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Planet Nine Private Air adds Gulfstream G650 to charter fleet

Planet Nine Private Air, the Van Nuys, California based private charter operator and aircraft management company, has added a privately-owned Gulfstream G650, to its managed fleet, effective immediately. The aircraft, will be available for third party charter through its aircraft management division. The owner selected Planet 9 to professionally manage the aircraft, citing its ability

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Collins Aerospace secures more than US$1.5 billion in maintenance agreements from worldwide customers

Collins Aerospace has been awarded more than US$1.5 billion in tailored agreements for components spanning its Power & Controls and Aerostructures business units—across multiple commercial platforms with global commercial customers. These recent agreements include Collins Aerospace’s first MRO agreement with Africa’s largest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines. The agreement, valued at approximately US$500 million over a 25

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Turkish Airlines and LOT Polish Airlines expand codeshare network

Star Alliance members Turkish Airlines and LOT Polish Airlines announced the enhancement of their current codeshare agreement with additional destinations both from Turkish Airlines’ and LOT’s flight network. Joint flights will offer fast and convenient connections for customers leaving Istanbul, the biggest Turkish city and also an important flight hub in the world, to Warsaw

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EVA Air Takes Delivery of first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

EVA Air thas taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, marking the first of 20 super-efficient 787-10s the carrier plans to use on high-density routes within Asia later this summer. The airline, which is also celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, already operates a fleet of four 787-9 Dreamliners. Built with lightweight composite materials

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First automatic inflight synchronization of FMS and Lido Pilot Solutions

Lufthansa Systems and GE Aviation are the first providers in the airline market to offer a solution that allows for the inflight synchronization of the flight plan between the GE Aviation flight management system (FMS) and Lufthansa Systems pilot applications directly on-aircraft. The first demonstration of the connected FMS using operational use cases will be

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Air BP and CNAF expand partnership in Chinese aviation market

Air BP and China National Aviation Fuel Group (CNAF) have signed a joint venture agreement to operate a general aviation fuel business in Southwest China, covering Sichuan Province, Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality. The agreement was signed by Alan Wilson, China strategic project director of Air BP and Shi Haiping, executive director of CNAF GA

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Rolls-Royce to acquire Siemens’ eAircraft business to boost electrification strategy

Rolls-Royce has entered into an Agreement to purchase Siemens’ eAircraft business responsible for electric and hybrid-electric aerospace propulsion. Expected to complete in late 2019, Rolls-Royce sees this as a strategic move to enable the engine manufacturer to play a leading role in the ‘third era’ of aviation. Siemens’ eAircraft business is located in both Germany

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S7 Technics launches engine repair facility at Mineralnye Vody

S7 Technics, Russian provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has launched Russia and the CIS’s second repair shop for the CFM56 aero engines that power Airbus A320 family and Boeing 737 aircraft. The new amenity is located at S7 Technics’ southern base at Mineralnye Vody Airport (IATA: MRV) and combines several facilities: an

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BOC Aviation delivers one A320neo to Qingdao Airlines

BOC Aviation has delivered one new Airbus A320neo aircraft to Qingdao Airlines Company (Qingdao Airlines). The aircraft will be powered by Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan™ engines. Headquartered at its primary hub in Qingdao Liuting International Airport, Qingdao Airlines flies its all-Airbus A320 family fleet of 20 aircraft to 47 destinations in China and neighbouring

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