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
Commsoft, developers of one of the world’s leading aviation engineering and maintenance systems, is continuing to enjoy significant success with its hosted OASES programme. Three currently unannounced customers, including a regional airline in Europe and two airliner corporate shuttle operators in the U.S.A. have already signed for OASES in 2012, with two having gone live
The Qantas Group will restructure its Boeing 787 aircraft delivery schedule as part of the five-year Qantas International turnaround plan. Deliveries of 15 B787-8s to Jetstar will continue as planned, with the first aircraft to arrive in the second half of 2013. This will enable the transfer of Airbus A330 aircraft from Jetstar to Qantas
GE Aviation has named Duncan Aviation as an authorized service center for GE’s CF34-3 engines that power the Bombardier Challenger series. Under this agreement, Duncan Aviation can perform line maintenance and engine maintenance, including front-end and hot-end entry, as well as provide OnPoint solution agreement and warranty support and facilitate access to both GE parts
British Airways Engineering, a leading Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) provider, announced that its avionics subsidiary has achieved an important milestone for the company, having released over one million units since it was established in 1994. This equates to an average annual release rate of almost 52,700 units. The avionics team has been responsible for
FL Technics Ulyanovsk, a subsidiary of the international aviation service provider Avia Solutions Group, has officially launched the construction of the new aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul centre at the Port Special Economic Zone (PSEZ) in Ulyanovsk, Russia. FL Technics Ulyanovsk is the first resident company at the PSEZ to begin the construction of a
Associated Air Center, StandardAero’s Large Scale VIP Transport Completions Center in Dallas, Texas, recently delivered its 23rd “green” Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) completion for an Eastern European-based energy company customer. The completed interior includes a large sitting area complete with bench seating, retractable tables and individual “captain’s chairs,” in addition to a custom-designed lavatory and
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that a new AgustaWestland Service Centre has been opened by AVIASUR to provide maintenance and other support services for AgustaWestland commercial helicopter customers. The service centre is located at AVIASUR’s modern facility at Santiago’s Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Chile, where an official opening ceremony was held on 8th
