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Rolls-Royce to expand lease pool locations to Bombardier service centers

Bombardier, in conjunction with Rolls-Royce, is bolstering its maintenance service capabilities for Global aircraft customers at its service facilities. This unique agreement will enhance the customer experience for Global aircraft customers utilizing the BR710 engine by giving them access to a pool of Rolls-Royce-owned lease engines, located onsite at Bombardier service centers in Wichita, Tucson […]

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HAECO Group appoints VP and Directors of Group Commercial for Europe, Middle East and Africa

HAECO Group has reported that Klaus-Peter Leinauer has joined the Group as Vice President of Group Commercial for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Based in Germany and reporting to the group’s Hong Kong-based Chief Commercial Officer, Leinauer will oversee the Group’s efforts in strengthening commercial focus in the EMEA regions. He has extensive experience

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ADAC Luftrettung takes delivery of first two five-bladed H145s

ADAC Luftrettung, one of Europe’s biggest Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) operators, has taken delivery of its first two five-bladed H145s. Furthermore, the German HEMS operator will upgrade its current fleet of 14 four-bladed H145s to the five-bladed rotor system. The new version of Airbus’ H145 light twin-engine helicopter was unveiled at Heli-Expo 2019 in

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Alaska Airlines continues fleet optimization with order of 12 additional Boeing 737-9 aircraft

 Alaska Airlines is accelerating its fleet growth by exercising options early on for 12 Boeing 737-9 aircraft. The option aircraft are now firm commitments for 2023 and 2024. This additional commitment brings Alaska’s total firm 737-9 order to 93 aircraft, five of which are currently in service. Alaska announced a restructured agreement with Boeing in December 2020 to

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MRO Insider promotes Clovis Martins to Director of Sales, South America

MRO Insider has promoted Clovis Martins, formerly an Account Executive, to Director of Sales for South America. Martins has been working with the MRO Insider team since October of 2020, when he joined as an Account Executive managing Brazil. As South American traffic on the website increased, Martins’ territory expanded into the entire South American

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Lufthansa is warning of extensive flight disruptions on Wednesday, February 7, as the Ver.di union calls for a one-day strike © Lufthansa

German government to offload total investment in Lufthansa by 2023

The German government has announced its intention to immediately sell of 25% of its stake in Lufthansa, the country’s flag-carrying airline, with the intention of divesting itself of the total investment by 2023. The original €300 million investment came from Germany’s Economic Stabilization Fund (WSF) which was set up in March 2020 to aid struggling

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BBAM and EFW sign agreement for Airbus A320/A321P2F conversions

Aircraft leasing company BBAM Limited Partnership (BBAM) and Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a joint venture ofST Engineering and Airbus, have signed an agreement for Airbus A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions including options. The new orders by BBAM bring the total number of its A320/A321P2F conversions to 20, with the conversions to be carried out by EFW through

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Startup Aerit awarded thumbs-up from Transportstyrelsen to conduct drone delivery

Aerit, the sustainable drone delivery startup based in Stockholm, Sweden, has received operational authorization from Transportstyrelsen, Sweden’s national transportation agency, to pilot last-mile drone delivery in Sweden. Aerit’s operational authorization is made possible by the Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) process provided by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) that came into effect in

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