As a consequence of Rolls-Royce setting about a major restructuring of the Company, the current aerospace president, Tony Wood, who has been with Rolls Royce for 15 years, will be leaving, though who has agreed to stay on into 2016 to help with the transition. From the 1st January, Rolls-Royce’s principal activities will be consolidated
Amman, Jordan-based Arab Wings, and its joint venture partner Iraq Gate of Arasat, Baghdad, are new CRJ Series aircraft owners and operators. Iraq Gate commenced service in March 2015 with its first CRJ200 aircraft, adding two more in recent months. Iraq Gate will initially operate the aircraft, which were acquired by Arab Wings from a
EVA Air (Taiwan) and Air Lease Corporation (ALC) signed long term lease agreements for four new B787-9s and two new B787-10s. These aircraft are from ALC’s Dreamliner order book with Boeing and will deliver from mid-2018 through early 2020. These placements will bring the number of new Boeing widebody aircraft that EVA Air will lease
Air Lease Corporation signed a long term lease agreement with Far Eastern Air Transport (FEAT), an international airline based in Taipei, Taiwan, for one Boeing 737-800. The aircraft is presently on lease to a European carrier since early 2012 and will deliver to FEAT in June 2016. This is ALC’s second 737 lease placement with
N3 Engine Overhaul Services (N3), the joint enterprise of Lufthansa Technik AG and Rolls-Royce plc. for servicing and repairing large aircraft engines, will begin overhauling the latest Rolls-Royce engine, the Trent XWB, which powers the Airbus A350 XWB, from autumn 2016. Parent companies Lufthansa Technik and Rolls-Royce reached this agreement based on Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s
EDM, a leading provider of training simulators to the civil aviation and defence sectors, has been awarded a contract by All Nippon Airways (ANA) to supply a B777 Door Trainer. EDM will manufacture the Door Trainer at its Manchester headquarters before shipping and installing it at ANA’s crew training centre in Ota-ku, Tokyo. Once onsite
In anticipation of gaining EASA Part 145 and Russia’s FAP 145 certificates in February 2016, Technodinamika is set to open a component maintenance center close to Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport, with the Company confirming that the space is ready. As part of Russian state-owned Rostec, Technodinamika was created back in 2009 from 36 individual companies
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (GT) has been selected by Boeing to provide main nose and landing gear tires for its new 777X aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery in 2019. uilding on the success of the Boeing 777 and 787 Dreamliner, the Boeing 777X will be the largest and most efficient twin-engine jet
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, has signed an agreement with Virgin America, to lease 10 new Airbus A321neo aircraft powered by CFM’s LEAP-1A engines to expand the carrier’s fleet. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in Q1 2017 and the remainder will deliver in 2017
As part of the austerity measures forced upon Greece by the Euro Zone finance ministers with relation to the financial bailout, and as described under the initial terms of sale outlined on August 19th this year, a consortium comprising the German airport operator Fraport and the Greek conglomerate Copelouzos Group have now signed a deal
