Embraer and Nigeria’s largest airline Air Peace have signed a firm order for 10 E195-E2 jets. With this order, Air Peace will become the first E-Jets E2 operator in Africa. The contract includes purchase rights for a further 20 E195-E2. With all purchase rights being exercised, the contract has a value of US$ 2.12 billion, […]
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AFI KLM E&M was awarded Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) certification authorizing AerCap’s three 777s to resume operations. AFI KLM E&M had reconfigured and retrofitted the cabins with Zodiac Aerospace’s RAVE IFE system – a world first on Boeing 777-300ERs. AerCap has ordered the cabin retrofit for the three aircraft in October 2017 prior to their
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Activist investor Searchlight Capital Partners (Searchlight) has confirmed its intention to acquire a 26% stake in Latecoere, the French aeronautics company, through the acquisition of existing stakes held by Apollo Capital Management, Monarch Alternative Capital and CVI Partners, at a price of US$4.31 (€3.85) per share. The total investment is valued at US$106.8 million. A
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Aircastle has named Douglas Winter as Chief Commercial Officer of its affiliate, Aircastle Advisor LLC. He will join the company at the end of April. Winter will succeed Michael Kriedberg, who will become a senior advisor through the remainder of 2019 in order to ensure a smooth transition. Kriedberg previously announced his intention to retire
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American Airlines is starting scheduled flights with the first of its 100 new Airbus A321neo aircraft on order. These aircraft come equipped with an all-new cabin interior designed for enhanced passenger comfort and convenience, including larger Airspace XL overhead luggage bins that increase carry-on bag capacity. American is the launch customer for the Airspace XL
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Triumph Group’s Aerospace Structures business unit has entered a definitive agreement to assign the contract for the manufacture of structural components for the Embraer E2 program to AeroSpace Technologies of Korea (ASTK). The agreement follows Triumph’s January 2018 strategic decision to partner with ASTK to outsource production of the E2 fuselage. ASTK now has responsibility
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Bucher Aerospace, the Seattle-based branch of the international Bucher Group, has launched a half-size version of its thermally insulated galley cart, ARCTICart. Launched on the first day of the Aircraft Interiors Expo, the ATLAS half-size ARCTICart enables cabin crew to serve chilled food and drinks to passengers without the need for chillers, dry ice and
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Air Canada has released that due to Transport Canada’s continued closure of Canadian airspace to the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, it has further adjusted its schedule through to May 31. The carrier anticipates it will cover 98% of previously planned flying for the month through a series of mitigation measures, schedule changes and temporary route
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Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has released that a customer, who has requested to remain unidentified at this time, has signed an order to acquire six new Q400 aircraft. Based on the list price of the Q400 aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately US$202 million.
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Baltic Ground Services (BGS), the private operator of ground handling services at Chopin Airport in Warsaw (Poland), has signed a contract with Ryanair Sun for operations in the summer of 2019 (May – October). It includes complete passenger and baggage handling as well as all necessary services. BGS will start the passenger services on April
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