Hong Kong Aviation Capital (HKAC) increased its portfolio with Wizz Air in Hungary to five aircraft adding another A320-200 aircraft on a long term lease to the leading low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed facility expansion at the Aircraft Shop of the Yamatomachi Plant of its Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in preparation for production increase of composite wing boxes for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. MHI expanded the facility in response to Boeing’s plan to increase the 787’s production
It has been announced that Spanish air traffic controllers will strike on two more days over forthcoming weeks as further protest against sanctions imposed by airport operator Aena on certain members of staff. It is understood that the controllers’ strike will take place between 06:00 CET and 18:00 CET on both September 26th and October
Etihad Airways, its airport services business and five of its equity partners have today successfully completed an innovative new platform financing transaction, raising US$500m on the international markets. Etihad Airways, Etihad Airport Services, airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Alitalia and Jet Airways have together taken a new step forward in their strategic business development through
Snecma (Safran) officially started the construction of a second open-air engine test stand at its facility located at French air force base 125 in Istres, southern France. The new installation, comprising a test stand featuring a design that is unique in Europe and a building housing all control systems, is on a par with the
FLY Leasing has acquired a new Boeing 777-200LRF aircraft in a sale and leaseback transaction with a leading flag carrier on a 12-year lease. “The aircraft is on lease to a strong credit in a growing market, an airline with which FLY has had a successful multi-year relationship,” said Colm Barrington, CEO of FLY.
Boeing employees in Renton, Wash., have started final assembly on schedule of the first 737 MAX 8, the first member of Boeing’s new, more efficient single-aisle family. After the first fuselage arrived on Aug. 21 from Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita, Kan, mechanics began installing flight systems and insulation blankets. Crews next moved the fuselage to
Air Lease Corporation delivered one new Boeing 737-800NG to China Airlines (Taiwan), the first of three new Boeing 737-800 aircraft deliveries on long-term lease from ALC’s order book with Boeing. The second 737-800 is scheduled to deliver in fall 2015, and the third in spring 2016.
Monarch Aircraft Engineering, the engineering division of The Monarch Group, have secured a line maintenance technical handling agreement with GainJet Aviation. The agreement covers a full suite of line maintenance services for the Greek operator’s VIP Boeing 757-200 charter operation at Birmingham Airport in the UK. GainJet Aviation, headquartered in Athens, is a new customer
It was in 2012 that Airbus announced the go ahead for the construction of a US$600m manufacturing plant in Mobile, Alabama, USA and a year later in 2013 ground was broken. Today saw the official opening of the plant which will assemble the industry-leading family of A319s, A320s and A321s and which currently has over
