Condor Airlines stays on course and continues to grow in its long-haul sector. In summer 2015, another Boeing 767-300ER will enter service with the leisure carrier. This aircraft increases the Condor Boeing 767 fleet to a total of 13 planes of the same type, and will carry the registration code D-ABUS. The aircraft was built
Honeywell unveiled the recently completed powerhouse for Airbus’ A320 Final Assembly Line in Mobile, Ala., the aviation company’s inaugural manufacturing operation in the United States. The new building houses the technology and personnel needed to provide utilities for the entire campus — electricity, heating and cooling, chilled and drinking water, compressed air and sewage handling.
Engine Lease Finance Corporation (ELFC) has been acquired by Mitsubishi UFJ Lease and Finance Co.(MUL). ELFC’s President and CEO, Jon Sharp, states, “We are very excited by this move to MUL. MUL is one of Japan’s largest leasing companies and is renowned for its innovative approach to asset finance and for aggressively expanding its global
DVB Bank SE continued to provide financing solutions and advisory services to its clients in the international transport sector during the first nine months of 2014, but results fell short of the previous year: consolidated net income before taxes was down 24.5%, to €72.6m (9m 2013: €96.2m). The strong fluctuation in net income from financial
ATR announced has signed a three-year agreement with B/E Aerospace Consumables Management for distribution of consumables, expendables and standard hardware parts for ATR aircraft. This agreement underlines ATR’s successful strategy of providing flexible and customized services to all ATR customers. ATR continues deploying innovative ways of reducing aircraft operating costs by offering customized inventory and
Liebherr-Aerospace has been selected by Alenia Aermacchi to supply an FCS test rig capable of implementing load alleviation functionality and to provide engineering support for the development of a next-generation flight control system. The test rig, which is to be integrated in Alenia Aermacchi’s testing laboratory in Turin (Italy), will enable the Italian aircraft manufacturer
Many trans-Pacific airlines will have been keeping a keen eye on any news from the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting, and the announcement from Barack Obama regarding new Sino-American visa regulations will not have disappointed. The volume of travellers between China and the USA is set to increase dramatically as a result. In simple
GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, delivered three new Boeing 777-300ERs to China Airlines to expand the airline’s fleet. A fourth aircraft is scheduled for delivery in January 2015. All four are part of GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing.
The US Air Force has awarded a contract worth over US$100 million to Rolls-Royce to purchase spare engines and parts for its C-130J fleet and to support Foreign Military Sales customers. Rolls-Royce AE 2100 engines power all C-130J aircraft in the US military and global fleets, while legacy C-130 aircraft are powered by Rolls-Royce T56
AMAC Aerospace has been appointed by Pilatus as the exclusive Sales Distributor for the all-new PC-24 light jet in the Middle East. The new appointment, formally signed on October 30th extends AMAC’s existing exclusive agreement with Pilatus as a fully Authorised Service Centre and Sales Distributor for the PC-12NG in the region which it has
