO agreement for the complete portfolio of Global Material Solutions life-limited and gas-path parts for CFM56-3 engines. The agreement is valued at $11M for the initial five-year contract term with an optional five year extension.
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Aerospace Products International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Aviation Services and Dassault Falcon Jet announced the launch of a Logistics Services Program to support Dassault Falcon Jet customers operating in China. The Logistics Services Program will be based at API
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Israel Aerospace Industries has signed an exclusive three-year agreement for Pratt & Whitney JT9D new high pressure compressor (HPC) blades to be offered at the company’s engine Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facilities. The full sets of new HPC blades are common to all Pratt & Whitney JT9D models, which are currently in service with more
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Embraer received confirmation from EgyptAir Holding Company for six additional EMBRAER 170 aircraft. Deliveries will begin in 2009. The original contract, covering six firm orders and six options (now confirmed), was announced in September 2006. The total value of the new agreement, at list price, is $ 189 million.
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Regional, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air France, signed a contract for two additional E-Jets, one EMBRAER 170 and one EMBRAER 190, confirming options originally taken in August 2007. The value of the new deal, at list price, is $ 69 million. Both planes are scheduled for delivery in 2009.
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