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.
Astronics Corporation, a leading provider of advanced technologies for the global aerospace and defense industries, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the outstanding shares of PECO Inc. (PECO) for approximately $136m in cash. The agreement is expected to close in late June 2013, and is subject to certain conditions, including a review under
TAT Technologies, a leading provider of services and products to the commercial and military aerospace and ground defense industries, reported its results for the three month period ended March 31, 2013. TAT announced revenues of $21.5m and net income of $1.7m for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to revenues of $20.7m with
Air Lease Corporation reported a long term lease agreement with Etihad Airways for one new Airbus A321-200 aircraft with sharklets, scheduled for delivery in April 2015. Etihad Airways estimates it will deploy the A321 aircraft on short to medium-haul routes to the Middle East and India.
AWAS has delivered a new Airbus A320-200 passenger aircraft to Aeroflot from its new order pipeline. This is the fifth of six A320s that the lessor will deliver to Aeroflot in 2013-14. These six new A320 aircraft which Aeroflot has contracted from AWAS is part of the airline’s expansion plans and will contribute to strengthening
