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Airbus Helicopters to supply six Super Puma AS332 C1e Helicopters to Plurinational State of Bolivia

The Bolivian Air Force (FAB) has selected the latest high-power version of the Super Puma to fight drug trafficking and perform public-security and disaster-relief missions throughout the country. The contract includes a logistics package that will support fleet sustainability in the coming years. The first two helicopters will be delivered this year and the remaining

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Boeing starts assembly of final KC-46A test aircraft

Boeing is assembling the fourth and final KC-46A test aircraft for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling tanker program at the company’s Everett factory, keeping the program on track to deliver the initial 18 tankers to the Air Force by 2017. The aircraft are commercial derivatives of the Boeing 767 jetliner; their design features

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Fourth Interjet SSJ100 enters into service

The fourth SSJ100 operated by Mexican airline Interjet has entered into service, joining the fleet of three aircraft already in service. On January 15th the aircraft (MNS 95036) completed its first commercial flight (N. 3150) from Mexico City airport to Torreon, confirming its exceptional performance.

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LAN Airlines goes live with upgrade to Maintenix Version 8

Mxi Technologies, leader in aviation maintenance management software, reported that LAN Airlines (LAN) has gone live with a full footprint upgrade to Maintenix version 8 (v8) across the Group’s affiliate passenger and cargo carriers — a global network comprising of over 4000 end users. In addition to enabling standardization on a single MRO platform, the

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Al Qahtani Aviation Company orders up to 26 Bombardier CSeries aircraft

Dammam-based Al Qahtani Aviation Company has signed a firm purchase agreement for 16 CS300 aircraft with options for an additional 10 CS300 jetliners. The aircraft will be operated by SaudiGulf Airlines, a newly launched national carrier from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Al Qahtani Aviation Company and SaudiGulf Airlines are both owned by Saudi Abdel

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Gulf Air to extend Rolls-Royce TotalCare

Gulf Air is to extend Rolls-Royce TotalCare service support for Trent 700 engines on six Airbus A330 aircraft. Globally, more than 90% of Trent engines in service and on order are covered by TotalCare. The Trent 700, the only engine specifically designed for the A330, is the market leader on the aircraft with 70% of

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AirBridgeCargo Airlines takes delivery of fifth 747-8 Freighter

Boeing and AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest cargo airline, recently celebrated the delivery of the airline’s fifth 747-8 Freighter. With delivery of the fifth 747-8 Freighter, AirBridgeCargo continues to follow its long-term fleet modernization strategy to further improve the quality of its products. The new aircraft will be used on

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