Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has awarded a series of contracts to Safran, worth over US$1.2 billion combined. This includes a US$1 billion deal for the latest-generation Safran seats for Emirates’ new fleet of Airbus A350, Boeing 777X-9 and existing Boeing 777-300 aircraft. The agreement includes business-, premium economy- and economy-class seats for the
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has signed new service agreements at the Dubai Airshow with Dubai-based airline Emirates and Saudia Technic, partner of the national airline of Saudi Arabia, Saudia, based in Jeddah. LHT and Emirates have signed a base maintenance services (BMS) contract for Airbus A380 aircraft. By October 2026, another 23 of the world’s largest
Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, has extended its strategic partnership with Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Limited (Joramco), an Amman-based aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility and engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), to optimise aircraft maintenance services and ensure the highest standards of quality, safety and efficiency. The agreement which was
Rolls-Royce has signed a TotalCare service agreement with Amazon Global Air to supply maintenance services to its fleet of ten Trent 700-powered Airbus A330-300P2F (passenger-to-freighter) aircraft, which will be operated by its carrier partner. TotalCare is designed to provide predictability and operational certainty for customers by transferring time on wing and maintenance cost risk back
Led by Airbus subsidiary and technology incubator UpNext, the eXtra Performance Wing project aims to improve flight performance and respond to environmental concerns by completely re-thinking aircraft wings as we know them today. Using biomimicry – biologically inspired engineering – the project seeks to develop a wing that can change shape and form during flight
Sanad, the global aerospace engineering and leasing solutions company, wholly owned by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (Mubadala), has announced the inauguration of its LEAP engine MRO centre, marking a significant milestone as the first certified engine MRO centre in the South Asian (India and Pakistan), Middle East and North Africa (SAMENA)
Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineered parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, has signed a license agreement for fan products from Curtiss-Wright’s Sensors Division. The high-performance fans and blowers are used on commercial and military platforms to provide cooling to key systems. Currently manufactured at Curtiss-Wright’s Sensors Division’s site in
Eve Air Mobility (Eve) has named three new suppliers for its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Garmin®, will supply the avionics for the aircraft while Liebherr-Aerospace will supply the flight controls actuators. Intergalactic will provide the thermal management system. “We are looking forward to working with each of our suppliers as we progress with
RECARO Aircraft Seating (RECARO) has celebrated a decade of success at its facility in Qingdao, China. The milestone was marked with an event on October 26, 2023, with distinguished guests including customers, VIPs, suppliers and the RECARO leadership team in attendance. “Reaching the ten-year milestone is an exciting accomplishment, not just for the Asia Pacific
GKN Aerospace and GE have deepened their long-term partnership on a series of industry-leading engines including the GEnx programme, the fastest-selling high-thrust engine. The new agreement focuses on three key areas: new technology insertion, fan case production and assembly and repair of high volume, complex engines structures. The ground-breaking technology insertion programmes on the GEnx
