AerData, the provider of lease management, records management and engine fleet planning software announced that Air Astana, the domestic and international carrier of Kazakhstan has selected AerData STREAM software. STREAM (Secure Technical Records for Electronic Asset Management) is the industry’s foremost web-based solution used by some of the world’s largest airlines, lessors and MROs to
Embraer and Republic Airways signed a contract for the sale and purchase of 50 firm E175 jets. The value of the firm order, which will be included in Embraer’s 2014 third-quarter backlog, is estimated at US$2.1bn, based on 2014 list prices. The aircraft will be operated for United Airlines under the United Express brand. Deliveries
OEMServices opens in Dubai in September its new service center dedicated to the aerospace market. Located in Jebel Ali Free Zone, near Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports, this new center will benefit from a strategic location in the Middle East. The nearly 2.000 m² warehouse, fully furnished and air-conditioned, will host the OEMServices operations (AOG
Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services, (Boeing Shanghai) and Russia-based Nordwind Airlines, a charter airline with headquarters in Moscow, are expanding their business cooperation by signing a new maintenance agreement that will include heavy checks, pylon modifications, full painting, landing gear replacement, avionics upgrades and cabin modifications on seven 767-300ERs that will enter service this month. Nordwind
AWAS has delivered an additional two new A320 passenger aircraft on lease with Spring Airlines in China. These aircraft come from AWAS’existing pipeline order with the manufacturer and will assist with Spring’s growth needs: domestically and to new, planned-regional routes such as Singapore. AWAS also delivered on lease to Vietjet, the fourth planned new A320
StandardAero and Airteam, of Pretoria, South Africa, have signed a partnership agreement to provide PT6 engine maintenance through a co-branded foothold in the Southern African region. The new partnership is expected to be fully up and running by the end of September, 2014 and all engine services will be performed at either Airteam’s Wonderboom Airport
Gogo, a leading global aero communications service provider, has received a bid award letter from Vietnam Airlines to provide in-flight connectivity services on Vietnam Airlines’ fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft and a majority of Vietnam’s Airbus A350 aircraft. The aircraft will be outfitted with a mix of Inmarsat’s new GX Aviation Ka-band service and their
United Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) announced that United will offer its Flight Attendants an Enhanced Early Out Program, which allows participants a one-time opportunity to voluntarily separate from the company and receive a severance payment. United also announced that it is recalling all Flight Attendants who are on voluntary and involuntary
AgustaWestland has built and delivered from the Philadelphia assembly line the 15th AW119Kx for Life Flight Network, the latest addition to their Pacific Northwest-based fleet of aircraft. The AgustaWestland engineering and production teams acheived tremendous success by integrating the Garmin G1000HTM flight deck system into the proven AW119 platform, certifying the new avionics suite, and
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, reported that its engine leasing unit completed a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with TUI Travel for two new GEnx engines. The engines will be used as spares to support the TUI Travel airlines’ Boeing 787 fleet.
