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Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions purchases two A320 airframes for disassembly and dismantling

Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions (AELS) has purchased two A320-211 airframes from Spanish operator Iberia. The disassembly of the airframes started this month in Madrid. AELS performs complete sustainable end-of-life processes for these two airframes; including disassembly and dismantling, aerospace materials recycling and component management. Both aircraft served Iberia and Iberia Express throughout Europe. After 24 years

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Jet Midwest Group acquires 13 aircraft from American Airlines

Jet Midwest Group has completed the final of a three part transaction under which Jet Midwest acquired a total of thirteen aircraft from American Airlines. Included in the transaction were five Boeing 757-200 aircraft, three Boeing 767 aircraft, and five MD80 aircraft. Jet Midwest has already placed all of the MD80 aircraft and one of the

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Frontier Airlines orders 12 A320 Family aircraft

Frontier Airlines, headquartered in Denver, Colorado (U.S.), has placed a firm order for 10 A321 and two A320 aircraft. All 12 aircraft are current engine option (ceo) aircraft. This is the second time in less than a year that the airline has ordered the A321, the largest member of the Airbus A320 Family. Including this

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Boeing starts assembly of first 737 MAX

Boeing employees in Renton, Wash., have started building the first 737 MAX on schedule. Last week, employees started to assemble the wings for the first 737 MAX flight test airplane. Wings are the first 737 components to be assembled in the Renton production process. The wings will be attached to the first 737 MAX fuselage

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Aeroflot adds long-haul capacity with new 777-300ER

Aeroflot has taken delivery of a new factory-direct Boeing 777-300ER – the 13th of 16 aircraft B777-300ER’s ordered by Aeroflot. The latest addition to its fleet further expands Aeroflot’s capacity on long-haul routes to such destinations as (but not limited to) Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, from its base at

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FedEx accelerates aircraft retirements

FedEx has permanently retired 15 aircraft and 21 related engines as it continues to rationalize capacity and modernize its aircraft fleet to more effectively serve FedEx Express customers. The permanent retirement of aircraft and related engines includes: seven MD11 airframes and 12 related engines; three A300 airframes and three related engines; four A310-300 airframes and

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VIM Airlines of Russia joins global OASES user community

Commsoft, a world leader in aviation engineering and maintenance systems, is pleased to announce that VIM Airlines, one of the largest airlines in Russia, has chosen OASES to support both its scheduled and charter passenger operations. OASES, designed to combine ease of use with an industry-leading technical sophistication, is structured in a modular format and

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Liebherr-Aerospace on Board the Falcon 5X

Liebherr-Aerospace supplies critical systems for Dassault Aviation’s new-generation business jet Falcon 5X, which was unveiled to the public at the aircraft manufacturer’s facility in Bordeaux-Merignac (France) on June 2nd, 2015. The company’s share in this two-engine aircraft comprises the integrated air management system and the cabin air humidification system. Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, Liebherr’s center of

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