Rolls-Royce has appointed Tom Bell as President and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America, a post he will hold alongside his current position as President – Defense. The appointment follows the decision of Marion Blakey to retire at the end of June after serving a three-year term. Chief executive Warren East said: “I am pleased to […]
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Icelandair has taken delivery of the airline’s first 737 MAX airplane as the carrier seeks to grow and renew its fleet and enhance its trans-Atlantic operations. The MAX, a new and improved version of Boeing’s 737 airplane, will join Icelandair’s fleet of Boeing 757 and 767 jets in serving destinations throughout North America and Europe.
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German engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines and U.S.-based helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, have jointly entered into an agreement for MTU to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul for the engines of the German Air Force with new heavy lift helicopters to replace its aging CH-53G fleet of aircraft. Sikorsky, MTU Aero Engines and
Air Partner, the global aviation services group, has named Romain Vasset as Freight Charter Sales Manager for the French market. Romain will be based at Air Partner’s Cologne office, supporting Thierry Zemouli, Freight Account Manager. Before joining Air Partner, Romain gained experience within the aviation and charter industry at PRO SKY AG as a Project
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Lufthansa Technik AG develops end-to-end maintenance concepts tailored to the individual needs of the customer. Its new product called Maintwise is available to customers of Lufthansa Technik as a consulting service. Maintwise allows Lufthansa Technik to address the individual aircraft operator’s highly specific circumstances. In cooperation with the customer’s planning and engineering experts, the Lufthansa
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Starting March 1st, AviaAM Financial Leasing China, Zhengzhou (China) based aircraft leasing and trading company, will be led by newly appointed CEO Tomas Sidlauskas. Having joined the Group in 2012 as a Senior Project Manager, Sidlauskas quickly rose to the VP Sales and joined the Board of Directors in 2014. Over the years at AviaAM
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DAE Capital has delivered an Airbus A320-200 aircraft to new customer, Air Guilin on March 1. The delivery took place at the Airbus delivery centre in Toulouse, France. DAE has agreed to lease two new Airbus A320 family aircraft to the Chinese airline, based at Guilin Liangjiang airport in Guanxi Autonomous Region. The aircraft will
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Mexican Oil&Gas operator Transportes Aéreos Pegaso has signed for an additional H175, bringing to four the number of orders it has placed for this super-medium helicopter. Delivered in the summer of 2016, the first aircraft has been performing crew change missions for geo-seismic vessels. A second H175 will be delivered in the spring of 2018
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Spirit Airlines and its pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), have ratified a new five-year working agreement on February 28. Of the 98% of pilots who voted, 70% cast ballots in favor of the agreement. “This agreement increases our annual compensation, delivers job protections, and maintains important quality-of-life protections,” said Capt. Stuart
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The first Ultra Long Range version of the A350 XWB has rolled out of the Airbus final assembly line in Toulouse. The latest variant of the A350 XWB Family will enter service with launch operator Singapore Airlines later this year. Altogether, Singapore Airlines has ordered seven A350-900 Ultra Long Range aircraft, which it will use
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