Air New Zealand and AJW Group have signed a new agreement which will extend the component maintenance and repair services provided at Air New Zealand’s Auckland Engineering and Maintenance base. Under the agreement, Air New Zealand will now carry out some component maintenance on Tigerair Australia’s Airbus A320 fleet on behalf of AJW Group. Air
Monaco-based Stratos, a boutique advisory firm providing independent aircraft financing, sourcing & placement advisory solutions for airlines, investors and manufacturers, has delivered 8 aircraft in the first quarter of 2015, including arranging the sale and leaseback of 6 ATR72 aircraft to a major European airline on behalf of investor clients, sale of an A320 to
Just six months after the joint venture announcement between China-based Sparkle Roll Technik Co. Ltd. (SRT) and Flying Colours Corp. the North American MRO, completion and refurbishment specialist, three of the eight B-registered CRJ-200 aircraft conversions are already in situ at Flying Colours’ Peterborough headquarters in Canada, with the work schedule well under way. The
Over recent years Norwegian Air has expanded to become Europe’s third-largest budget airline after Ryanair and easyJet. However the rapid expansion has seen the airline trade at a loss and, as a consequence, it has attracted a great deal of interest from other airlines, including Ryanair itself, though the airline refused to confirm it had
Air France’s regional subsidiary HOP! is bolstering its fleet with the introduction of the first of five new-generation ATR 72-600s as part of an agreement with the Danish lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC). The new aircraft will join HOP!’s 24-strong ATR fleet, with the remaining aircraft expected to be delivered before the end of this
STG Aerospace, a world-leading pioneer in aircraft lighting technologies, has established an official presence in China with the launch of a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE), STG Aerospace (China), based in Shanghai. This new initiative is a reflection of the importance of China as a market for STG Aerospace. According to a recent IATA report,
The new dedicated Airline Services Interiors business, one of three distinct divisions under a new streamlined structure to be unveiled by Airline Services next week at Aircraft Interiors Expo, has completed the in-flight entertainment system retrofit programme for Economy class seats on 13 Boeing 747 and 18 Airbus A340 aircraft operated by Lufthansa. Airline Services
Boeing has acquired 2d3 Sensing, a wholly owned subsidiary of OMG plc specializing in motion imagery processing of critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data generated from aerial platforms. 2d3 Sensing’s software and services are used by the U.S. Air Force and other government and commercial customers. Their products can be found on the ScanEagle and
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has delivered the 50th B737-400SF 11 pallet position freighter conversion. The aircraft built in 1992 (MSN 26437) is a high gross weight B737-400 and was delivered to Ypsilanti, Michigan based Kalitta Charters. This represents an important milestone in AEI’s freighter conversion history. Orders continue to remain strong as AEI has another 15
After receiving a negative Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP) report from ICAO, two new aviation entities—the National Civil Aviation Institute (NCAI) and the Air Transport Department (ATD)—will handle aviation and infrastructure safety compliance, respectively, with the intention of replacing the existing Thai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) which has witnessed lapses in safety oversight
