AerCap Holdings has executed the first placement of ten Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from its order book. Leased to Travel Service, AerCap’s long-time customer and the Czech Republic’s biggest airline company, the aircraft are part of AerCap’s order of 100 737 MAXs placed in June 2015 with deliveries starting in 2019. AerCap is Boeing’s
A report by the Transportation Department’s Office of the Director General has revealed that the FAA is failing to ensure that airline pilots maintain a sufficient level of flying skills enabling them to take control of an aircraft from an automated system in an unexpected event. The report also concluded that the FAA is unable
Airbus has exceeded its targets for 2015, achieving a new record of 635 aircraft deliveries for 85 customers of which 10 are new. These deliveries comprise: 491 A320 Family aircraft; 103 A330s; 27 A380s; and 14 A350 XWBs. This production achievement means that Airbus’ aircraft deliveries in 2015 were up for the 13th year in
Following the crash of a West Atlantic Bombardier CRJ200 in Sweden late at night on January 7th , Swedish accident investigators have confirmed that though extensively damaged, both the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) together with it memory functions, have now all been recovered from the crash site. Flight PT294
Premier Aviation Overhaul Centre (Premier) and Discovery Air Technical Services (DATS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Air, released that Premier has now completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of DATS on January 8th, 2016. The parties previously announced Premier’s offer to purchase DATS on June 22nd, 2015. Premier Aviation is a
A year after its official inauguration, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty’s new plant in Sendayan, Malaysia delivered its first heat sink to AirAsia, for use on the Airbus A320. The heat sink is a stack of carbon disks comprising the airplane’s brake. Messier-Bugatti-Dowty chose Malaysia to set up its new carbon disk production and refurbishment plant in this region,
Alcoa, a global leader in lightweight metals technology, engineering and manufacturing, has signed a long-term contract with GE Aviation for jet engine components in an agreement valued at more than US$1.5bn over the contract life. Under the deal, Alcoa will supply advanced nickel-based superalloy, titanium and aluminum components for a broad range of GE Aviation
With the introduction of legislation requiring that all recreational UAVs, or drones, weighing between .55lbs and 55lbs, are to be registered, along with the pilots themselves, it was announced by FAA administrator, Michael Huerta, that 181,000 had been registered so far. Speaking at a consumer electronics conference in Las Vegas on the 6th of January
Gama Aviation, one of the world’s largest business aviation service providers, announced the conditional acquisition of Aviation Beauport Limited; a privately owned Jersey based business offering a range of business aviation services. The acquisition of Beauport is conditional upon approval from the Jersey Competition Authority which is expected to complete by the end of February
Boeing and Air China announced an order for six additional 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners. The order is valued at more than US$2bn at current list prices and bolsters Air China’s long-haul widebody fleet as it looks to expand its international network. With this new order, Air China will increase its unfilled airplane orders with Boeing
