Copa Airlines and Boeing announced an order for 61 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 airplanes. The order, valued at US$6.6bn at list prices, is the largest commercial transaction ever between a Panamanian and a U.S.-based company. Copa Airlines will use the airplanes to replace existing airplanes and support the carrier’s plans for strategic growth. […]
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Dassault Aviation signed an agreement with Beijing-based Deer Jet authorizing it to provide line maintenance and unscheduled maintenance for the Falcon 7X. Located at Beijing Capital Airport, Deer Jet is one of the largest business jet operators in the Asia Pacific region. It manages and supports a large fleet of executive aircraft, including the 7X.
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STG Aerospace, a leader in pioneering aircraft lighting technologies, has won a contract to supply its market-leading safTglo photoluminescent emergency floorpath marking system for the next generation of Embraer aircraft launching in 2017. Having supplied safTglo to the current generation Embraer aircraft through a Tier 2 contract achieving Tier 1 status with the Brazil-based Embraer
AAR has amended a long-term general terms agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace. Under terms of the deal, Liebherr-Aerospace will provide full support of AAR’s nose-to-tail comprehensive solution on the Bombardier fleet. The services are performed by Liebherr-Aerospace Saline and Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, which is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Under the existing agreement, Liebherr-Aerospace grants access to
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Air New Zealand and AJW Group have signed a new agreement which will extend the component maintenance and repair services provided at Air New Zealand’s Auckland Engineering and Maintenance base. Under the agreement, Air New Zealand will now carry out some component maintenance on Tigerair Australia’s Airbus A320 fleet on behalf of AJW Group. Air
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Monaco-based Stratos, a boutique advisory firm providing independent aircraft financing, sourcing & placement advisory solutions for airlines, investors and manufacturers, has delivered 8 aircraft in the first quarter of 2015, including arranging the sale and leaseback of 6 ATR72 aircraft to a major European airline on behalf of investor clients, sale of an A320 to
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Just six months after the joint venture announcement between China-based Sparkle Roll Technik Co. Ltd. (SRT) and Flying Colours Corp. the North American MRO, completion and refurbishment specialist, three of the eight B-registered CRJ-200 aircraft conversions are already in situ at Flying Colours’ Peterborough headquarters in Canada, with the work schedule well under way. The
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STG Aerospace announced that it has made two new key appointments – Dan Rice to the position of Regional Sales Director – North America and Cai Hai Tao as General Manager of the company’s recently established subsidiary, STG Aerospace (China) Co. Both of these new roles will report to Marcus Williams, Director of Global Sales
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Over recent years Norwegian Air has expanded to become Europe’s third-largest budget airline after Ryanair and easyJet. However the rapid expansion has seen the airline trade at a loss and, as a consequence, it has attracted a great deal of interest from other airlines, including Ryanair itself, though the airline refused to confirm it had
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Copa Airlines announced an order for 122 CFM LEAP-1B engines to power 61 Boeing 737 MAX 8 & 9 aircraft. The engine order is valued at more than US$1.6 billion at list price. Copa Airlines first became a CFM customer in 1999 with an order for eight CFM56-7B-powered 737s and today operates a fleet of
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