Gogo, a leading communications service provider to the global aviation industry, received an STC from the FAA and certification from the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) – the aviation authority in Japan – to install its Ku-satellite based connectivity service on Japan Airlines’ 777-300 aircraft. The 777-300 is the second aircraft type in JAL’s fleet
Hawaiian Airlines and Lufthansa Technik AG have recently signed a contract for engine wash services. The cooperation comprises engine wash services for Hawaiian’s Airbus A330 Fleet with Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines at Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO). The engine cleaning frees the engines, in particular the fan and compressor blades, from dirt such
FLY is reporting net income for the first quarter of 2014 of $3.6m, this compares to net income of $32.8m for the same period in 2013. First quarter 2013 results benefitted from $30.6m of end of lease income and $6.5m in gains from aircraft sales. First quarter 2014 results were impacted by increases in interest
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), entered into an agreement in which Etihad Airways will acquire Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies LLC (ADAT) from Mubadala. The deal will see Mubadala retain ADAT’s engine focussed maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business, which will be the catalyst for the
Central Europe aviation training centre, Baltic Aviation Academy, has signed a successful contract with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). The one year contract includes Airbus A320 type rating training, as well as Boeing 737 CL and ATR 72 full flight simulator dry leases which will be executed at Baltic Aviation Academy training centre in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Lufthansa Technik AG enlarges its product portfolio and announced the opening of the third US location after Everett and Renton for Aircraft Production Inspection of Boeing aircraft at North Charleston/South Carolina. The first Boeing 787s have already been successfully supported and the Lufthansa Technik inspectors are permanently on-site. Marketed under the name of Aircraft Production
Ontic, a BBA Aviation company, has appointed Air Parts & Supply Company or “APSCO”, located in Miami, FL as its exclusive world-wide distributor for its Woodward Governors/Synchronizers/Synchrophasers product line. Ontic supports many major OEM’s, including Woodward, for the last 50 years by providing a guaranteed source of factory-new, OEM-pedigreed spare parts and authorized repair services
Aviation Technical Services (ATS) and UTair Aviation have entered into a service agreement for ATS to supply maintenance and engineering services to the Russian passenger carrier on eight B767‐200 aircraft. The program will consist of modifying the existing 170 passenger configuration aircraft to a 255 passenger configuration, along with integrating and maintaining the aircraft to
Airbus Helicopters’ EC225 presence in the African oil and gas heli-lift market will expand following delivery of an additional workhorse rotorcraft to SonAir, which is to deploy this long-range helicopter on operations in Angola. A handover ceremony in Marignane, France marked the EC225’s delivery, with this latest aircraft joining SonAir’s Airbus Helicopters-built fleet of heavy
Triumph Group reported that its subsidiary, Triumph Aerostructures-Vought Aircraft Division, has been selected by Airbus to furnish the wing reinforcement kit that allows for the installation of Sharklets on the Airbus A319 and A320 in-service aircraft. The kit consists of multiple subassemblies and components that reinforce the wing for the Sharklet loads. The multi-year contract
