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UK-based passenger aircraft seat manufacturer Acro Aircraft Seating has announced that Braathens Regional, the Swedish wet lease and charter company, will be the first operator to fly with its newly modified seats in Saab 340 and 2000 aircraft. Developed in cooperation with global defence and security company, Saab, Acro will supply 13 shipsets equating to

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) redelivered the first of three B737-400SF 11 Pallet freighters to Yangtze River Express of Shanghai. The first freighter to deliver is a high gross weight B737-400SF (MSN 28759) built in 1998. The conversion was performed at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services in Shanghai China. This is AEI’s 14th of

Boeing will adjust the production rate for the 747-8 program from 1.75 airplanes to 1.5 airplanes per month through 2015 because of lower market demand for large passenger and freighter airplanes. “This production adjustment better aligns us with near-term demand while stabilizing our production flow, and better positions the program to offer the 747-8’s compelling

StandardAero has signed an exclusive, two-year maintenance agreement with Air Nostrum for 31 auxiliary power units (APUs). The APUs are manufactured by Honeywell – Model RE220RJ. All work will be performed in the U.S. at StandardAero’s Maryville, Tenn., facility. Air Nostrum is an independent regional airline based in Valencia, Spain.

Rolls-Royce North America officially opened its second outdoor jet engine test stand, an investment of $50m, at the Rolls-Royce Outdoor Jet Engine Test Facility at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss. The new jet engine test stand will play a key role in the company’s development of next generation technology that