Avcorp Industries signed a five-year contract extension with Boeing, to provide the wheel well for the Next-Generation 737 as well as assemblies and components that support the Next-Generation 737, 747-8, 767, and 777. The contract value is approximately CAD $80m over five years, commencing in 2013. These parts and assemblies will be manufactured and delivered
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) reported it delivered two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Indonesia’s Lion Air as part of a purchase and leaseback transaction. The aircraft from the airline’s existing order book with Boeing were delivered in May and July and will be used to expand and modernize the airline’s fleet.
Avianca has selected Barfield, a Sabena technics company, as its provider for the repair of specific components for its Airbus A330 fleet. This A330 program comes in addition to the existing 10-year repair agreement covering Avianca’s A320 fleet. Within this additional scope, Barfield will perform test, repair and overhaul of rotable components such as avionics,
MacCarthy Aviation have been awarded a significant contract to supply lavatory upgrade kits to a major Middle Eastern airline. The contract is worth in excess of £4m with the first ship set due by the end of August. “The lavatory kits we are supplying underpins the significant investment our customer is making in upgrading their
Nextant Aerospace released that Asia Pacific Jets has placed an order for 10 Nextant 400XT aircraft, the only FAA-certified remanufactured business jet. All 10 Nextant 400XT aircraft will be delivered over a period of three years, with a portion outfitted as 400XT air ambulances and others as normally outfitted 400XT business jet aircraft. Asia Pacific
United Airlines’ first 787 Dreamliner has completed its first production flight as Boeing makes final preparations for delivering it to United at the end of September. The aircraft took off from Boeing’s Paine Field in Everett, Wash., on August19th. Boeing pilots flew the 787 around the Seattle area for more than three hours as part
Wencor, a leading distributor of aftermarket parts and services to the commercial aircraft sector, has acquired the AmSafe Aftermarket Spares and Services business from TransDigm Group. The Aftermarket Spares and Services group focuses on the distribution of a broad product offering, including filters, lighting, battery products, nets, communications and safety equipment, and additional FAA PMA
AerCap Holdings N.V. purchased 10 million ordinary shares in AerCap held by Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. through its affiliate, Fern S.a.r.l. in a privately negotiated transaction today. The aggregate purchase price for 10 million ordinary shares is $120m which represented a discount of $0.09 per share from the $12.09 closing price of the ordinary shares
British Airways Engineering, a leading Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) provider, has announced that its Interiors and Safety Services subsidiary has received Part 145 Repair Station Authority certification from the Federal Aviation Administration. British Airways Interiors Engineering is now authorised to provide maintenance and repair for aircraft interior fittings including flight deck and crew seating
Honeywell has unveiled the latest updates to its IntuVue 3-D Weather Radar, which include new capabilities to detect turbulence, hail and lightning, up to 10 minutes in advance of approaching storm cells in the flight path of the aircraft. Previously, pilots could not readily anticipate which storms in their flight path had either hail or
