China Eastern Airlines’ new Airbus single aisle fleet will fly with Thales’s newest avionics solutions. The selection includes surveillance systems, flight management systems and head up displays. Following Airbus’ announcement to integrate Thales’s ACSS T3CAS surveillance platform as the preferred solution on all new single aisle aircraft, China Eastern is the first major Chinese airline
B/E Aerospace has extended and expanded an agreement with United Technologies Corporation (UTC), to provide aerospace fasteners, hardware, consumables, and logistical services to UTC’s aerospace business units for their global operations. The agreement with UTC is through December 31, 2022 and is initially valued at approximately $950m. B/E Aerospace will supply UTC’s aerospace business units
Associated Air Center (AAC) has been awarded a new custom interior completion contract for a green Boeing 787-8 BBJ aircraft. The aircraft interior is already under full design review. AAC has also kicked off detailed planning, staffing, training and facilitization in anticipation of the green aircraft’s delivery from Boeing in mid-2014. The completion contract was
The A350 XWB development aircraft, MSN3, is in Bolivia where it will perform a series of tests at the high altitude airfields of Cochabamba and La Paz. Cochabamba is around 8,300 feet above sea level, and La Paz is one of the world’s highest airports at 13,300 feet. Operations at such high altitude airfields are
Air Lease Corporation announced long term lease agreements with Sichuan Airlines (China) for two new Airbus A321-200 aircraft with Sharklets powered by IAE V2533 engines, which are scheduled for delivery in May and October 2014.
AAR’s Nordisk Aviation Products division has begun delivery of 900 Nordisk lightweight cargo containers to Vietnam Airlines. Vietnam Airlines currently has approximately 2,000 Nordisk containers already operating in its fleet. The containers, also known as Unit Load Devices or ULDs, improve operational efficiency, storage and transport of air cargo and luggage.
Delta Air Lines will invest more than $770m through 2016 to refresh the interiors on its Boeing 757-200, 737-800, Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft to provide power at every seat, add new slim-line seats with adjustable headrests, updated lavatories, add more efficient galleys and additional features to improve passenger comfort. This latest capital investment will
In 2014, Cargojet is phasing out the operation of its older generation B727-200F freighter aircraft on the domestic overnight network and replacing them with newer generation B757-200 Extended Range Freighter aircraft. Cargojet has taken delivery of two B757-200ER aircraft and another two will be entering the fleet at the end of the second Quarter.
FL Technics Jets, a global provider of tailor-made maintenance, repair and overhaul services for business aviation has been granted certificate of approval to provide line and base maintenance services for Bombardier CL-600-2B19 family aircraft. The company has therefore added new aircraft type – a popular Bombardier CRJ100/200/440 and a CRJ200-derived high-class Bombardier Challenger 850 business
AeroRepair Corp has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide wheel and tire support for Air Wisconsin Airlines’ fleet of 71 Bombardier CRJ-200 Aircraft. The contract requires the total wheel and tire repair and overhaul, associated spares and logistics support for Air Wisconsin’s hubs located at Philadelphia, Washington DC – National and Charlotte, NC and
