Despite having successfully obtained one-day injunctions through Düsseldorf and Darmstadt labor courts on Tuesday 10th November against striking cabin crew who began a 7-day walk-out on Friday 6th, Lufthansa have failed to see the strike stopped completely after both labor courts ruled against the airline and allowed the cabin crew to continue their strike. 19,000
At a grand opening ceremony and tour in Guaymas, Mexico, Chromalloy announced today that its new state-of-the-art gas turbine engine machining facility is operational and producing first article test production on aircraft engine components. “Chromalloy’s new 36,000 ft² manufacturing center is a dedicated precision machining facility for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) new engine components,” said
EVA Air took delivery of its 22nd Boeing 777-300ER at the Boeing factory in Everett, WA, on November 11th, 2015. With the delivery, EVA unveiled a new corporate identity system and livery. EVA’s new corporate identity retains its original compass design, borrowed from the logotype of the respected Evergreen Group and symbolizing the airline’s seamless
C&L has signed a 5-year contract with Loganair for the overhaul of all landing gear on its Saab 340 fleet. The gear will be overhauled at the Heroux-Devtek facility in Runcorn, UK as part of C&L’s global strategic alliance with the company. C&L has a major share of the Saab 340 gear overhaul market and
As Finnair stated in its interim report last month, the company is planning to increase the capacity in its European feeder traffic with a view to the growth of its long-haul capacity. As the first step, Finnair will temporarily lease two A321 narrow-body aircraft including part of the flight crew. The company is also assessing
Clean Sky is the most ambitious EU funded aeronautical research program ever launched in Europe: More than 600 partners have joined forces to develop new, greener technologies for tomorrow’s aviation. MTU Aero Engines, Germany’s leading engine manufacturer, is a partner in the program, being responsible for an engine demonstrator that is now running in MTU’s
At the 2015 Dubai Air Show, GE Aviation and CFM International, its partner company with Snecma (Safran), secured and finalized several engine orders and long-term contracts valued at more than US$17bn with the region’s leading carriers. At the same time, GE Aviation also forged new relationships with the Middle East’s growing aviation industry players. “The
Lufthansa Technik and the low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific, which is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, have signed a comprehensive engine maintenance agreement. Under the terms of the contract, Lufthansa Technik will overhaul the V2500 engines in Jetstar Pacific’s fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft. The contract covers a term of three years, during which
The Dubai Air Show which runs from the 8th – 12th November has been witness to the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabi-based investment and development company Mubadala, to explore additional areas of cooperation, which could well include a possible European maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility. On
SR Technics, one of the world’s leading providers of technical services to airlines, and airberlin, Germany’s second largest carrier, announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide ongoing Engine Services. The MOU confirms that SR Technics will maintain, repair and overhaul both airberlin’s Airbus A330 PW4000-100″ (PW4168) and its Airbus 320
