South Africa’s private domestic airline operator, JSE-listed Comair Limited, placed an order for LEAP-1B engines to power eight Boeing 737 MAX 8s, making Comair the first African airline operator to order the new 737 MAX. The LEAP-1B is the sole powerplant for the Boeing 737 MAX schedule to go into production in 2017. This engine
Avinco, the aircraft trading and portfolio management company, has arranged the sale of an A321-200 on behalf of Nouvelair Tunisia. This first aircraft of two, bearing MSN 970, was delivered on the 17th of March. The Aircraft are being purchased by Apollo Aviation Group and will be leased to Germania.
Bruce Aerospace has added Luxair to its growing list of customers for its popular XLume B737NG LED Lighting product line. The first installation took place on 25th November 2013, at the Luxair facility in Luxembourg and the aircraft is now in commercial service. The product line offers airlines a drop-in replacement for the OEM supplied
During the second quarter of 2014, Lufthansa Technik AG will commission a new complex of buildings in Hamburg representing a construction investment of some €20m. This project is yet another milestone in the company’s ongoing investment program at its home base. In addition to offices and workshops, the Central Materials Technology department – one of
Corendon Dutch Airlines has selected Flight Focus to provide a wireless in-flight entertainment system for its fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The airline will be the first European charter operator to offer wireless in-flight entertainment across their entire fleet. The solution will enhance the passenger experience by providing entertainment, information and shopping through the passengers’
Lufthansa Technik Group’s 4.2% increase in revenue to €4.2bn in 2013 was characterized by stable business development within the Lufthansa Group and an increase in business with external customers, whose share of the total revenue rose by 1.7% to reach 62.2%. The operating result improved considerably, climbing by 23.2% to €404m, with an operating margin
Boeing and Turkish Airlines are marking the delivery of the first commercial airplane – a Next-Generation 737-800 – outfitted with galleys manufactured by Turkish Cabin Interiors (TCI). Turkish Airlines will receive nine more 737s this year equipped with TCI galleys. TCI is the first Turkish aerospace manufacturing company to design, manufacture and certify products for
PremiAir Aviation International Ltd, U.K., has announced that it has entered into a transatlantic joint venture with Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc., (ASU) of Boise, Idaho, USA to bring innovative new night vision technologies to the U.K. and other European countries. Under the terms of the joint venture – which was signed at the recent Helicopter
Mesa Air Group will cease its Hawai’i operations effective April 1st, 2014. Since June 2006, go! has served its nearly five million passengers with safe, reliable and low fare service. The decision to cease operations in Hawaii follows significant growth in the Company’s flight operations on the mainland and was a strategic decision to focus
LATAM Airlines posted a net loss of $46.1m for the fourth quarter due to a drop in revenue and a foreign exchange loss stemming from the Brazilian real’s depreciation, the company said on Monday, March 17th. The company, formed in mid-2012 when Chile’s flagship LAN took over Brazil’s TAM, posted a net loss of $69.8m
