Boeing and Ryanair have finalized an order for five additional Next-Generation 737s, valued at $452m at list prices. This latest announcement brings the total number of unfilled Next-Generation 737 orders for the Ireland-based ultra-low-cost carrier to 180 airplanes.
CEBU AIR, an airline based in the Philippines and operating as CEBU Pacific Air, has trusted Sabena technics with the support of their fleet of ATR 72-500 aircraft until 2019. Within the scope of this five-year contract, Sabena technics will provide CEBU AIR with a large range of solutions including pool access, repair and overhaul
AAR (NYSE: AIR) has signed a five-year exclusive contract with Air Canada to support its fleet of 89 Airbus 319, 320 and 321 narrow-body aircraft. The scheduled heavy maintenance will be performed at AAR’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at Duluth International Airport. The five-year deal formally extends service that began under a letter
During the first quarter of 2014, the economy in China remained stable as the economies in Europe and the U.S. slowly recovered. The demand of the aviation air passenger market grew steadily and the air cargo market showed a slight improvement when compared to the same period last year. During the Period, the Group’s operating
GA Telesis announced its asset transactions for the fourth quarter 2013 and the first quarter of 2014. The company added the following assets to its portfolio: two Boeing B767-200ER, two B757-200 aircraft, one B737-800, one B777-200ER, one Airbus A320-200, one A310-300 aircraft and one new CF34-10E5A1 engine. The company sold or leased eight MD-80 airframes,
AFI KLM E&M and Air China Technics signed a formal agreement organizing support for the GE90 engines equipping the Chinese carrier’s fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft. With this contract AFI KLM E&M signs its largest contract ever and binds the two parties exclusively over the long term with (PBH) “Power By the Hour” support solutions.
In the first quarter of 2014, Embraer delivered 14 commercial and 20 executive (17 light and 3 large) jets, the Company’s firm order backlog grew to US$19.2bn, reaching its highest level since the second quarter of 2009, mainly as a result of orders in the Commercial Aviation segment. As a result of aircraft deliveries, coupled
flydubai and CFM International celebrated the airline’s achievement of 500,000 engine flight hours with its fleet of CFM56-7B engines. flydubai has been a CFM customer since it launched operations in mid-2009 and currently operates a fleet of 36 CFM56-7B-powered Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft. In November, the airline announced an order for up to 200 LEAP-1B
SriLankan Airlines becomes part of oneworld from midnight May 1st, offering the full range of services and benefits of the fast growing global airline alliance. The airline becomes the first carrier from the Indian subcontinent to join any of the global airline alliances – and completes oneworld’s biggest expansion program since the alliance was launched
Critical-care airlift services from Turkey’s THK Gökçen Aviation are now at their full-up capability following completion of Airbus Helicopters’ delivery of EC135 to this commercial arm of the Turkish Aeronautical Association. Handover of the milestone EC135 occurred at Airbus Helicopters’ Donauwörth, Germany production facility, where the twin-engine rotorcraft is assembled. The EC135 already has demonstrated
