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Lufthansa Technik signs 10-year component supply agreement with U.S. Carrier Frontier Airlines

Hamburg-based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider Lufthansa Technik AG and U.S. low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines have signed a comprehensive long-term component supply agreement for the airline’s current and future fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft. The contract will run through November, 2024. The Total Component Support (TCS) agreement covers component overhaul and engineering services as well as

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Global Eagle's Satellite Connectivity System scheduled for install on initial launch of Boeing 737 MAX in 2017

Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE), a market-leading media and connectivity company to the travel industry reported that Southwest Airlines has chosen GEE’s Ku-band global satellite connectivity system to be factory installed on its orders for the Boeing 737 MAX. Southwest is Boeing’s launch customer for the 737 MAX program and expects to take the first deliveries

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LOT Polish Airlines posts 2014 profit on core business

LOT ended 2014 in the black. With more than PLN 99 million (US$26 m) profit on its core business of flying, LOT earned 40% more than it planned. This is the company’s first profit in seven years. The company owes its positive results to consistent changes and initiatives included in the Restructuring Plan. Most of them

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GE Aviation business base growing

Production rates for jet engines and components from GE Aviation and its partner companies continue at historically high rates, driving GE’s installed base of jet engines in revenue service to unprecedented levels. The jet engine backlog for GE and its partner companies (mostly notably CFM International) exceeds 15,000 jet engines. GE Aviation’s total industrial backlog now

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CFM names LEAP tooling suppliers

CFM International is granting licenses to three world-class tooling suppliers to support the advanced new LEAP engine. Customers will be able to purchase all LEAP line maintenance and overhaul shop tooling from AGSE, Dedienne Aerospace, and Rhinestahl. The arrangement allows LEAP operators to compare offers from all three fully-licensed suppliers and select the one best suited

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NORDAM and GECAS partnership for flight controls begins in July with A320 parts

NORDAM and GE Capital Aviation Services Asset Management Services (GECAS AMS), the recertified commercial aircraft components solution of GECAS, announced  their partnership to provide airline customers with flight control systems begins July 1st. The program begins with Airbus A320 flight controls, which are stocked in Tulsa, Okla., and Victorville, Calif. locations. It will expand soon

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AMETEK MRO signs three-year agreement with AJW Group

Recognizing AMETEK MRO’s comprehensive global repair and overhaul expertise for Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, 757 and 767 aircraft, the AJW Group signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement with AMETEK to provide supplementary component repair and overhaul services that support AJW’s global fleet of more than 900 aircraft under contract and its expanding range of

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Etihad CEO warns against restrictive European practices

Europe is finding it difficult to stand back and do nothing as Etihad Airways makes increasing inroads into Europe, especially through equity investments in Air Serbia, Aer Lingus, Air Berlin and Alitalia. Such interests have seen two major European airlines, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa, object vehemently, complaining that Etihad is benefitting from interest-free government loans

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