Liebherr’s Shanghai-based repair station for aerospace products, Liebherr-Aerospace China, has recently obtained its EASA Part-145 approval.The accreditation enables the station to maintain systems, parts and components in the class “Components other than complete engines or APUs”, and marks an important milestone for Liebherr-Aerospace in China. The shop offers up to 30 work benches, about 150
There is a lot of logic behind air traffic control (ATC) reforms aimed at creating a ‘Single European Sky’ (SES), a goal first presented exactly ten years ago. Airlines point out it will cut flight delays, reduce CO2 emissions and save billions of Euros for airlines and passengers alike. However of equal importance is the
China’s sole specialized regional airline, China Express Airlines (China Express), is the previously announced unidentified customer that had placed a firm order for 16 CRJ900 NextGen regional jets and had taken options for eight additional airliners of the same type. This purchase agreement was initially announced on June 30th, 2014. As previously announced by Bombardier,
AgustaWestland signed contracts for three AW139 intermediate twin helicopters with various Indonesian operators. These aircraft which will be used to support the offshore oil and gas industry in Indonesia will be delivered in 2015 and 2016. The AW139 has become the helicopter of choice in its weights class for the transport of oil & gas
Trans States Airlines will operate 36 Embraer E145 aircraft provided by United Airlines. Trans States expects to begin taking delivery of and starting scheduled service with these aircraft under the United Express brand and livery in February 2015, with deliveries slated to continue through the first quarter of 2016. Trans States Airlines has been providing
Gogo, a leading global aero communications service provider, announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30th, 2014. Gogo reported record third quarter revenue of US$104.0m, up 22% year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA for Q3 2014 was US$1.2m, down from US$2.0m in Q3 2013, reflecting continued revenue and profitability growth in the combined CA-NA and BA
Flying Colours Corp., the North American MRO, completion and refurbishment specialist has added another approval to its growing list of authorisations. GE Aviation has named it as an authorized line maintenance center for GE’s CF34-3 and CF34-8C engines. Under the terms of the authorization, which was given in mid-October, Flying Colours can perform line maintenance
SMBC Aviation Capital, the world’s third largest aircraft lessor, announces that it has placed a firm order for 80 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in a deal worth around US$8.5bn at list prices. The deal is the largest single order of 737 MAXs by a lessor and the largest Boeing order of any kind from
Singapore Technologies Engineering reported that financial results for its third quarter ended September 30th, 2014 (3Q2014) came in with lower profit before tax and net profit after tax on the back of a comparable revenue of SG$1.55bn against the same period last year. Quarterly PBT was SG$151.7m, down 10% from SG$168m, and quarterly net profit
Gogo (GOGO), a leading global aero communications service provider, has received STCs from the FAA to install its Ku-band satellite equipment on Boeing 757-200 and 767-400 aircraft operated by Delta Air Lines. Gogo now has five STCs for its Ku-band satellite service on Delta’s international fleet; Gogo previously received FAA certification to install its Ku-band
