Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), its joint venture with the Boeing Company, has launched its new Split Scimitar Winglet (SSW) program for the Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) family of aircraft. The announcement to launch the BBJ SSW comes on the heels of similar announcements from APB for the Boeing 737 NG airliners earlier this year. Using
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has signed an engine service agreement with Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) for the support of Beechcraft King Air series turboprops and Hawker business jets. Under this agreement, P&WC will provide HBS with comprehensive engine support, including repair, hot section inspection and overhaul, for PT6A-powered Beechcraft King Air turboprops, PW305B-powered Hawker
In the next weeks Lufthansa Technik will finalize its cabin installation work on two VIP completion projects from undisclosed customers in its Hamburg hangars. The first one, a BBJ 2, will be delivered back to the customer in December 2013. The second one, a Boeing 767-400FSER, is planned to be handed over to its owner
UK-based passenger aircraft seat manufacturer Acro Aircraft Seating has announced that Braathens Regional, the Swedish wet lease and charter company, will be the first operator to fly with its newly modified seats in Saab 340 and 2000 aircraft. Developed in cooperation with global defence and security company, Saab, Acro will supply 13 shipsets equating to
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) redelivered the first of three B737-400SF 11 Pallet freighters to Yangtze River Express of Shanghai. The first freighter to deliver is a high gross weight B737-400SF (MSN 28759) built in 1998. The conversion was performed at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services in Shanghai China. This is AEI’s 14th of
Boeing will adjust the production rate for the 747-8 program from 1.75 airplanes to 1.5 airplanes per month through 2015 because of lower market demand for large passenger and freighter airplanes. “This production adjustment better aligns us with near-term demand while stabilizing our production flow, and better positions the program to offer the 747-8’s compelling
StandardAero has signed an exclusive, two-year maintenance agreement with Air Nostrum for 31 auxiliary power units (APUs). The APUs are manufactured by Honeywell – Model RE220RJ. All work will be performed in the U.S. at StandardAero’s Maryville, Tenn., facility. Air Nostrum is an independent regional airline based in Valencia, Spain.
Rolls-Royce North America officially opened its second outdoor jet engine test stand, an investment of $50m, at the Rolls-Royce Outdoor Jet Engine Test Facility at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss. The new jet engine test stand will play a key role in the company’s development of next generation technology that
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) announced the redelivery of its second special mission 737-400C to Safair for operation in Africa. This versatile PEMCO-built Combi will be used primarily in support of global humanitarian and charitable relief organizations. This latest delivery is a 737-400 Combi with PEMCO designed “Swiss army knife” cargo loading system, capable of
Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Bedek Aviation Group has signed licensing agreements with Boeing modifications of the B767-200/300 and the B747-400, including passenger to freighter conversions. The agreements apply to 72 DSF767-200/300 aircraft and 29 BDSF747-400 aircraft previously converted by IAI for various customers, as well as future IAI conversions. Bedek Aviation Group has been a
