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Airbus ZEROe aircraft flying over Madrid © Airbus

Airbus and five other companies collaborate to advance hydrogen-powered aviation in Spain

Airbus, Aena, Air Nostrum, Iberia, Exolum and Repsol, have joined forces to address the primary challenges of deploying hydrogen-powered aviation in Spain. This is the first collaboration that brings together the entire value chain, from primary energy production and hydrogen ground operations, with two airlines on board and across a complete network of airports simultaneously. […]

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Sichuan Airlines has taken delivery of a second A330 P2F aircraft from CDB Aviation © AirTeamImages

CDB Aviation delivers second A330 P2F to Sichuan Airlines

CDB Aviation joined a grand ceremony held at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on July 9, 2024, to celebrate the delivery of a second Airbus A330-300 Passenger- to-Freighter (A330 P2F) on lease to its existing customer, Sichuan Airlines. CDB Aviation’s Chief Executive Officer, Jie Chen, expressed excitement at joining partners at Sichuan Airlines in celebrating this

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Teams of LOT and Lufthansa Technik © LHT

LOT Polish Airlines and LHT sign new CFM56-7B maintenance contract

LOT Polish Airlines (LOT) and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) are strengthening their cooperation with a new engine maintenance services (EMS) contract for the CFM56-7B engines of the airline’s Boeing 737NG fleet. In addition to the 11 planned overhauls, of which the first recently commenced and will be performed at Lufthansa Technik’s headquarters in Hamburg, the MRO

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Southwest Airlines appoints Rakesh Gangwal to Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of Southwest Airlines has appointed Rakesh Gangwal as a member of the Board, effective July 7. Gangwal is an experienced airline executive and entrepreneur, known for co-founding India’s largest airline, IndiGo. His appointment comes amid demands for change from activist investor Elliott Investment Management. Before co-founding IndiGo in 2006, Gangwal served

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SR Technics will continue to maintain Asiana Airlines’ PW4000 engines © AirTeamImages

SR Technics, Asiana prolong PW4000 maintenance agreement

MRO service provider SR Technics (SRT) has prolonged its PW4000 engine maintenance agreement with Asiana Airlines. This agreement strengthens the cooperation with SR Technics’ valued customer for the next five years. The work on the engines will be carried out at SR Technics’ facilities at Zurich Airport in Switzerland. SR Technics has been maintaining Asiana

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Falko has purchased two Embraer E190 jets, leased to Airlink © AirTeamImages

Falko Regional Aircraft purchases two Embraer E190 aircraft leased to Airlink

Falko Regional Aircraft Limited (Falko), the asset manager and aircraft lessor focused solely on the regional aircraft sector, has purchased two Embraer E190 aircraft leased to South African regional carrier, Airlink. The aircraft, with MSN 19000202 and MSN 19000265, were acquired from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) as part of the previously announced twenty-four E-Jet portfolio

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ST Engineering enhances support for Safran Aircraft Engines with new agreement

ST Engineering’s Commercial Aerospace business has deepened its support for Safran Aircraft Engines by entering into a two-year agreement, with an option for extension, to provide module repair offload support for the CFM LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B engines. Under the agreement, Safran Aircraft Engines will offload module repair work on the high-pressure turbine (HPT) rotor assembly

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DABS has selected TrustFlight’s Centrik 5 software to streamline its safety (SMS) and quality management system (QMS)

DABS adopts TrustFlight’s Centrik 5 software

TrustFlight, a technology innovator focused on the digitisation of the aviation industry, has announced that Dassault Aviation Business Services (DABS) has selected TrustFlight’s Centrik 5 software to streamline its safety (SMS) and quality management system (QMS) for real-time operational management across its base and line stations. DABS will leverage Centrik’s Safety, Compliance (Quality), Risk, Training,

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Liebherr-Aerospace Saline, expands its service capacities in Michigan (U.S.A.) and celebrates the ground-breaking for a new building in June

Liebherr-Aerospace Saline expands Michigan industrial campus

Liebherr-Aerospace Saline is expanding its industrial campus in Michigan (U.S.A.) and recently celebrated the ground breaking with invited guests, the management and over 300 employees. With the new building, the company will be able to meet the growing demand for MRO services covering Liebherr products on a wide variety of commercial aircraft and business jets.

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