The CF34 engine captured more than 470 orders in the last 12 months as airlines revitalized their regional jet fleets. The rising order book is also boosting production rates for the engine. CF34 production rates will grow from more than 330 engines in 2013 to close to 400 engines in 2014 and more than 475
Boeing and Saudi Arabian Airlines Holding Co. signed a broad collaboration agreement allowing the companies to pursue possible partnership opportunities in the areas of defense and commercial aviation that will benefit customers and generate new business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Boeing and Saudia will explore areas of cooperation in pilot and aircraft maintenance
Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) celebrated the first two BBJ 787-8 deliveries of 2014. The deliveries, made over the past week to separate undisclosed customers, mark the second and third BBJ 787 airplanes delivered to date. The first BBJ 787-8 was delivered in December 2013. To date, customers have ordered 13 BBJ 787s, with deliveries occuring
London Air Services (LAS), one of Canada’s leading corporate jet service providers, takes off this year on a high note with the purchase of five new Bombardier Learjet 75 aircraft. The newest addition to an already diverse fleet will fly up to eight business travelers. The new 75 features improved travelling range as compared to
Boeing and LAM – Linhas Aereas de Mocambique announced an order for three Next-Generation 737-700 airplanes. The order, valued at $228m at list prices, includes purchase rights for three additional Next-Generation 737s. The order, formally signed in November 2013 and was previously unidentified on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website, is part of the Mozambique
TES Aviation Group of Wales, UK, Singapore and Dallas welcomes Nick Louden as their new CFO. Nick is a chartered accountant having started his career with KPMG before taking a variety of Finance Director and Group Finance Director roles with Christie Tyler, National Britannia and Environmental Scientifics Group. In the last 5 years Nick has
Royal Jordanian, a long-standing AFI KLM E&M customer, signed a new contract to provide its A320 fleet with component support. The agreement covers the Royal Jordanian’s A320s fleet, which counts 13 aircraft, and includes the provision of a Main Base Kit, pool access and component repairs on a per-flight-hour basis.
UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies and a key supplier of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner program, and Lufthansa Technik have announced a long-term agreement for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for UTC Aerospace Systems interiors products, sensors and integrated systems on the Boeing 787 aircraft. The agreement builds upon a previous contract
JorAMCo has licensed the AirVault Mx Records Management Solution to provide it with a new, web-based aircraft maintenance record management system. The Amman, Jordan-based MRO’s strategy of providing value added services to its customers, required a state-of-the art solution that stores and manages customers’ growing aircraft maintenance records.
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) reported a purchase-and-leaseback transaction of four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Malaysian Airlines System (MAS). The first two aircraft delivered in January. The remaining two will be delivered in March and April.
