Spain’s Canary Islands airline Binter signed an agreement for the purchase of additional six new ATR 72-600 aircraft, following their first batch for six ATR 72-600s in February 2014, bringing total orders for ATR aircraft to thirty. The new ATR order is a part of the Binter’s fleet modernization and network improvements program. By progressively
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the aviation leasing and financing arm of GE, announced a firm order for 60 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. All of the aircraft will be powered by CFM’s LEAP-1A engines. The agreement was jointly posted by GECAS President and CEO Norman C.T. Liu and Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Customers John Leahy.
Air Lease Corporation (AL) announced new long term lease contracts with Vietnam Airlines that converted the formerly contracted eight Boeing 787-9 aircraft to eight new Boeing 787-10s. These aircraft are from ALC’s order book with Boeing and deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2019 and continue through 2021. The Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner will be the
Boeing and Garuda Indonesia reported the airline’s intent to purchase 30 787-9 Dreamliners, as well as up to 30 737 MAX 8 airplanes. Boeing will work with Garuda Indonesia to finalize the order, at which time it will be posted to Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website. In addition to the announcement, the flag carrier also
Myanmar National Airlines signed an exclusive OnPoint solution agreement with GE Aviation that covers the maintenance, repair and overhaul of 12 CFM56-7B engines that will power the airline’s new fleet of Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft. The agreement is valued at more than US$60m over the life of the agreement.
China’s Zhejiang Loong Airlines has signed a Rate per Flight Hour (RPFH) agreement with CFM International to support its fleet of CFM56-5B engines. Under the terms of the 12-year agreement, which is valued at US$138m, CFM will guarantee maintenance costs for a total of 17 CFM56-5B engines on a dollar per engine flight hour basis.
Relats S.A. has appointed Avio-Diepen as worldwide distributor for its high quality braided sleeves. Relats offers a range of braided sleeves that offer specific kinds of protection such as EMI shielding, fire protection, heat reflection, mechanical and thermal protection. Avio-Diepen’s core business is the timely delivery of aircraft parts, when and where its customers need
BOC Aviation announced the signing of a new agreement for firm orders of V2500 engines to power 14 new Airbus A320 family aircraft, the second order for this engine type this year. The V2500 engine is offered through IAE International Aero Engines, an aero engine consortium led by Pratt & Whitney in collaboration with Pratt
Just over ten weeks after the crash of Germanwings flight Flight 4U 9525 which killed all 150 passengers and crew travelling from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, Brice Robin, a French prosecutor based in Marseille, has opened a case to examine whether mistakes had been made in the assessments of the co-pilot’s psychological state of mind. Investigations
PEMCO is now offering line maintenance, major and minor non-routine repairs and alterations to Embraer E-JET 170/175/190/195 as an added service available to both existing and future clients. MRO services to E-JETs include inspection, the removal and/or installation of accessories, fan sections and components, adjustments, minor repairs and alterations. These additions expand PEMCO’s reach into
