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flydubai selects suite of Rockwell Collins avionics for Boeing NG 737-800

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

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Etihad Airways deepens strategic cooperation with Air France-KLM

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

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Estonian Air to cease operating November 8th

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

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Pegasus signs US$500m services agreement with CFM

One of Turkey’s leading low-cost carriers, Pegasus Airlines, has signed an eight-year Time & Materials Support agreement with CFM International to cover a total of 90 shop visits for the CFM56-7B engines powering its fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The agreement, which also includes the purchase for four spare engines, is valued at US$500m at

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IAG converts four A330s and 15 A320neo aircraft into firm orders

The Board of the International Airlines Group (IAG) has firmed up orders for 19 additional widebody and single aisle aircraft (2 A330-200s, 2 A330-300s and 15 A320neos). This latest agreement with IAG and its airlines takes their cumulative Airbus orders to a total of nearly 470 aircraft. The two A330-200s will be assigned to Iberia

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Kaman to acquire GRW Bearing GmbH

Kaman Corporation released that its Aerospace segment has entered into an agreement to acquire GRW Bearing GmbH (GRW), a German-based designer and manufacturer of super precision, miniature ball bearings. The company is expected to have sales in 2015 of approximately €48 million. GRW is focused on the demanding applications segment of the miniature ball bearings

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Ameco Beijing sees fast development on airframe overhaul

Ameco is to deliver a Boeing 747 of ACT Airlines for C-check in this December. It has been the fourth ACT aircraft since this year. Being capable of airframe overhaul on Boeing 737, 747, 767, 777 and Airbus A319, 320, 330, 380, Ameco is ready for the Boeing 747-8I airframe overhaul capability starting from earlier

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SAEI and Lufthansa Technik sign MOU for joint component MRO services

On the occasion of the Dubai Airshow 2015, Lufthansa Technik AG and Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI), the Aircraft Maintenance arm of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), have signed an agreement to enter into a strategic partnership. Lufthansa Technik will support SAEI with Aircraft Component Maintenance for Saudia’s A320 and A330 fleet and will further assist

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