Waypoint Leasing has reached a lease agreement for two helicopters with Titan Helicopter Group, a leading provider of helicopter services with operations spanning South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Peru, Antarctica, Mozambique, India and the Ivory Coast. The AW139 delivered new from AgustaWestland as part of Waypoint’s order book and the Sikorsky S76C+ is
Precision Aircraft Solutions has been contracted to begin a 757 passenger-to-freighter conversion for San Francisco-based Vx Capital Partners. The privately owned leasing company, which specializes in commercial aircraft and engines, tapped Precision earlier this month to assist with capitalizing on the thriving market.The aircraft, MSN 25397, is a 757-200 with winglets and Pratt-Whitney engines. Conversion
Magnetic MRO, a Total Technical Care MRO organization based in Tallinn, Estonia, gained capability to overhaul and repair B767 evacuation slides. This was added to the existent capabilities for B717, B737 CL/NG and Airbus A320 family. Whilst the first wide-body slides have already arrived to the facilities and the overhaul will be provided in-house, Magnetic
Rolls-Royce and Liebherr-Aerospace have agreed to establish a 50:50 joint venture to develop manufacturing capability and capacity for the power gearbox for Rolls-Royce’s new UltraFan engine. UltraFan, a geared design, is based on technology that could be ready for service from 2025, and will offer at least 25% improvement in fuel burn compared with the
DIGEX Brazil is the first company to choose ALKYM Management and Control System for Aircraft Maintenance, based in Brazil. During the course of LAAD 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, DIGEX and VOLARTEC had signed the corresponding agreement and they are already coordinating the implementation tasks.
Despite sanctions issued against Iran in relation to its nuclear program by the US and also being blacklisted by the US, Iran’s country’s principal airline, Mahan Air, has acquired eight Airbus 340s and one Airbus A321, making it clear that in the near future it intends to use the A340s for long-haul international flights. The
Commsoft, a leader in aviation engineering and maintenance systems, reported that Indonesian airline, Sriwijaya Air, has signed a 20 concurrent users, 5-year contract to use OASES for the ongoing maintenance of its fleet of 38 Boeing 737 Classic and 737-800s. The contract also covers Sriwijaya Air’s subsidiary, Nam Air which is currently operating five Boeing
Fokker Services reported that Air Nostrum, located in Valencia Spain, has decided to enter into a 10 year ABACUS program for its fleet of CRJ200, CRJ900 and CRJ 1000 aircraft. With this program, Air Nostrum will enjoy the services provided by the ABACUS program for CRJ aircraft. Under this ABACUS program, Fokker Services will provide
Tunisia’s national airline, Tunisair, took delivery of its first A330-200 in Toulouse on June 9th, thus becoming a new operator of this type of aircraft. Named “Tunis”, the wide-body aircraft flew out from Toulouse and landed at Tunis-Carthage Airport in the evening, thus joining the airline’s existing fleet of Airbus aircraft comprising four A319s and
Atlantic Airways, based in the Faroe Islands, has signed a firm order for one new Airbus A320. With this order Atlantic Airways becomes a new A320 customer. The aircraft will be delivered at the end of 2016, enabling the carrier to tap into the growing passenger market between the Faroes and Copenhagen. Atlantic Airways’ A320
