Royal Jet, the Middle East’s foremost private charter company, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has awarded SR Technics, one of the world’s leading technical providers of solutions to airlines, a five-year contract to maintain, repair and overhaul their CFM56-7B engine fleet.The CFM56-7B engines are currently in service on Royal
Fokker Elmo, a business unit of Fokker Technologies and SASMOS HET Technologies formally inaugurated their joint venture for the production of Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS) for aircraft and engines, thus supporting the “Make in India” policy. The inauguration has taken place at the Joint Venture facility in Whitefield, Bangalore. The current SASMOS facility employs
Airbus has certified the WEFA system made by Sagem (Safran), intended to remotely track the situation and maintenance status of Airbus A320 commercial jetliners. The certification from Airbus opens a potential market of several thousand aircraft for Sagem. Sagem’s WEFA system (Wireless Extension For ACMS/Aircraft Condition Monitoring System) allows airlines to remotely manage their flight
Rolls-Royce marked the official opening of its new £110m Advanced Blade Casting Facility (ABCF). When fully operational in 2017, the 150,000 ft² (14,000 m²) facility in Rotherham will employ 150 people and have the capacity to manufacture more than 100,000 single crystal turbine blades a year. These blades will feature in a wide-range of Trent
German-based HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance GmbH has been granted the Repair Station Approval by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As an EASA Part-145 organization, HAITEC holds approvals from Civil Aviation Organizations of Russia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Bermuda and now the FAA for a broad range of Boeing and Airbus aircraft as well
LCI, the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, has concluded an agreement to lease six new AgustaWestland aircraft to Australian Helicopters, a member of the Babcock Mission Critical Services Group. The AW139s will be progressively delivered to Australian Helicopters through 2015 and 2016 and, following arrival in Australia, will be modified for Emergency Medical
Southeast Asia’s burgeoning airways businesses are now suffering from the level of competition in a now crowded market place. One of those to suffer most has been AirAsia, who has made a trading loss during each of the last five fiscal quarters and is now looking to cut flights on unprofitable routes, reallocation of staff
Turkish Airlines reported that sales revenue increased by 13% in 2014, reaching a total of US$11bn. While operating profit stood at US$638m and net profit was recorded at US$845m compared to the previous year. In 2014 Turkish Airlines recorded a capacity (ASK) growth of 16,3%, significantly above the industry growth rate of 5,6 for the
Republic Airways reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31st, 2014. Republic’s pre-tax income excluding special items, for the fourth quarter of 2014 was US$32.1m, an 8.4% increase over the fourth quarter or 2013. Republic’s adjusted income from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of 2014 was US$19.8m and its
Southwest Airlines discovered a required maintenance check on the standby hydraulic system, which serves as a back-up to the primary hydraulic systems, was overdue on 128 Boeing 737-700 aircraft. Southwest immediately and voluntarily removed the affected aircraft from service, initiated maintenance checks, disclosed the matter to the FAA, and developed an action plan to complete
