AirAsia X, the long-haul unit of the AirAsia Group, has finalized a firm order with Airbus for an additional 12 A330-900 and 30 A321XLR aircraft. The new contract increases the number of A330neo aircraft ordered by AirAsia X to 78, reaffirming the carrier’s status as the largest airline customer for the type. Meanwhile, the A321XLR […]
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Magnetic MRO has marked a new milestone by welcoming a Boeing 737 freighter for the company’s 600th C-Check. The latest symbolic achievement echoes the company’s ever-improving efficiency, as well as the geographical expansion of its clientele. The aircraft under maintenance is a Boeing 737-400 freighter, operated by a Central European airline ASL Airlines Hungary. The
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With the Norwegian government aiming for zero emissions domestic aviation by 2040 and Scandinavian airline Widerøe, hoping to ‘electrify’ its current regional fleet of approaching forty Dash-8 aircraft by 2030, the announcement of a joint research program between the airline and engine maker Rolls-Royce at a Clean Aerospace event at the British Embassy is a
On August 28, NR Investments, the Guernsey, Channel Islands investment vehicle, completed its purchase of Komaksavia Airport Invest, the Cyprus-incorporated owner of a 95% shareholding in Moldovan company, Avia Inves, the concession company of Moldova’s Chisinau International airport. This marks a significant next step in the airport’s development under a public-private concession agreement. The culmination
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In 2017, thyssenkrupp Materials Services began to digitally connect its machinery network, using their self-developed IIoT platform toii. Now that the product has successfully proven its value, thyssenkrupp plans to make the potential of digital networking available to other industrial companies in the future. “From the beginning, we built toii not as a project, but
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Skyways Technics Asia branch has obtained CAAM (Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia) approval to become an Approved Maintenance Organization. This new certification will enable its ATR-focused composite and leading edges repair shop activities to be in full compliance with Malaysian operator’s quality requirements, and this also constitutes the first step towards other foreign approvals to
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SAS has reported that total revenue ended at SEK13,552 million, representing an increase of over 3% compared with the same quarter last year. The decline in capacity caused by the pilot strike was compensated by increased passenger revenue. Moreover, SAS posted a continued positive trend in the sale of EuroBonus points and ancillary revenue. Net
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Less than ten years after the first SaM146 delivery, PowerJet has delivered the 400th engine to Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) final assembly line. . PowerJet supplies SCAC with a purpose-designed, integrated propulsion system to power the Sukhoi SuperJet 100 regional jet. Over the years, PowerJet has continued to develop and extend its capacities to deliver
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TBD, the British manufacturer renowned for professionally engineered ground support equipment and specialist access solutions for the global aviation industry, has delivered eighteen sets of towable passenger stairs to the Ground Handling branch of Silk Way Airlines in Azerbaijan. The total order, worth over £500,000 (US$660,000), was focused on a general upgrade for Heydar Aliyev
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Apollo Global Management (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo”), Athene Holding and GE Capital, the financial services arm of GE, have entered into a definitive agreement for Apollo and Athene to purchase PK AirFinance, an aviation lending business, from GE Capital’s Aviation Services (GECAS) unit. In connection with this transaction, Apollo will acquire the PK
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