International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has delivered the first of six A330-343 aircraft to AirAsia X, a long-haul, low-cost affiliate of AirAsia. The company will deliver three additional A330-343s to the airline by the end of 2013, while the remaining two aircraft will be delivered in 2014. The aircraft are equipped with Rolls Royce Trent
Bombardier reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Revenues totalled $4.3bn for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, compared to $3.5bn for the same period last fiscal year. Earnings before financing expense, financing income and income taxes (EBIT) before special items totalled $240m, or 5.5% of revenues, compared to
Bombardier has opened three new lines of maintenance at its Tucson, Arizona aircraft service centre to boost heavy maintenance capacity for Q400 and Q400 NextGen turboprops. The new lines are housed in an existing hangar space on Tucson’s 1,146,901 ft² service centre, complementing existing maintenance capabilities for Q-Series aircraft at Bombardier’s facilities in Bridgeport, West
Boeing has rolled out of the factory the first 787 Dreamliner to be built at the increased production rate of seven airplanes per month. The airplane, which rolled out earlier this week, is the 114th 787 to be built overall and the 100th 787 to be built at the Everett, Wash., factory. Boeing’s 787 program
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has delivered a new leased Airbus A320 aircraft to Tiger Airways Singapore to expand the carrier’s fleet. The aircraft is the first of five scheduled for delivery in 2013 as part of a multiple aircraft purchase-and-leaseback transaction with Tiger Airways Holdings.
FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, and Airline Component Services, an international company, specializing in supply and supply management of aircraft structural components, announced the signing of a three-year consignment agreement. According to the agreement, the parties will establish a new Boeing 737 NG components stock worth $4m
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. signed a contract to provide two VIP S-92 helicopters to the Turkish National Police (TNP) for service to the Turkish Prime Ministry. The new helicopters will support the Head of State function currently served by one S-92 helicopter operated by the TNP since 2005. The two S-92 helicopters will join a robust
EMRISE CORPORATION, a multi-national manufacturer of defense and aerospace electronic devices and communications equipment, has received a $1.5m order for electronic devices and subsystems to be used in In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFE&C) systems to be installed in commercial aircraft. The order, which was received from a longstanding customer by the Company’s Pascall Electronics Ltd.
Dell OEM Solutions has partnered with Airbus to support A320 Family airliner operators worldwide by providing an end-to-end Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) solution supported by Dell Latitude solutions. Dell laptops, which adhere to strict regulatory standards, will be pre-loaded with FlySmart with Airbus software and installed as Class-2 EFB equipment. This EFB approach eliminates the
HEICO Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Reinhold Industries from certain affiliates of The Jordan Company, L.P., a New York-based investment firm, and Reinhold management. Reinhold will be part of HEICO’s Flight Support Group. Financial details were not disclosed, but HEICO stated that it expects the acquisition to be accretive to its
