Lockheed Martin (LMT) continues to advance C-130 aircrew and maintenance training under recent contract awards from the U.S. Air Force valued at more than US$80m. Under the C-130J Maintenance and Aircrew Training System (MATS) II contract, Lockheed Martin is delivering a number of aircrew and maintainer devices to support ground-based training, including high fidelity weapons
Air Lease Corporation announced the delivery one Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft (MSN 30286) to Belavia (Belarus) on long term lease from ALC. The delivery of the aircraft, which was formerly on lease from ALC to Air Berlin, occurred on April 22nd, 2015.
Vector Aerospace UK a leading provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, signed an agreement with Airbus Helicopters enabling its Fleetlands site in Gosport to operate as an Airbus Helicopters Service Centre for countries adjoining the North Sea – the UK, Republic of Ireland , Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium. The agreement
A number of conservative Republicans have targeted the Ex-Im Bank, which serves US exporters and the buyers of US goods, for closure in July when its funding runs out as they consider it usurps the role of the private sector and provides “welfare” for big business. Boeing however, which is a leading Ex-Im Bank beneficiary,
Excluding net special charges, American Airlines Group’s first quarter 2015 net profit was a record US$1.2b. This represents a tripling of the Company’s first quarter 2014 net profit excluding net special credits of US$402m. The Company’s first quarter 2015 pretax margin excluding net special charges was 12.7%, up 8.6 percentage points from the same period
AerCap announced its transactions during the first quarter 2015: the company signed lease agreements for 67 aircraft and delivered 32 aircraft under contracted lease agreements. AerCap purchased 17 new aircraft, including 2 Boeing 787-8s, 4 Boeing 787-9s, 6 Boeing 737-800s, 4 Airbus A321-200s and 1 Airbus A330-300 and executed sale and part-out transactions for 20
Pratt & Whitney has named Christchurch Engine Center as one of the first facilities in its Geared Turbofan engine MRO network to provide maintenance and overhaul services for the PW1100G-JM engine. The Christchurch Engine Center, located in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney and Air New Zealand. Pratt & Whitney
Air New Zealand has selected Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G-JM engines for 13 firm A320neo family aircraft. The agreement also provides fleet management support services for up to 16 years. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2017 and continue through 2019. The PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) family of engines has completed more than 17,000 hours
As part of CTC Aviation’s strategic plans to expand the capacity and provision of purpose-built airline pilot training and resourcing services, the company has announced the opening of two additional UK-based Crew Training Centres – London Gatwick and Coventry; increasing the total number of Crew Training and Resourcing Centres within the company to seven worldwide.
With recent concerns over a number of incidents involving fires on board planes that have resulted from faults with lithium ion batteries, IATA have now turned their attention to China’s air transport of such items. Their major concern, as put by their Director General Tony Tyler, is that “Disappointingly, we are seeing some wilful non-compliance
