Waypoint Leasing, a leading global helicopter leasing company, has chosen AerData to support its leasing and records management as it grows its customer base, takes delivery of new aircraft and expands its business. CMS (Corporate Management System) is the leading lease and asset management solution used by the majority of the world’s aircraft, helicopter and
Frontier Airlines has licensed the AirVault Records Management Solution as its new, web-based record management system for aircraft maintenance and business operations. This solution will provide an innovative, cloud-computing method to manage the airline’s aircraft maintenance records to increase efficiency for its growing fleet of Airbus A319s and A320s, while enhancing safety and compliance. Further,
Airbus has started final assembly of the first A320neo at its Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse (France), with the join-up of the forward and aft fuselage sections which recently arrived from St. Nazaire in France and Hamburg in Germany respectively. Once this phase is completed, the next stage is the wing to fuselage join-up.
SaudiGulf, a new Saudi Arabian airline wholly owned by Abdul Hadi Al Qahtani Group of Companies has signed a firm contract with Airbus for four A320ceo, to be delivered early 2015. The aircraft is equipped with Airbus “Sharklet” fuel saving wing tip devices. As one of the two airlines to obtain carrier licenses to operate
Ramco Systems, a global Aviation Software provider, announced the successful go-live of Ramco Aviation version 5.6, at Columbia Helicopters (CHI), the world leader in commercial heavy-lift helicopter operations. CHI is one of the first customers of Ramco Aviation who have been using the series 3 for more than a decade. With this upgrade, CHI is
Textron has closed its acquisition of Beech Holdings, LLC, the parent of Beechcraft Corporation, and that it will bring together its Cessna business and Beechcraft to form a new segment called Textron Aviation. Cessna and Beechcraft together produced about $4.6bn in revenues during 2013. The acquisition brings together three iconic brands, each pioneering many of
Fokker Elmo, part of Fokker Technologies, has signed a contract with Snecma (Safran) valued at $60m for the delivery of Engine Build-up Units (EBU) electrical harnesses for the LEAP engine, a product of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between Snecma (Safran) and GE. The LEAP engine was selected by Airbus for its A320 Neo,
Air Lease Corporation announced a long term lease agreement with KLM (The Netherlands) for a new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with two General Electric engines, scheduled for delivery in 2016. ALC already leases Airbus A330-200, A330-300, Boeing 777 and 737-800 aircraft to KLM.
Honeywell and Safran have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GoAir, one of India’s leading low-cost carriers, to support the advancement of the EGTS electric taxiing system, a technology that can save airlines up to 4% block fuel consumption per flight. EGTS uses electric motors on the main landing gear to enable the aircraft
JetBlue Airways has agreed to sell its wholly owned subsidiary LiveTV to Thales Group for $400m. The sale which is subject to regulatory and other approvals is expected to be completed in mid-2014. LiveTV is a leading provider of live in-flight entertainment and connectivity systems for commercial airlines. In 2013, LiveTV and its partner ViaSat
