Philippine Airlines (PAL) has placed a firm order with Airbus covering 34 A321ceo, 10 A321neo and 10 A330-300s. The aircraft are being purchased under a major fleet modernisation programme at the airline, with deliveries starting in 2013. The single aisle A321 aircraft are being purchased to enhance the airline’s product offerings on domestic and regional
FLY Leasing, a global lessor of modern commercial jet aircraft, has acquired two Boeing 737-800 aircraft manufactured in 1998. The aircraft are on lease to Transaero, a leading Russian international airline. The new acquisitions were financed with secured bank debt and FLY’s free cash. FLY now has a fleet of 110 aircraft on lease to
Constant Aviation, a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility headquartered at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, announced the completion of the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the complete Wi-Fi system along with Aircell’s Gogo Biz In-flight Internet system in the Hawker series aircraft. The completion of this STC marks the fourth Wi-Fi STC completed in 2012. Constant
London Oxford Airport-based aircraft management and engineering company Hangar8 plc, has further enhanced its third party support capabilities at its Oxford, UK, MRO facility, covering a broader range of bizjet types. Within less than a year of acquiring EASA 145 approval, the company now provides CAMO – Part M support and line support for all
GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS) will lease two Airbus A320-200 aircraft to a new customer, Tyrolean Airways. Tyrolean Airways is responsible for operating all Austrian Airlines flights. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery in early 2013 and will expand the existing fleet to around 80 aircraft.
Dublin based global aircraft lessor, AWAS, has delivered a third B737-300 to Bolivian airline, Boliviana de Aviación. A valued AWAS customer since 2009, having supported its initial launch, Boliviana plans to expand its route network to additional international destinations. Currently Boliviana serves Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires as well as six domestic destinations from its hub
Bombardier Aerospace is now conducting virtual flights with “Aircraft 0”* – the on-the-ground Integrated Systems Test and Certification Rig (ISTCR) for the CSeries aircraft. The avionics, electrical, flight control, fly-by-wire, hydraulic, landing gear and wiring systems are now all commissioned, and systems integration and communication have been successfully demonstrated. The development of the CSeries aircraft
Airbus and one of the world’s leading academic institutions, Tsinghua University have formed a partnership to complete a sustainability analysis of Chinese feedstocks, and to evaluate how best to support the development of a value chain to speed up the commercialisation of aviation bio-fuels. The value chain aims to produce and to promote the use
UTAir Aviation (UTAir), one of Russia’s leading airlines, has selected CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine to power its new fleet of 20 Airbus A321 aircraft. The engine order is valued at $420 million U.S. at list price and the airline is scheduled to begin taking delivery in 2013. The aircraft order was announced at the Farnborough
Revisa Group continues its expansion plan and finalizes the acquisition of First Wave Brasil, a former subsidiary of First Wave (USA) and one of the leading composite manufacturers providers to the aviation and defense industries, in particular to EMBRAER. With this acquisition, Revisa Group now adds manufacturing business to its already established MRO services thru
