GE Capital Aviation Services signed an agreement to lease four new Boeing 737-800 MAX aircraft to Travel Service. Two of the new aircraft are scheduled for delivery in early 2018 and two in early 2019. The aircraft are the first leased from GECAS’ order of 75 Boeing 737 MAX models already announced.
BOC Aviation announced the appointment of Gerard Kenneally as Chief Technical Officer commencing 2nd October 2013. Reporting directly to Robert Martin, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Gerard will be based in the Dublin office of BOC Aviation. Gerard’s appointment helps BOC Aviation add further depth to its management team through a senior professional manager
Next year, Lufthansa Technik AG will equip 20 of Lufthansa’s Airbus A321 aircraft with the BoardConnect in-flight entertainment solution developed by Lufthansa Systems. In contrast to conventional systems, BoardConnect requires no labor-intensive cabling of each seat. Instead, the system relies on an ultra-fast WLAN network that meets the latest WiFi standard. The wireless access points
The first joint development of Lufthansa Technik and SCHOTT – the LED cabin lighting solution HelioJet – can now be experienced in normal airline operations: it has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the European aviation authority EASA for the A320 aircraft family, and is currently used for continental flights in an Airbus A319.
Eurocopter Japan has signed a contract to supply Nagoya with an AS365 N3+ Dauphin for operation by the Nagoya City Fire Bureau, as an upgrade for the service’s existing helicopter resources. Delivery of this new rotorcraft is planned in 2015 to the Pacific Coast city of Japan, which is the country’s fourth most populous urban
Bombardier Aerospace celebrated the opening of the Midparc Casablanca Free Zone, in Nouaceur, with a symbolic groundbreaking on the site of the future Bombardier manufacturing facility. In January 2013 Bombardier began operating out of a transitional facility located at the Mohammed V International Airport in Nouaceur in the Greater Casablanca region, where the company is currently
Astronics Corporation, a leading provider of advanced technologies for the global aerospace and defense industries, has acquired certain assets and liabilities from AeroSat Corporation, a supplier of aircraft antenna systems, for $12m in cash, plus the potential for an earn out. Astronics expects the earnout will be between $5 and $20m. AeroSat designs and manufactures
Republic Airways Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Frontier Airlines to an affiliate of Indigo Partners in an all-cash transaction. Indigo Partners and its principals, led by managing partner William A. Franke, have a history of investing in airline transportation and related industries and creating successful, differentiated companies. Under the terms of
Southwest Airlines (LUV) broke ground Monday, September 30th, on a new international terminal at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU), marking the official start of construction on the $156m project. Once completed, the five-gate facility will accommodate regional international flights for Southwest Airlines, with service reaching destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico, and the northern cities of
Euravia Engineering and Greenwich AeroGroup entered into a partnership agreement to provide Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services for Pratt & Whitney’s PT6A and PT6T engines on fixed and rotor wing aircraft in the United States. According to the agreement, Greenwich AeroGroup will provide through its MRO’s (Atlantic Aero in Greensboro N.C., Summit Aviation in
