Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed a nine-year TrueChoiceTM flight hour agreement that covers the airline’s GEnx-1B engines on its Boeing 787 international fleet. The agreement is valued at US$1.3 billion over the life of the contract. JAL and GE have a long-standing relationship that began with the CF6 engine. Today, JAL operates an extensive fleet […]
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Air Italy, part owned by Gulf carrier Qatar Airways, has entered into ‘liquidazione in bonis’ – the Italian liquidation system where the company will cease operations but will pay off outstanding debt and salaries. The move means all flights after February 11 up to February 25 will be carried out by other airlines without any
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Airbus has revealed MAVERIC (Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovative Controls) its “blended wing body” scale model technological demonstrator. At 2.0 meters long and 3.2 meters wide, with a surface area of about 2.25m², MAVERIC features a disruptive aircraft design, that has the potential to reduce fuel consumption by up to 20%
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Regional aviation manufacturer ATR has received an order for three ATR 42-600S aircraft from PNG Air. The deal also means that PNG Air will be a launch customer for the STOL version. The ATR 42-600S will be capable of taking-off from and landing on runways that are as short as 800 m in length, with
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ST Engineering’s Aerospace arm has secured a five-year nacelle maintenance contract from Qantas Airways. Under the agreement, ST Engineering will provide nacelle maintenance services starting from 2020 to the airline’s Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A330 fleet. ST Engineering’s solutions for aircraft engine nacelles cover both aftermarket services and original equipment manufacturing, which are supported by
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., (CDB Leasing), has announced, on the sidelines of Singapore Air Show, the promotion of Sign Kadouh to Head of Asia Pacific. Kadouh is being promoted to the new role from his previous position of Head of Commercial, Asia Pacific. In addition
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TAG Aviation Asia has been appointed as an Authorized Service Facility for Bombardier Aviation in Hong Kong. This approval includes the Bombardier Global 5000 GVFD, Global 6000 GVFD, Global 7500, and the Challenger 605, for line maintenance services in the region. TAG Aviation Asia has maintenance centres in Hong Kong and Macau. The company provides
Over 70 companies have cancelled their attendance at the Singapore 2020 Airshow with Honeywell and Leonardo two of the most recent major players to withdraw. Many Chinese companies have already confirmed their non-attendance. While airshows, traditionally, are used to announce major deals, these have already been agreed and in general such an event is usually
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) is to supply four H160s to the French Navy for search and rescue missions through a partnership between Airbus Helicopters, Babcock, and Safran Helicopter Engines. The French Navy will start operating these helicopters in 2022 for a period of ten years. This interim fleet of H160s will enable the
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Nordic Aviation Capital has appointed Patrick de Castelbajac as Chief Executive Officer, effective in the third quarter of 2020. He will be based at NAC’s newly opened Headquarters in Limerick, Ireland. De Castelbajac has almost 20-years-experience in the aviation industry. Most recently, he was President of the Asia-Pacific region for Airbus. Prior to this, he
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