In addition to winning new MRO customers, Aerostar S.A. a leading Romanian aerospace company is also ensuring that it retains existing customers and winning repeat business from them. In what is shaping up to be a busy first quarter of 2013 for the company, further Boeing 737s from Royal Air Maroc and Pegasus Airlines of
GE Aviation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Aldus Aviation Limited to develop a lessor-oriented CF34-8E and CF34-10E support package. The support package will enable leasing companies to better control maintenance costs, regardless of the operator to which the aircraft is leased. Under the terms of the agreement, GE would provide support for lessors
EGYPTAIR MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING (EGME) managed to attract more customers from different European countries. One of the newest customers is Thomas Cook Belgium. The Belgian carrier is sending two A320 aircraft in January 2013 for C-Checks. Meanwhile, EGME has continued cooperation with the Russian carrier Aerovista through a contract to perform on its B737-500 “Bridge
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing group, issues a trading update for 2012 announcing that its fleet had reached 167 aircraft at 31st December, 2012 and that total capital raised has exceeded US$5bn. Avolon raised US$300m of new equity from the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and US$1.3bn of new debt finance bringing total capital raised
Aerospace Systems has been selected by Aeroflot, Russia’s flagship airline, to supply the wheels and carbon brakes for its new fleet of 16 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The company will provide the equipment through its Wheels & Brakes business in Troy, Ohio. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in January, 2013. The 777-300ER carbon brakes
Copa Holdings has closed sale-leaseback transactions for four new Boeing B737-800 aircraft with MC Aviation Partners (MCAP), the aircraft leasing and trading arm of Mitsubishi Corporation. The deliveries, which are part of Copa Airlines’ current order with Boeing, are scheduled for March, April, August and October of 2013. The agreement provides for 90 month lease
Triumph Group signed a definitive agreement to acquire the pump and engine control systems business of Goodrich Corporation (Goodrich Pump & Engine Control Systems or GPECS) from United Technologies Corporation. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the current fiscal quarter. The acquired business,
Aerostructures Middle East Services (AMES) will further expand its jet engine nacelle repair capabilities as this joint venture of Safran’s Aircelle and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance builds on two successful years of operation from its technical base in Dubai. AMES supports key airlines in the Middle East, the Gulf Arab states and
Unison Industries has been awarded a life-of-the-program contract by Snecma (Safran) to provide its air cooled oil coolers for the LEAP-1B engine produced by CFM International. The LEAP-1B engine will power the next generation of Boeing’s popular 737 aircraft series, launched as the 737 MAX, expected to enter into service in 2017. Based on the
GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS) announced the delivery of two leased Boeing 737-400s to new customer AeroContractors Company of Nigeria Limited. Deliveries were made in September and December to expand the airline’s fleet.
