AerCap has reached an agreement with United Airlines (“United”) for the lease of up to 25 used A319 aircraft from AerCap’s existing fleet. AerCap will deliver the aircraft between 2016 and 2021. Aengus Kelly, CEO of AerCap, commented: “We are excited about this opportunity to support one of the major US carriers in their fleet
HAECO Component Overhaul (Xiamen) (“HAECO CRO”) has been appointed by Umbra Cuscinetti S.p.A. (“Umbra”) as its exclusive provider of Authorised Repair Station services in Mainland China. Umbra is an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and the sole supplier of Boeing commercial aircraft trailing edge and stabiliser flap ballscrews, essential components for flight control actuation systems. HAECO
Aircraft asset manager Amentum Capital (‘Amentum’), Tokyo Stock Exchange listed Financial Products Group Co. (‘FPG’ – 7148:JP) and JOLCO structuring specialist FPG Asset & Investment Management BV (‘FPG AIM’) are further expanding their successful cooperation to provide quality aircraft investment solutions to investors. As part of this next phase of their strategic partnership, FPG has
Many of China’s airline hubs are on the coast, yet it is the newly wealthy living inland who China are looking at to drive the next period of expansion with Chinese airlines. It is known that Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines are all adding flights to New York, Paris and Sydney
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), the engineering division of The Monarch Group, has secured a contract with DreamJet SAS, operating as La Compagnie to provide line maintenance technical handling for its All Business Class Boeing 757-200ER aircraft at London Luton Airport in the UK. The contract, which commenced on 24th, April 2015, is to support the
The PACAVI Group and GAMECO (Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, Co.) have expanded their strategic partnership to conduct the serial production of Airbus A320 and A321 passenger to freighter conversions at the GAMECO facility in Guangzhou, China. GAMECO will also convert PACAVI’s Airbus A321 Freighter LITE prototype in Guangzhou. PACAVI Group CEO Dr. Stephan Hollmann commented
AeroVision International (Muskegon, Michigan) announced the sale of two fully refurbished ERJ-145LR aircraft to one of North America’s preeminent professional auto racing teams, which is upgrading its fleet to turbofan-powered aircraft. The aircraft remain in a 50-seat configuration to accommodate the race day crews that travel to and from each race and are painted to
GMN Aerospace announced that its first delivered M2TYCOAT parts have logged 1,300 hours in the air. In June GMN Aerospace announced its first branded product, M2TYCOAT. The proprietary developed product was specially designed for exterior color graphics and mandatory exterior placards and markers. After the first delivery of parts for the Boeing 737 in November,
After being transferred from state to regional ownership, in 2008 Grabtsevo airport was purchased by Volkswagen Russia, a subsidiary of the Volswagen Group. The region is a mecca for industry, and especially the automotive sector, with major manufacturers including Volkswagen, Citroen, Mitsubishi, Volvo and Peugeot having invested heavily in the area. In 2012 it was
Fokker Services has officially launched its Component Availability program ABACUS not only on Dash 8 Q100/Q200/Q300 turboprops and all Fokker aircraft but now also on CRJ700/900/1000 aircraft. ABACUS is supporting more than 200 aircraft and serving more than 30 operators of regional aircraft such as the Dash 8, Fokker 100 Fokker 70 and Fokker 50
