Baines Simmons, part of the Training & Consultancy division of global aviation services group Air Partner, has secured two separate contracts with NATO operating units, the Heavy Airlift Wing at Papa, Hungary, and the AWACS unit (Airborne Warning And Control System) in Geilenkirchen, Germany. Both contracts have a duration of around three months. Baines Simmons […]
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Universal Asset Management (UAM), a leader in aviation asset management, high-tech aircraft disassembly and commercial aviation aftermarket solutions, has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of Airbus A340 airframes and engines from Airbus Asset Management for trading and component support. The portfolio, which includes three Airbus A340-300 airframes, one Airbus A340-500 airframe, nine CFM56-5C engines
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ST Aerospace, through its US affiliate company, VT San Antonio Aerospace (VT SAA), has secured a contract from Air Canada to perform interior reconfiguration services on part of the airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. This cabin reconfiguration contract follows a long-term agreement with Air Canada, announced in June 2017, for heavy maintenance services on the
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Satair Group, a global leader in the material management business and an Airbus services company, is launching an adapted name change at the 2018 Singapore Air Show – Satair– along with a new logo and visual identity. In 2014, Satair Group, a wholly owned Airbus subsidiary, was formed from the merger of the Airbus Material
Boeing has debuted the first 737 MAX 7 at the company’s Renton, Wash. factory. The MAX 7 is the third and newest member of Boeing’s 737 MAX family to come down the assembly line. The jet is designed for up to 172 passengers and a maximum range of 3,850 nautical miles, which is the longest
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Research and Markets (R & M) has released its publication The Global Impact of Digital Transformation in Commercial Aviation, 2017 in which it has focused on connected aviation around which digital transformation initiatives are evolving to achieve competitive advantages and to differentiate in new ways. With airlines inclined toward a passenger-centric approach to cater to
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AerCap Holdings N.V. has announced that Vincent Drouillard will assume the position of General Counsel, effective June 1, 2018. Mr. Drouillard is currently the Head of Legal Leasing at AerCap, a position he has held since 2015. He joined ILFC in 2004 and last served as Head of Legal EMEA, prior to the acquisition of
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Taiwan will be the first international customer to adopt Rockwell Collins’ latest-generation AR-1500 networked communications airborne radio. The radios will be built in Taiwan by the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) under a manufacturing license agreement and will allow for the introduction of country-unique capabilities. As a member of Rockwell Collins’ TruNet™ family of radios,
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Air Transport International has reached a tentative agreement to amend the collective bargaining agreement with its pilots group, currently numbering more than 220 flight crew members. ATI’s pilots are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). ATI and ALPA have been negotiating amendments to the current collective bargaining agreement since it became amendable in
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Sabena technics has been selected by the French Ministry of Defense’ maintenance service (SIAé) for the supply of spare parts and component as part of the logistical support of the French Army’s C-130H aircraft fleet. Within the terms of this seven-year contract, Sabena technics will be in charge of the provision of an initial stock,
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