AAR announced a five-year contract with ExpressJet Airlines to provide landing gear overhaul services on its fleet of 104 Embraer ERJ-145XR aircraft. AAR will perform gear overhauls in a dedicated regional aircraft product area at its 180,000-ft² Landing Gear Services MRO facility in Miami. ExpressJet, a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, is the world’s largest
EirTrade Aviation Ireland has completed the acquisition of a 737-500 aircraft which will be dismantled in their hangar at Ireland West Airport, Knock, Co. Mayo. This is the first 737CL aircraft to be purchased by EirTrade for teardown and will be the third aircraft to be disassembled at their facility, this year. EirTrade Aviation Ireland
Cirrus Aircraft announced the Vision SF50 personal jet program has made significant progress toward certification, including acquisition of manufacturing equipment to build the new airplane. The company confirms that first delivery is still scheduled for late 2015. The next steps in the Vision SF50 jet program involve building conforming aircraft for further certification testing and
WestJet announced its 33rd consecutive quarter of profitability, with record second quarter net earnings of $44.7m. This compares with the net earnings of $42.5m reported in the second quarter of 2012. These results include $8.4m of one-time pre-tax transition costs associated with WestJet’s business transformation initiative. Based on the trailing twelve months, the airline achieved
Sibylle Pähler has joined Dr. Peter E. Hein and Bernd Reber as managing director of Doric GmbH. She is responsible for the acquisition and structuring of investments. Ms. Pähler has been with Doric since its founding. She has held a number of senior positions and played a major role in growing Doric‘s product portfolio. Prior
Milestone Aviation Group, the global leader in helicopter leasing, has closed a new $300m credit facility. The company will use the proceeds to acquire and lease helicopters valued at $400m to affiliates of Bristow Group Inc. The assets include Sikorsky S-92’s, Eurocopter EC225’s and AgustaWestland AW189 and AW139 aircraft. The Milestone facility is the largest-ever
Aviation Partners Boeing has formally received an order from TUI Travel for 737-800 Split Scimitar Winglets. This program is the culmination of a five year design effort using the latest computational fluid dynamic technology to redefine the aerodynamics of the Blended Winglet into an all new Split Scimitar Winglet. The unique feature of the Split
Spirit AeroSystems celebrated completion of the first forward fuselage section, Section 41, destined for integration into the Boeing KC-46A tanker. In a rollout ceremony, Boeing and U.S. Air Force representatives joined Spirit leadership and employees to mark the occasion. In June 2011, Spirit was announced as a supplier on the KC-46 program. Spirit is responsible
SonAir, Africa’s largest oil and gas helicopter operator, has become the first operator to resume passenger transportation flights with the suspended EC225 fleet. Three flights were performed successfully with two EC225s from Luanda to two offshore platforms. Based in Angola, SonAir is the aviation division of Sonangol, Angola’s national oil company. Its resumption of EC225
Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services (LTLS) and SuperJet International are stepping up their collaboration. LTLS is supplementing the spares distribution center in Frankfurt by taking over responsibility for SuperJet International warehouse operations in Fort Lauderdale (USA). By deciding for this supply set-up, SuperJet International and LTLS ensure a rapid and reliable spares provisioning for SSJ100 operators
