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.
Benoit Defforge has been appointed Managing Director, Airbus Corporate Jets, effective 1st January 2014. He now leads Airbus’ corporate jet business globally, combining his new role with that of his previous one as Head of the Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC). In his role as Managing Director of Airbus Corporate Jets, Defforge replaces Airbus veteran
flydubai has signed an agreement to implement Boeing’s suite of mobile maintenance applications. The airline will deploy Maintenance Turn Time, Toolbox Mobile Library and Toolbox Mobile Parts – solutions that provide real-time access to the information technicians need to quickly resolve maintenance issues. As a cooperative partner, flydubai worked closely with Boeing to finalize the
SilkAir took delivery of the carrier’s first Next-Generation 737-800. The delivery also marked the start of the Singapore-based airline’s transition to an all-Boeing fleet. Over the coming years, Boeing will deliver a total of 23 737-800s and 31 737 MAX 8s to SilkAir. SilkAir’s new 737 will enter service later this month, flying to existing
Boeing is starting assembly this week of the first Next-Generation 737 to be built at the increased rate of 42 airplanes per month. Since 2010, production of the 737 has increased about 33%, from 31.5 to 42 airplanes a month, its highest rate ever. On February 5th, Mechanics will load initial parts of the spars
