Bombardier reported the closing of the sale of Flexjet’s activities to Flexjet, LLC, a newly-created company funded by a group led by Directional Aviation Capital. The previously announced total consideration of US $185m, following purchase price adjustments, is now estimated at US $195m, including the assumption of an estimated US $70m of customer advances by
FL Technics, a global provider of tailor-made solutions for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul, successfully develops its Line Maintenance support network by launching two new Line Stations in Lviv, Ukraine and Kutaisi, Georgia. The company also plans to open a Line Station in Benghazi, the second largest city in Libya. The new stations at Lviv
Mesa Air Group signed an 11-year OnPoint solution agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its 138 CF34-8 engine fleet. The agreement is valued at $350m over the life of the agreement. Mesa currently operates 71 aircraft with approximately 396 daily system departures to 77 cities, and recently announced an additional 30 CF34-powered ERJ175
Aeronautical Engineers released that Kahala Aviation of Ireland has converted one of two options secured in April 2013 to a firm order. The third aircraft is a high gross weight B737-400 (MSN 25372) built in 1992 and is currently undergoing freighter modification at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet Services in Dothan Alabama. The B737-400
TAP Maintenance and Engineering Brazil S/A (TAP M&E Brazil) signed a contract with the Brazilian Navy and Brazilian Air Force to provide preventive and corrective services, aeronautical repair, overhaul and MRO services. Two contracts were signed with the Brazilian Navy, for the Naval Air Base in São Pedro da Aldeia (BAeNSPA), one for avionics components
Iraqi Airways, the national carrier of Iraq, has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire five CS300 mainline jetliners. The agreement, which also includes options on 11 CS300 aircraft, follows a letter of intent (LOI) to purchase the aircraft that was announced by Bombardier on November 19 during the Dubai Airshow.
The Columbus Two first shipset B737-800 has been presented and delivered to Air Niugini. Columbus Two, the seat model for medium-range applications, has so become a certified reality and it will make its first flight in January 2014. The Columbus family, the range of Aviointeriors’ lightweight economy class seats presented in Hamburg just a year
Boeing and Jetairfly, part of the TUI Travel PLC, celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first 787. The airplane departed Paine Field in Everett on Tuesday, Dec. 3rd, on its delivery flight to Brussels. The 787 is scheduled to begin flying short and medium haul Jetairfly routes in early December and long haul routes between
Republic Airways Holdings has closed on the sale of Frontier Airlines to an investment fund affiliated with Indigo Partners LLC. Effective upon the closing of the sale, David Siegel, CEO and President of Frontier Airlines, resigned from Republic’s Board of Directors.
AerSale has expanded the Pentagon 2000SQL solution‘s deployment to their Roswell, New Mexico facility. “Pentagon 2000 Software is a key part of our core business processes and is an integral part of a wide range of our operations. The recently implemented Heavy Maintenance module is crucial in all aspects of aircraft maintenance, teardown and storage
