AWAS has delivered one new A320 passenger aircraft to Vueling, the Spanish low cost airline. This second A320 delivery from AWAS is from the lessor’s existing new order pipeline and is factory – fitted with advanced Sharklets. .
Airbus has awarded Honeywell the contract for the powerhouse operation for the A320 Family Assembly Line Airbus is establishing in Mobile, Ala. Honeywell will be responsible for designing, building, operating and maintaining the facility that will supply all utilities to the new assembly line, including power distribution and backup generation, heating, cooling, chilled and drinking
Universal Asset Management reported the planned arrival of a Boeing 747-400 to their Tupelo, MS disassembly facility at the Tupelo Regional Airport (TUP) for immediate disassembly and sale. The jet airliner will be inducted through UAM’s End-of-Life Recycling Process.
GE Aviation will start testing this summer on a high pressure compressor (HPC) rig for the GE9X engine that will power Boeing’s 777X aircraft. GE plans on spending $200m in 2013 on maturation testing of technologies for the new GE9X engine. The high pressure compressor rig will be a 90% scale of the full-size HPC
The deliveries of three new EC225s to customers in Vietnam and Malaysia further expands the fleet of Eurocopter’s workhorse helicopter deployed worldwide in demanding operating conditions of the offshore oil and gas industry. EC225 deliveries involve the Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company (VNH South), along with Awan Inspirasi Sdn Bhd (AISB) and MHS Aviation – both
Boeing has received FAA approval to fly Required Navigation Performance – Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures on the 787 fleet. Operators that fly RNP AR procedures significantly reduce fuel burn, emissions and airport congestion by flying precisely along a predefined route using advanced on-board navigation systems together with GPS-based global navigation satellite systems. As an
Certification testing is underway on the first Passport development engine at GE Aviation’s Peebles Testing Operation in Ohio. The engine began ground testing on June 24th and ran for more than three hours, reaching more than 18,000 lbs. of standard day sea-level takeoff thrust. Eight Passport engines and one core will be involved in the
AVIOINTERIORS, Italy has received an order from ArkeFly, the Netherlands for Andromeda business class seats, to be installed on two B767-300ER’s. ArkeFly is a wholly-owned Dutch charter airline and part of travel company TUI Nederland. Andromeda business class seats will be delivered within the first quarter of 2014, to start service in April.
Boeing’s workhorse 717 continues to figure prominently in the success of established and new operators as the manufacturer’s leasing unit, Boeing Capital Corp., announced additional deployments of the modern and fuel-efficient twinjets. Australia’s largest regional airline, QantasLink, will receive an additional five leased 717s to add to its existing fleet of 13 of the twinjets
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) delivered a new leased Airbus A320 to Japan’s Peach Aviation to help expand the low-cost carrier’s fleet. The aircraft is the 10th A320 in its fleet – all leased from GECAS. The first aircraft was delivered to Peach in November 2011. All 10 aircraft were part of GECAS’ existing order
