Singapore Airlines will purchase up to 50 more A350 XWB aircraft. The agreement covers a firm order for 30 more A350-900s plus options for a further 20 aircraft. The deal allows for the airline to select either the baseline A350-900 or the larger A350-1000 when exercising the options. The 30 additional Airbus A350-900 aircraft will
Condor Flugdienst GmbH is to equip its long-haul fleet with new cabins. The aircraft seats in all classes are being replaced with modern ones. Throughout the entire aircraft, an entertainment program on demand will be available enabling each passenger to select the on-board entertainment program on a personal screen. In connection with the cabin refurbishment,
West Star Aviation is now offering interior services at their Columbia, South Carolina (CAE) location. The new interior shop is fully equipped to complete a variety of partial interior work, including upholstery, panel recovery, and carpet. West Star does not currently offer woodworking services at CAE; however, they have an aggressive plan to add additional
AeroTurbine has signed a Consignment Material Stock agreement with Engineering – the Aviation Maintenance Holding (Engineering Holding), a leading independent Western aircraft MRO and parts provider and parent company of S7 Engineering, ATB Domodedovo and Sibir Technics. This consignment spare parts stock has been established in Engineering Holding’s maintenance facility at Domodedovo International Airport in
Finnair has licensed the AirVault Maintenance Records Management Solution to provide Finnair with a new, centralized web-based aircraft record-management system. AirVault is a leading web-based solution that enables aviation industry companies to manage fleet maintenance records across their entire community of business and regulatory partners.
Boeing celebrated the 50th delivery of a 747-8 on May 29th, to Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the launch customer of the passenger version, took delivery of the milestone aircraft almost one year after the first revenue flight of the 747-8 Intercontinental. It is the airline’s seventh 747-8 and its 82nd 747.
Air Arabia and CFM International celebrated the achievement of one million engine flight hours with the airline’s fleet of CFM56-5B engines. Air Arabia has been a CFM customer since it began scheduled service in 2003. Today, the airline operates a fleet of 32 CFM56-5B-powered Airbus A320 family aircraft. All of these engines are covered by
The Chinese operator Okay Airways (OKA) and Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey (LTAA) have signed an exclusive two-years-contract about MRO services for PW127J engines. Actual OKA is operating eight MA-60 aircraft and has started ambitious expansion. LTAA has been selected as partner to accompany this development, even more than two years on an extended contract base.
Fábrica Argentina de Aviones Brig. San Martin S.A. (FAdeA S.A.), based in Cordoba (Argentina), awarded Liebherr-Aerospace the contract to supply various components for the flight control system, the landing gear and the air management system of the IA-63 Pampa aircraft. Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, Lindenberg (Germany), will manufacture the high lift actuation and primary flight control
EADS raises its gross order intake guidance at Airbus for commercial aircraft for the full year 2013. Based on a current order intake of 514 gross commercial aircraft orders at the end of April 2013 and strong commercial activity, EADS is now expecting new gross orders to be comfortably above 800 aircraft in 2013.
