GE Aviation shipped its 2000th GE90 engine to Boeing for the 777 aircraft, a significant milestone in this influential engine program. “The GE90 engine along with the Boeing 777 aircraft helped revolutionize the twin-engine aircraft concept in commercial aviation,” said Bill Millhaem, general manager of the GE90/GE9X Program at GE Aviation. “Prior to its introduction,
Growing its fleet to 127 aircraft, FLY Leasing, a global lessor of modern commercial jet aircraft, announced it has delivered the last of three Boeing 737-800 aircraft to a leading Asian airline. The three new aircraft are on 10-year leases. “FLY has acquired 22 newer aircraft this year, while divesting of older models, which is
Rockwell Collins has been awarded a contract by Boeing to provide its next-generation, large-format flight displays, integrated surveillance system and select flight control systems as standard equipment on the Boeing 777X. This contract is in addition to Rockwell Collins’ previously announced award to provide the Flight Control Module for the 777X Integrated Flight Control Electronics
The Boeing board of directors increased the company’s authorization for its share repurchase plan to US$12bn and declared that the company’s regular quarterly dividend will increase by 25% to 91 cents per share. “Strong operating performance across our business continues to generate significant cash flow and financial strength for Boeing,” said Jim McNerney, Boeing Chairman
Less than a month after Mayanmar announced a 30-year public-private partnership for the country’s second largest airport at Mandalay, on Dec. 15th it has been announced that the Philippines will be looking to do the same with six of their own airport projects by putting them up for tender next year. This would appear to
SPP Canada Aircraft (SPPCA), a global provider of landing gear systems for commercial aircraft, has formed a business alliance for Product Support Services with Lufthansa Technik AG and Hawker Pacific Aerospace. Lufthansa Technik and its subsidiary Hawker Pacific Aerospace are two of the world’s leading providers of landing gear maintenance and technical support services. All
GE Aviation has been selected by The Boeing Company to provide the Common Core System (CCS) and the Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorder (EAFR) for the Boeing 777X aircraft. Selecting the GE common core system and enhanced airborne flight recorder enables Boeing to bring the latest generation of proven capabilities from the 787 to the 777X.
HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance GmbH was recently granted its Maintenance Organization Approval from Germany’s Civil Aviation Authority (Luftfahrt-Bundesamt LBA) for its VIP Maintenance Division. VIP Maintenance commenced operations on November 20th, 2014, in its 4,300 m² hangar dedicated to VIP customers at the Airport Erfurt-Weimar, welcoming the first Gulfstream G550 owned by Silk Way Airlines, based
AirAsia X, the long haul affiliate of Asia’s largest low cost airline, has placed a firm order with Airbus for 55 A330neo aircraft. This is the largest single order to date for the best-selling A330 Family and reaffirms AirAsia X’s position as the biggest A330 airline customer worldwide, having now ordered a total of 91
Per Wennberg, nominated to Finnair’s Shareholders’ Nomination Board by Skagen funds, has decided to resign the Board following the decision of Skagen funds to sell their shareholding in Finnair. Skagen funds was one of the three largest shareholders of Finnair. According to the rules of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board, the shareholder eligible to appoint the
