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SIA Engineering Group posts profit of S$160.9 million for full year 2018-19

SIAEC Group has posted full year 2018-19 results. Revenue was S$1,020.9 million, a decrease of S$74.0 million or 6.8%, mainly due to a decline in airframe and fleet management revenue. Expenditure at S$964.1 million was lower by S$52.0 million or 5.1%, largely due to a reduction in material and subcontract costs in line with the […]

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London Oxford Airport in the top five UK business aviation airports during 2018

London Oxford Airport retained its position in the top five UK business aviation airports during 2018 with some 5,500 business aviation movements logged and a 20% increase in passengers in the last year.  Its OxfordJet facility – now into its 11th year, continues to handle more and more medium and large cabin jets – from

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APOC Aviation buys Boeing 737–700 airframes from Infinity Transportation

Innovative aircraft and engines leasing, trading and part-out specialist APOC Aviation has purchased two Boeing 737–700 airframes from previous owners Infinity Transportation. MSN34303 and MSN20752 were previously in BBJ configuration operated by PrivateAir SA – as such, both aircraft accumulated low flight cycles compared to commercial usage. APOC will co-ordinate an efficient remote teardown programme

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Construction of state of the art hangar facility at Clark International Airport, Philippines, has started

Metrojet has commenced construction of their new state-of-the-art parking and maintenance hangar at Clark International Airport, Pampagna, Philippines. Aircraft Support Industries (ASI) is appointed to undertake the full design and construction of the 26,000 m² facility. With over 7,100m² of hangar floor space, the facility can accommodate up to 10 long range business jets and

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Drone sighting at Frankfurt Airport sees massive disruption and 143 flights cancelled

Early this Thursday morning, the sighting of a drone at Germany’s Frankfurt airport resulted in all take-offs and landings being suspended for approximately one hour as the incident was investigated. At just after 8.15 a.m. local time the all-clear was given, but not before 143 take-offs and landings were canceled. In addition, 48 aircraft which

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Air Niugini selects StandardAero for PW123 Pay-Per-Hour support

Air Niugini, the national airline of Papua New Guinea, has re-selected StandardAero to provide Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services in support of the Dash 8 regional turboprops operated by its subsidiary Link PNG.  This new pay-per-hour engine maintenance agreement succeeds a previous contract between the two companies, extending

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Robinson delivers two more Cadets to University of North Dakota

Robinson Helicopter Company has delivered two R44 Cadets to the University of North Dakota (UND). The bright green and yellow helicopters are the latest additions to the University’s growing fleet of Cadets. As with the two previously acquired Cadets, purchased in 2017 and 2018, the new Cadets will be used for training at UND’s helicopter

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Portuguese carrier TAP is being put up for sale by the government

Panasonic Avionics signs IFE and connectivity deal with TAP Air Portugal

Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) and TAP Air Portugal have signed an agreement to provide inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) solutions for the carrier’s new fleet of 14 A321neo LR aircraft.  Panasonic’s X Series inflight entertainment system, along with a suite of connectivity services, are being line-fit installed on the new aircraft. TAP Air Portugal passengers

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Air Hong Kong and HAECO ITM renew long-term contract

HAECO ITM, a member of the HAECO Group, has renewed its long-term contract with Air Hong Kong to provide inventory technical management support for the airline’s Airbus A300-600 freighter fleet. The contract extension covers component MRO, repair management, component pooling, component engineering, consumable and expendable parts support services, and AOG support. The extension will ensure

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Viva Air announces equity investment by Cartesian Capital Group

Viva Air Group has released that it archived an important milestone in its further growth and expansion plans through an equity investment of US$ 50 million from Cartesian Capital Group into Viva Air. This innovative financing arrangement will support Viva’s pending deliveries of Airbus A320 aircraft and the Group’s continued growth in Colombia, Peru and

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