KLM Cityhopper (KLC) and Fokker Services signed a contract to replace the seats for the Fokker 70 fleet with new Acro seats. With the Acro seats, KLC will introduce the Economy Comfort-zone class on the Fokker 70 fleet, similar to the Boeing 737 fleet within Europe. The Economy Comfort zone is located in the front
JorAMCo will provide the Portuguese carrier, Hi Fly, with maintenance services for two Airbus A330 and A310 aircraft. The maintenance checks on the first aircraft took place mid of April at JorAMCo’s facility and lasted for two weeks and the second aircraft was inducted to commence maintenance during the first week of May. The work
In April, Ameco Beijing redelivered the 200th heavy maintenance check for United Airlines. It represents a new milestone for the mutual cooperation. The cooperation began in 2005 with the selection of Ameco Beijing as MRO provider for United’s Boeing 777 fleet. It went through the first five-year contractual period when Ameco Beijing performed 53 Boeing
NAYAK, based in Cologne, which is already a line and base maintenance Embraer Authorized Service Center for the Phenom 100 and the Phenom 300, is now certified for line maintenance for the Legacy 600 and Legacy 650. In preparation for the entry into service of the Legacy 500 and Legacy 450 in EMEA and, in
Pentagon 2000 software, a leader in aerospace & defense MRO software systems released that myTEAM.aero, a multinational group of leading providers of MRO and logistics support selected Pentagon 2000SQL for implementation across all of its companies. Mr. Tom Gibbons, General Manager for myTEAM.aero, said that the decision was motivated by several key elements such as
GE Aviation and Sigma Labs signed a Joint Technology Development Agreement (JTDA) to advance and implement in-process inspection technologies for additive manufactured jet engine components. The mutually-developed inspection technology will verify the quality and geometry of additive components during the additive build process, increasing additive production speeds up to 25 percent in support of GE
Embraer Executive Jets reported the sale of an ultra-large Lineage 1000, to an undisclosed European client, operated by FLYINGGROUP. The aircraft, the first Lineage 1000 sale to a customer in Belgium, will join the Belgium-based company’s fleet and will be available for third-party charter. Delivery of the aircraft is scheduled for the second half of
Colorado based Air Comm Corporation (ACC) has completed the acquisition of Texas based Meggitt (Addison), formerly Keith Products. Air Comm Corporation is a world leader in engineered design and manufacture of Environmental Control Systems (ECS) used by military and civil rotorcraft and general aviation fixed wing aircraft. The nearly 30 year old family-owned business now
Avianca Holdings earned a net income of US$75.3m for 1Q-13, an increase of more than US$75m over the profit recorded for the same period in 2012. First quarter operating revenues increased to US$1.11bn, up 5.9% from 1Q 2012 due mainly to a 6.5% increase in passenger revenues driven by an 8.6% growth in passenger traffic
US Airways announced that it priced an offering of Class C enhanced equipment trust certificates in the aggregate face amount of approximately $100m. This offering is an additional issuance from the Company’s Series 2012-2 series of enhanced equipment trust certificates, under which an offering of Class A certificates and Class B certificates closed on December
