Arkefly, a premier Dutch charter airline under the German travel conglomerate TUI, has selected TP Aerospace Solutions to provide its Brake For Less (BFL) Program, which will provide the operator with guaranteed brake availability at all times and significant cost savings while entirely eliminating turn-around-time dependency, risk of unexpected high repair cost and general OEM
AAR has signed a long-term general terms agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace. Under terms of the deal, Liebherr-Aerospace will provide full support of AAR’s nose-to-tail comprehensive solution on the Airbus fleet. In addition, Liebherr-Aerospace will grant access to technical documentation, spare parts, and technical support to AAR maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) repair centers in Garden City,
Aegean, a Star Alliance member, signed with Aviointeriors, Italy, a procurement contract for their new lightweight economy class seats Columbus Two to retrofit the A320 family fleet. The seats will be delivered starting from March 2014 to have the aircraft ready in service with the new cabin configuration before the 2014 summer season.
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO), a leading global MRO and aircraft conversion provider, has announced an additional five-aircraft 737 PTF program with China’s postal service commencing September 2013. This deal follows the recent redelivery of its tenth freighter, an 11-position High Yield 737-400F, for Beijing-based China Postal Airlines (CPA). By this time next year, China
GE Aviation has reached agreement with IHI of Japan and Techspace Aero (Safran) of Belgium to become partners of a joint venture on GE’s new Passport engine for business aviation. IHI and Techspace Aero will be responsible for more than 37% of the Passport engine, which will power the Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000
Fokker Services and Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, a subsidiary of Triumph Group, signed a Manufacturing License Agreement for the manufacturing of Fokker type of parts for the thrust reverser. With this Manufacturing License Agreement, Fokker Services is determined to continue guaranteeing future parts availability and a stable supply chain for the operators. At
AAR has entered into a general terms agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace to provide landing gear maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the Embraer 170/175/190/195 family of aircraft, a deal that provides enhanced capabilities for AAR Landing Gear Services. The agreement with the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Liebherr-Aerospace, who has developed and integrated the landing gear
CFM International has initiated testing of the first full LEAP engine, launching an extensive ground and flight test certification program that will encompass 60 engine builds over the next three years. The program will culminate in engine certification in 2015 and first entry into commercial service on the Airbus A320neo in 2016. The LEAP-1A engine,
Sikorsky Aircraft and Changhe Aircraft Industries Corp. signed an agreement for Changhe to produce S-76D commercial helicopter cabins for Sikorsky. The S-76D helicopter is Sikorsky’s newest aircraft. Changhe had previously provided cabins for the predecessor S-76C++ helicopter, under an agreement signed by the two companies in 2007. Changhe will now serve as a second source
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has extended Lockheed Martin’s work providing flight planning and safety support to pilots under the Automated Flight Service Stations (AFSS) contract. The contract option period begins October 1st with a total value of $221m over two years. Since 2005, Lockheed Martin Flight Services has modernized and improved delivery of general
