MTU Maintenance, one of the leading providers of commercial aero engine maintenance, has signed a new contract with the state-owned Venezuelan carrier CONVIASA for engine overhaul and on-wing support services of its General Electric CF34-10 engines including lease engine services. Under the exclusive contract, MTU Maintenance will be responsible for the maintenance of all CF34-10
Royal Jordanian Airlines will support its 787 Dreamliners with Boeing’s Rotable Exchange Program. Under the 10-year agreement, Boeing will supply Royal Jordanian 787s with a dedicated pool of high-value, mission-critical parts, enabling the airline to greatly reduce their inventory management costs while improving component availability. A rotable part is designed to be repeatedly and economically
GECAS announced delivery of a new leased Boeing 777-ER aircraft to Kenya Airways to expand the carrier’s fleet. The aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing.
Boeing and International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) announced that two 787-8 Dreamliners will be leased by ILFC to the Italian carrier Neos. Based at Milan Malpensa Airport in northern Italy, Neos will become the country’s first 787 operator when it takes delivery of the airplane in 2018. Neos currently operates an all-Boeing fleet of six
Garmin International, a global leader in satellite navigation, has received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the installation of dual touchscreen-controlled GTN 725’s in the ATR 42 and ATR 72 aircraft. The GTN 725 GPS navigators expand the operating utility of the ATR 42/72, by offering Precision-Area Navigation (P-RNAV) capabilities to operators
GOL reported that the antitrust authority (the General Superintendency of the CADE – Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Economica (“CADE”) deceided to grant unconditional approval for the exclusive long term strategic partnership for commercial cooperation between the Company and Air France-KLM executed on February 19th, 2014. The approval may be reviewed by the Court of the
Coopesa RL in San Jose, Costa Rica successfully performed the Split Scimitar Winglet modification on three B737-800, for two undisclosed customers. Coopesa is scheduled to perform this modification on two additional B737-800’s over the next few weeks for two other undisclosed customers.
Marshall Aviation Services, part of the Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, completed a significant avionics upgrade with the installation of a Garmin G1000 full glass cockpit aboard a Beechcraft King Air 300 – for a European operator. The G1000 avionics installation has become an appealing option for all King Air pilots seeking greater situational awareness
British Airways has called on the expertise of a North Yorkshire manufacturing company to provide an engineering solution for its new fleet of Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 aircraft. The airline has placed an order with Unison, based in Scarborough, for its tube bending machinery to produce replacement rigid hydraulic tubes for its new aircraft.
AJW Aviation has signed a new power-by-the-hour pool access agreement with Azerbaijan Airlines. This 5 year agreement will cover two A340-500 aircraft, allowing the airline access to AJW’s extensive inventory of A340 components. This sees an extension of the already successful relationship between the two companies; AJW having recently handled the rebranding of the entire
