EPCOR, part of Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M), has signed a five-year agreement with Mexican cargo airline mas to provide long-term support for its Airbus A330 auxiliary power unit (APU) fleet. The agreement covers five A330s equipped with GTCP331-350 APUs and marks the first contract between EPCOR and mas. As […]
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Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has appointed Jilinda Crowley as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Based at ACG’s headquarters in Newport Beach, California, she will oversee the aircraft lessor’s financial strategy and lead its finance team, including treasury, risk, tax, accounting, pricing and financial planning and analysis. Crowley brings more than 20 years
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Drukair, the national flag carrier of Bhutan, has selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines to power five new Airbus A320neo-family aircraft, comprising three A320neos and two A321XLRs. The airline announced the aircraft order in 2024. “We are pleased to strengthen our partnership with CFM through this purchase of LEAP-1A engines,” said Tandi Wangchuk, CEO of Drukair.
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Boeing and American Airlines have completed the first landing gear exchange on a 737 MAX, a milestone that extends Boeing’s long-standing Landing Gear Exchange Program to its latest generation of single-aisle aircraft. The exchange demonstrates Boeing’s ability to provide fully overhauled and certified main and nose landing gear assemblies ready for installation, potentially reducing aircraft
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Melbourne-based logistics and supply chain group Linfox Group (Linfox) has taken delivery of Australia’s first Airbus H160 helicopter, marking a milestone for next-generation rotorcraft in the region. The aircraft will support the group’s business and corporate aviation operations, connecting its activities across Australia’s diverse geography, from major urban centres to regional destinations. Certified to carry
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Latvia’s national airline airBaltic said this Monday it and certain subsidiaries had voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, seeking to restructure its finances while continuing to operate flights as normal. The carrier, which describes itself as the leading airline in the Baltic states, said the proceedings were initiated in the
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Northrop Grumman has opened a 57,000 ft² propulsion facility in Elkton, Maryland, housing 250 engineers working on advanced propulsion technologies for US and allied defence programmes. The Propulsion Innovation Center expands the company’s solid rocket motor capacity across its propulsion manufacturing network and is expected to create additional skilled engineering and manufacturing jobs in the
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Iberia has secured approval from Spain’s aviation safety authority to carry out heavy maintenance on its entire Airbus A350 fleet, the airline said. The Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA) granted Iberia’s Heavy Maintenance division the authorisation without operational limitations, giving the company full maintenance capabilities for the A350 for the first time. The
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Egypt’s Red Sea Airlines has signed an agreement with SMBC Aviation Capital (SMBC) to lease two new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, with deliveries scheduled for July and August 2027, the airline said. The agreement was signed by Chief Executive Ahmed Shanan in the presence of Chairman and founder Hatem Kenawy and board members. The
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Neuberger Specialty Finance (NBSF) has agreed with a group of aerospace finance professionals to launch New Bridge AeroFinance, an aerospace financing platform that will originate and acquire loans and other debt instruments across the sector. The platform, which will be led by Richard Moody alongside co-founders and principals Debbie Frew and William Glaister, initially aims
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