Lufthansa direct European services, which include all German domestic and European services outside of the Lufthansa Frankfurt and Munich hubs, will be merged commercially and organisationally with Germanwings, to form one company on the basis of Germanwings GmbH from 1st January 2013. The company’s headquarters will be Cologne. The new company is to operate the
Turbomeca (Safran group) has renewed the “MCO” (Global Support Package) contract, entitled MCO 2, with the French Government. Under the terms of this contract, Turbomeca will ensure the availability of the 1,408 turbo-shaft engines equipping French Government helicopters for a 10-year period. These helicopters are used for military and paragovernmental missions of the French Air
Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) released that Southwest Airlines will purchase up to 268 additional sets of Blended Winglets for Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 and 737-800 aircraft, surpassing its original order placed in 2003. This order will ensure that all of Southwest’s future Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft will be equipped with Blended Winglets until Southwest Airlines transitions
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has delivered a new leased ATR 72-600 aircraft to Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S/A as part of a purchase and leaseback transaction. The aircraft is the first of five new ATR72-600s GECAS will lease to Azul to expand the airline’s fleet. These aircraft come from Azul’s existing orderbook with ATR.
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with wholly owned British Airways subsidiary, BA CityFlyer. With immediate effect MAEL’s engineering team will provide support for the UK based airline’s fleet of Embraer E170 & E190 aircraft operating into Malaga. In addition to the technical services provided, the storing of components
Aviation Partners (API) reported that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Supplemental Type Certificate approval for its High Mach Blended Winglets on the Falcon 50 series aircraft. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval is expected to follow shortly. Certification of the Winglets represents the culmination of an 18-month development program and exhaustive flight testing,
Thai Airways announced its use of exPhone onboard, installed by Panasonic Avionics Corporation (PAC) and AeroMobile on the 14 Boeing aircraft type B777-300ER and B747-400. The eXPhone enables passengers to use their own mobile phones, smart phones and BlackBerry devices onboard to make and receive calls, send and receive SMS text messages, and use GPRS
ST Aerospace announced that it has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary, ST Aerospace Rotables (STAR), with paid up capital of US$1.5m (approximately S$1.88m). STAR, a global asset services company, will be headquartered in Singapore with marketing offices in the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. STAR will drive ST Aerospace’s foray into a new growth area,
TransDigm Group Incorporated has completed the acquisition of Aero-Instruments Co., for approximately $35m in cash. Aero, located in Cleveland, Ohio, employs approximately 60 people and has been a supplier of proprietary, highly engineered components to the aerospace industry since 1925. Aero designs and manufactures highly engineered air data sensors including pitot probes, pitot-static probes, static
Eurocopter and the Royal Thai Air Force signed a contract for the supply of four EC725 helicopters, configured for search and rescue missions. Deliveries of the EC725, the twin-engine tactical rotorcraft from Eurocopter’s successful Cougar family, will be in 2015. Eurocopter already is a helicopter supplier in Thailand for military and law enforcement, having been
