Scandinavian Airlines System Aktiebolag (SAS AB) has announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Avianca Holdings’ CEO Anko van der Werff as the new President and CEO of SAS AB. He will take up his new position with the Group on July 15, 2021. Van der Werff has held senior positions in the aviation […]
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Russian airline Utair Aviation JSC (Utair) has selected StandardAero to provide overhaul support for the Pratt & Whitney PW127M engines powering its fleet of ATR 72-500 regional turboprops. StandardAero will support Utair from its OEM-authorized PW100 Designated Overhaul Facilities (DOFs) in Summerside, PE, Canada and Gonesse, France. This new agreement cements the existing relationship between
Lufthansa Technik and Airbus will team up to offer customers a reversible Cargo-in-Cabin solution to satisfy urgent demand quickly and easily. The solution for the Airbus A330 family comprises the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) as well as material kits to modify the passenger aircraft for temporary cargo transport. Cargo capacity is thus increased by up
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Silk Way West Airlines, a private cargo operator, will expand its international network by signing an order with Boeing for five 777 freighters. The deal marks the first purchase of the long-range, high-capacity twin-engine freighter in the Caspian region and Central Asia. The airplanes will enable the airline to increase its capacity to meet growing
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Airbus has released that gross commercial aircraft orders totaled 39 (Q1 2020: 356 aircraft) and included 38 single-aisle aircraft in the first quarter of 2021. After cancellations, net commercial aircraft orders were -61 (Q1 2020: 290 aircraft) with the order backlog comprising 6,998 aircraft as at March 31, 2021. Airbus Helicopters booked 40 net orders
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Aergo Capital (Aergo) has completed the acquisition of twenty 2003-11 Vintage DHC-8-Q400 aircraft from a major financial institution. FPG Amentum acted as agent on the deal. The aircraft were acquired naked. In parallel, LOI negotiations for the lease of a number of these aircraft are progressing. Fred Browne, Chief Executive Officer of Aergo, commented: “In the
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Brazil’s Embraer has released that for the first quarter of 2021, it delivered nine commercial jets, and ten light and three large executive jets, a total of 22 planes. Based in São José dos Campos, São Paulo and founded in 1969, Embraer is the world’s third-largest producer of civil aircraft. As of March 31, Embraer’s
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Spirit AeroSystems has announced a planned expansion of its aftermarket presence in the Asia-Pacific region by signing a joint venture agreement with Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation (EGAT). The new agreement is expected to complement Spirit’s recent acquisition of Applied Aerodynamics and last year’s acquisition of select Bombardier assets, and further strengthen its global maintenance, repair,
Honeywell and GKN Aerospace’s Fokker Landing Gear business in the Netherlands have signed a license and parts supply agreement for an authorized service center for Honeywell’s wheels and brakes on the F-35 military fighter jet. In 2016, GKN Aerospace’s Fokker Landing Gear was chosen by the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) to maintain and service
Panasonic Avionics has announced the appointment of Andrew Masson as Vice President of Product & Portfolio Management. Masson joins Panasonic from Adient Aerospace, Boeing’s aircraft seat joint venture with Adient, where he served as CEO. At Panasonic, he will lead its global Product & Portfolio Management team and guide the company’s product and services strategy
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