Aircell has completed its acquisition of the Airfone business unit of LiveTV, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JetBlue Airways Corporation. The agreement includes LiveTV’s 1 MHz air-to-ground spectrum license, as well as the Airfone in-flight communications service, network infrastructure and back-office operational assets. With a history dating back to the 1970’s, the Airfone service currently
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has selected Commercial Jet’s (CJ’s) new 400,000 ft² facility at the Dothan Regional Airport (DHN) in Dale County, Alabama as its forth AEI Authorized Conversion Center (AACC). Commercial Jet’s Alabama facility will provide 737-300SF, 737-400SF & MD80SF Passenger to Freighter Conversions and Maintenance for AEI customers. Commercial Jet’s Alabama facility joins a
Nexcelle’s role in the creation of next-generation integrated propulsion systems (IPS) has marked important milestones as hardware manufacturing is now underway for the innovative O-Duct on the CFM International LEAP-1C powerplant, and an inlet section for the GE Passport engine. These milestones underscore ongoing progress at Nexcelle’s two parent companies – Aircelle (Safran) and GE
Exchange Income Corporation completed its acquisition of Regional One, a privately-owned US company that is a leading provider of aircraft and engine aftermarket parts to regional airline operators around the world. The acquisition was first announced on February 28, 2013. The Corporation paid a total purchase price of $74.2m, of which $13.5m was paid through
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, reported that Emirates has selected IFS Applications 8 to manage its new engine overhaul facility in Dubai, UAE. The solution will support all business processes including maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), and corporate performance management (CPM). The contract includes licenses and services worth in excess of US$6m. In 2011,
Cessna Aircraft Company reported that the production for the Citation Latitude aircraft, first announced in October 2011, is on schedule and making progress toward completion of full airframes this year. “We’ve started building engineering test articles. The first prototype is expected to fly in Q1 2014,” said Terry Shriner, business leader for the Citation Latitude.
The Boeing X-48C research aircraft flew for the 30th and final time April 9th, marking the successful completion of an eight-month flight-test program to explore and further validate the aerodynamic characteristics of the Blended Wing Body design concept. All 30 flights were conducted at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. The X-48C typically flew for approximately
Component Control released that AJW Technique and Kelly Aviation have both selected Quantum Control to manage their MRO integrated logistics processes at their new facilities in Montreal, Quebec. The AJW Group already utilizes the robust and aviation specific system across its complete aircraft spares support flagship, A J W Aviation, and said the decision of
A J Walter Aviation (AJW) is to provide full ATA Chapter power-by-the-hour support for low cost cargo operator Air Incheon’s growing fleet of Boeing aircraft. The contract will commence with Air Incheon’s in-service B737-400F and expand to include a second aircraft this summer. AJW is also locating a main base kit consignment at Incheon International
During the first quarter of 2013, Embraer delivered 17 jets to the commercial aviation market and 12 to business aviation, for a total of 29 aircraft. On March 31, 2013, the firm order backlog totaled USD13.3bn, an increase of USD800m over December 31, 2012. This backlog includes an order for 47 E175 jets from Republic
