Small Planet Airlines will take delivery of 3 A320s this year. One has already been delivered and two more are expected in spring. A record of 11 aircraft will be utilized by the airline this summer – 9 A320s and 2 737-300s – across its bases in UK, Poland, Lithuania and France. Better economy in
2013 proved to be another record year for CFM International (CFM) with the company logging orders for a total of 2,723 engines, including 1,330 CFM56 engines (commercial, military and spares) and 1,393 LEAP engines (including spares). These orders – the highest level in the company’s 40-year history – are valued at more than $31bn at
Just two years after beginning production, NORDAM announced shipment of the 70,000th cabin window assembly for the Airbus A320, one of the world’s most widely-used aircraft. Since 2012, NORDAM has been the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of cabin window assemblies for the A320 family, spanning the A318, A319, A320 and A321, as well as the
ATR and the Spain’s Canary Islands carrier Binter Canarias announced a contract for the sale of six firm ATR 72-600 aircraft, valued at almost $150m. With the acquisition of the fleet of these newest ATR ‘-600s’ the airline will enter into the renewal process of their current fleet of 18 ATR 72s which have been
GE Capital Aviation Services, the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, signed a contract with Myanma Airways, the flag carrier of Myanmar, to lease 10 new Boeing narrow bodies. Deliveries of the new leased aircraft are scheduled to begin in June 2015 and come from GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing. The contract
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus at the 3rd Aerospace Technology Leadership Forum on February 10th. The MoU signed between Airbus and A*STAR will facilitate collaboration in areas of mutual interest, including data analytics. A*STAR’s extensive capabilities in data analytics solutions can be
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion (Volaris), the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico, and the US, has signed a letter of intent with a leading aircraft lessor for 16 aircraft, comprised of ten new A320neo and six new A321neo, driving fleet growth while significantly enhancing efficiency. These NEO aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G engines, will
UTC Aerospace Systems was awarded a contract to provide the Commonwealth of Australia upgraded wheels and brakes for their C-130 aircraft. The new UTC Aerospace Systems C-130 wheels and brakes feature the latest in technology and industry-leading innovation. The carbon brakes use proprietary DURACARB carbon heat sink material that provides eight times longer life than
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has been selected by Boeing to provide GoldCare support to Norwegian Air International’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner operation at London Gatwick Airport in the UK. MAEL’s experienced engineering team will commence support services in the second quarter of 2014 with the first of four Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft entering into an initial
Pratt & Whitney marked the official opening of Pratt & Whitney Component Solutions, the company’s new repair and engineering facility at Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace Park. The new flagship facility performs certain PW4000 engine component repair and will house various office support departments, including the company’s recently established regional office, and Global Services Engineering – Asia,
