Shenzhen Eastern General Aviation Company becomes China’s ACH160 launch customer

Shenzhen Eastern General Aviation Company (Shenzhen Eastern GAC) has signed an agreement for one ACH160, becoming the launch customer for the VIP version of this medium helicopter in China. The aircraft will be used to perform mainly private and business aviation (PBA) missions around the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area of China, which is home to […]

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STS Component Solutions and PTI Technologies announce new distribution partnership

Aircraft & Engines, Uncategorized

STS Component Solutions has been named an authorized distribution partner for PTI Technologies’ commercial aftermarket products. PTI Technologies is a leading provider of filtration systems and equipment to the commercial transport, helicopter, military and corporate aviation markets. “We are very pleased to work with STS Component Solutions to provide increased levels of service and innovative

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Meggitt and Lufthansa Technik enter long-term partnership for MRO services in mainland China

MRO & Production

Meggitt PLC and Lufthansa Technik have signed an agreement for the provision of comprehensive component MRO services for commercial aircraft in mainland China. Under the agreement signed at the Paris Air Show on June 20, Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen (LTS), a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik AG and Beijing Kailan Aviation Technology, will build local MRO

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MTU Maintenance Canada will relocate to new facility

MRO & Production

MTU Maintenance Canada has taken possession of a brownfield site adding capacity to the Vancouver operations. The building is located next to Boundary Bay airport, in the Vancouver suburb of Delta and was originally designed and operated as a maintenance facility for helicopters and helicopter engines. The facility will immediately provide much-needed additional expansion space

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DAE leases 3 new Boeing 777 freighters to AirBridgeCargo

MRO & Production, Uncategorized

DAE Capital and Moscow based, Volga Dnepr owned cargo airline AirBridgeCargo, have entered into a purchase and leaseback agreement with PDP financing for 3 factory new Boeing 777 freighter aircraft. The 3 aircraft will be the first of this type to enter AirBridgeCargo’s fleet in 2020.

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Jetran awards Precision three 757-200s for P2F conversion

MRO & Production

Jetran International (Jetran) has positioned three Boeing 757-200, MSNs 24613, 24614 and 25296, that will be placed into freighter conversion at the Flightstar Aircraft Services facility in Jacksonville, FL. These aircraft will be Jetran’s first 757-200PCFs with Precision and will be headed to Swiftair S.A, once completed.

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International investigators charge four with murder over 2014 MH17 crash

Other News

A Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT), including Belgium, Australia, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine, has identified and charged four men with murder for the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held eastern Ukraine in 2014. Three of the four are Russian nationals – Igor Girkin (also known as Igor Strelkov), Sergey Dubinskiy and

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Safran signs global agreement with Pattonair

MRO & Production

Aerospace supply chain provider, Pattonair, signed a global general terms of agreement (GTA) with Safran at the Paris Air Show, in one of the first contracts of its kind placed by the Group with a distributor. The umbrella agreement enables Pattonair to service multiple divisions and comes on the back of a series of new

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KLM intents to buy up to 35 E195-E2 jets

Aircraft & Engines

KLM Cityhopper intents to purchase up to 35 E195-E2 jets, 15 firm orders with purchase rights for a further 20 aircraft of the same model. This intention, which still requires a Purchase Agreement, has a value of US$ 2.48 billion based on Embraer’s current list prices. The order will be added to Embraer’s backlog as

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Indigo Partners to acquire 50 Airbus A321XLR long-range, single-aisle jetliners

Aircraft & Engines

Indigo Partners and three of its airlines will acquire 50 of the new Airbus A321XLR long-range, single-aisle jetliners. The Memorandum of Understanding includes new orders for 32 A321XLRs and the conversion of 18 existing A320neo family orders. Indigo Partners, based in Phoenix, Arizona, is a private equity fund focused on worldwide investments in air transportation.

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Shenzhen Eastern General Aviation Company becomes China’s ACH160 launch customer

STS Component Solutions and PTI Technologies announce new distribution partnership

Meggitt and Lufthansa Technik enter long-term partnership for MRO services in mainland China

MTU Maintenance Canada will relocate to new facility

DAE leases 3 new Boeing 777 freighters to AirBridgeCargo

Jetran awards Precision three 757-200s for P2F conversion

International investigators charge four with murder over 2014 MH17 crash

Safran signs global agreement with Pattonair

KLM intents to buy up to 35 E195-E2 jets

Indigo Partners to acquire 50 Airbus A321XLR long-range, single-aisle jetliners

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