Royal Air Maroc and AFI KLM E&M, officially announced a new phase in the development of their Aerotechnic Industries (ATI) joint venture. Set up in 2009, the 50/50 joint venture between the two groups is now extending the scope of its activities to overhauls for Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) airframes. ATI is headquartered at
Lufthansa Technik is offering a new aviation-qualified high-performance Wireless Access Point (WAP) based on the latest developments from Aruba Networks. Optimized for the extremely high-density characteristics common in aircraft cabin environments and complying with the most stringent aviation security constraints, the new WAP offers ultra-fast data communications. The device can be easily configured by airlines
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), will lease four new Airbus A321 aircraft to Air China to help expand the carrier’s fleet. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in August 2014. All four aircraft come from GECAS’ existing order book with Airbus.
SAS and Jet Time have signed a Letter of Intent to enter into an agreement on the wet lease of four factory-newATR72-600s. The intention is to enter into an agreement for 36 months, so that the new aircraft can be used on routes from Copenhagen and Stockholm in the SAS winter timetable 2013-14 and summer
GE Aviation is assembling the high pressure compressor (HPC) rig that will be tested this summer as part of the GE9X engine study for Boeing’s 777X aircraft. The high pressure compressor rig will be a 90% scale of the full size HPC on the next-generation GE90 engine and is part of the $200m GE will
The latest lightweight economy seat, Columbus Two, manufactured by Aviointeriors has been selected by Air Niugini for their fleet of B737-700 and B737-800. The purchase has been finalized at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2013. Furthermore, Loftleidir Icelandic and Aviointeriors have signed a Letter of Intent for Loftleidir Icelandic to purchase the latest model of Aviointeriors business
Porter Airlines has signed a conditional purchase agreement for 12 CS100 airliners, with options for an additional 18 CS100 aircraft. The agreement also includes purchase rights on six Q400 NextGen aircraft. The parties also disclosed that Porter Airlines is the unidentified customer that signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for CS100 aircraft as announced by
Alenia Aermacchi has signed a three-year €58m contract with the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira) to provide logistics support services to the FAB’s AMX fleet, named A-1 in Brazil. The contract includes several elements: “on site” engineering support, (a permanent Alenia Aermacchi team will be based at Parque de Galeao in Rio de Janeiro)
Honeywell and Boeing have signed a technical services agreement to research and develop technologies for the next generation of high-speed, in-flight wireless connectivity on Boeing platforms including the 787, 777, 737NG and 747-8. With this agreement, Honeywell and Boeing are addressing passengers’ increasing demands for faster, more reliable in-flight connectivity on iPads, smartphones, tablet devices
Air Lease Corporation delivered one new Airbus A330-300 wide-body aircraft (MSN 1397) on lease to Sichuan Airlines (Chengdu, China) for twelve years. Sichuan Airlines operates both Airbus A320 family and A330 family aircraft on lease from ALC.
