PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) announced the redelivery of its second special mission 737-400C to Safair for operation in Africa. This versatile PEMCO-built Combi will be used primarily in support of global humanitarian and charitable relief organizations. This latest delivery is a 737-400 Combi with PEMCO designed “Swiss army knife” cargo loading system, capable of
Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Bedek Aviation Group has signed licensing agreements with Boeing modifications of the B767-200/300 and the B747-400, including passenger to freighter conversions. The agreements apply to 72 DSF767-200/300 aircraft and 29 BDSF747-400 aircraft previously converted by IAI for various customers, as well as future IAI conversions. Bedek Aviation Group has been a
CFM International and Romanian flag carrier TAROM celebrated the achievement of one million flight hours and half a million flight cycles by the airline’s fleet of CFM56 engines. TAROM has been a CFM customer for 20 years and currently operates a fleet of 13 CFM56-powered aircraft, including Airbus A318s and Boeing 737 Classic and Next-Generation
AMR Corporation reported net profit of $530m, excluding reorganization and special items, a $420m improvement year-over-year; Revenue of $6.8bn improved 6.2% year-over-year, while consolidated unit costs, excluding fuel and special items, improved 5.0% year-over-year. AMR ended the third quarter with approximately $7.7bn in cash and short-term investments, including restricted cash, compared to a balance of
Boeing and China Southern Airlines recently completed successful demonstration flights using Required Navigation Performance – Authorization Required (RNP-AR) procedures at the Kanas Airport, Xinjiang Province, China. The Kanas procedure development, which is the first RNR AR implementation in the Xinjiang Region, is also the first collaborative RNP AR project between China Southern Airlines and Boeing.
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing group, announced the closing of the US$636 million Asset Backed Securitisation (“ABS”) for Emerald Aviation Finance Limited. On September 26, 2013 Avolon announced that Emerald, a newly established special purpose company, had priced a total of US$636 million of Fixed Rate Asset Backed Notes (the “Issue”). The net proceeds of
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) released that its aerospace arm, Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) has secured new orders worth about $600m in the third quarter of 2013. The new orders involve projects ranging from airframe, component and engine maintenance, to commercial airline cabin retrofit and freighter conversions. Included in the 3Q2013 contracts is an
As part of RUAG’s strategy of focusing on its core competencies, from October 15th the RUAG Technology division will be known as RUAG Aerostructures. This step underlines the growing significance of aerostructures for RUAG, and clearly defines the company’s position in the expanding international aviation market. With sites in Emmen, Switzerland, and Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, RUAG
The Airbus Military Services Logistic Hub has started operations in Seville, Spain, in line with the Full In-Service Support (FISS) model developed by the company. This hub delivers spare parts for all Airbus Military products worldwide as well as ground equipment for the operation of the fleet. The new facility substantially strengthens the spare parts
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated has extended its long-term titanium products supply agreement with Boeing. The extension agreement covers value-added titanium mill products and provides opportunity for greater use of ATI’s next-generation and advanced titanium alloys in both long product and flat-rolled product forms.
