Royal Air Maroc selected GE Aviation for a five-year exclusive OnPoint solution agreement for the time and material to maintain, repair and overhaul its CF6-80C2 engines that power its four Boeing 767 aircraft. Headquartered in Casablanca, Royal Air Maroc operates a young fleet of aircraft to more than 109 destinations, including 22 national and 87
AFGlobal Corporation reported that its Steel Industries facilities in Michigan received AS9100 Rev C certification from the PRI Registrar for demonstrating its ongoing commitment to quality by satisfying customer requirements of the aerospace industry specifications. This achievement positions AFGlobal for growth in the aerospace industry, and boosts the Company’s number of certified facilities to eight.
It was at the 47th Paris Airshow that Mitsubishi unveiled its plans for the first Japanese plane to be built since the NAMC YS-11 in the 1960s, an aircraft that never actually became profitable. The development has been subject to a number of delays, including those in the procurement of the Pratt & Whitney engines.
The first Airbus A350-900 for Ethiopian Airlines is taking shape on the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. Ethiopian Airlines will be the first African A350 XWB operator when it takes delivery of the aircraft next year. Ethiopian Airlines will operate 14 A350 XWB of which 12 are directly purchased from Airbus and two
Emirates Flight Training Academy, the flight training program operated by Emirates airline, selected the technologically advanced SR22 for its primary training aircraft. A fleet of twenty-two (22) Cirrus SR22 aircraft will lead pilot training at Al Maktoum International-Dubai World Central Airport in support of the Emirates’ National Cadet Pilot Programme. The partnership marks the latest
Vietnamese carrier Vietjet has placed a firm order with Airbus for the purchase of 30 more A321s (9 A321ceo and 21 A321neo). Vietjet first took to the skies at the end of 2011 and now operates a fleet of 29 A320 Family aircraft including three A321s, on a network covering Vietnam and a growing number
GE Aviation successfully completed its first transfer of avionics manufacture and support capability to the Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) in Saudi Arabia for the T-165 Hawk. Mission critical avionics assemblies are being produced locally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by AEC for use on BAE Systems Hawk T-165 Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft. The production
Dubai-based flydubai has selected a suite of Rockwell Collins avionics, including the Head-up Guidance System (HGS), MultiScan ThreatTrack weather radar and datalink communications system for 11 Next-Generation Boeing 737 aircraft. Deliveries will take place during 2016 and 2017. The latest agreement, announced at the Dubai Airshow, marks the continuation of a strong relationship that Rockwell
Etihad Airways has expanded its strategic cooperation with Air France-KLM through a several hundred million US dollar component maintenance agreement for its Boeing 777 fleet. The 10-year deal, effective February 2016, provides Etihad Airways and its equity partners with access to an extensive global pool of components offered by Air France KLM maintenance arm Air
Estonian Air, which runs a fleet of aircraft comprising three Bombardier CRJ900s, two CRJ700s and a single Embraer 170 will unsurprisingly cease operating on the 8th November in accordance with a European Commission (EC) ruling which stated that “Following an in-depth investigation, the European Commission has concluded that aid measures by Estonia in favor of
