The TRUEngine designation continues to gain significant customer acceptance, with engine enrollments expected to top 9,000 GE and CFM International (CFM) engines in coming weeks. Including announcements at the Farnborough Air Show, there are now 138 airlines particpating in the GE and CFM TRUEngine Program. The number of TRUEngine MROs also is expanding, with Evergreen
During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s State visit to Brazil, Embraer S.A. concluded an agreement for the sale of 40 aircraft to China’s Tianjin Airlines, a subsidiary of the HNA Group. The contract, with an estimated value of US$2.1bn at list prices, is comprised of 20 E-Jets and 20 E-Jets E2, which also makes HNA Group
FL Technics, a global provider of tailor-made aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, signed a three-year long Line Maintenance Agreement with Garuda Indonesia. Under the contract, engineers from FL Technics Storm, part of FL Technics, shall support the carrier’s Boeing 777 aircraft with a comprehensive set of services, including daily and transit checks, defect rectification,
CFM International’s industry-leading LEAP and CFM56 product lines remain the engines of choice for single-aisle aircraft, with the company signing orders, commitments, and long-term service agreements for a total of 1,062 engines at the 2014 Farnborough Air Show. “What an incredible week,” said Jean-Paul Ebanga, president and CEO of CFM International. “We started the show
Bruce Aerospace reported the selection by Swiss International Airlines (Swiss) as a new customer for its popular XLume LED Lighting product line for its fleet of A320/A321, A330 and A340 aircraft. First deliveries will start in September 2014. The product line offers airlines a drop-in replacement for the OEM supplied fluorescent cabin lighting fixtures which
BOC Aviation has priced A$50m of 5.5-year fixed rate senior unsecured notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). The Notes represent an increase over the Company’s A$150m notes issuance priced on 14 July 2014 resulting in a final transaction size of A$200m. The transaction was arranged by Westpac Banking Corporation and issued off BOC Aviation’s US$5bn Euro
GE Aviation, Hamble – the aerostructures business of GE Aviation – is readying its production start-up for the Airbus A350-1000 jetliner’s wing fixed trailing edge package, comprising more than 3,000 deliverable components that incorporate structural composite panels, complex machined parts and assemblies. The A350 XWB wing fixed trailing edge package is the largest design and
Rockwell Collins has been selected to provide the Flight Control Module (FCM) for the Boeing 777X Integrated Flight Control Electronics (IFCE) fly-by-wire (FBW) system through a competitive procurement bid led by BAE Systems, the prime supplier of the IFCE cabinet system. The FCM technology builds upon Rockwell Collins’ leading-edge flight control electronics found on multiple
GKN Aerospace has been selected by Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast to design, develop and supply the composite integrated rudder and elevator for the new Global 7000 and Global 8000 ultra long-range business jets. The multi-million pound contract adds to already significant GKN Aerospace work packages on these aircraft. These composite structures will be developed and manufactured
ASL Aviation Group signed a Letter of Intent with Lockheed Martin to order up to 10 LM-100J commercial freighters. The LM-100J is the civil-certified version of Lockheed Martin’s proven C-130J Super Hercules and is an updated version of the L-100 (or L-382) cargo aircraft. Safair — an ASL associated company based in South Africa —
