Dassault Falcon signed an agreement with Indian charter operator Taj Air to establish a Dassault Falcon Authorized Line Service Station at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (VIDP) in Mumbai. The facility, which is already operational, will provide scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and inspections for all Falcon 2000 models. Initially, the facility will serve Indian registered Falcons
Guggenheim Aviation Partners (GAP), an affiliate of Guggenheim Partners, announced the lease of two Airbus A330-200 aircraft to Monarch Airlines, one of the United Kingdom’s largest privately-owned airlines. The leases were concluded last quarter. Monarch Airlines operates a fleet of 32 aircrafts from bases in the UK throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.
SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, and Air Tahiti Nui have signed a contract for the completion of three cabin modifications on Airbus A340-300s. This will be carried out in parallel with C-Checks on the aircraft. The modification involves converting the existing three class cabin configuration to two classes, with the complete
StandardAero has signed an exclusive long-term service agreement with Brit Air to maintain their CF34-8C5A1 engines on their current and future fleet of Bombardier CRJ1000 regional jets, as well as their CF34-8C5B1 engines on a selected number of their Bombardier CRJ700s. Brit Air, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air France, is one of the largest European
ST Aerospace and AirAsia jointly announced that the companies have signed a 10-year agreement worth approximately US$80m (S$102m). The contract involves component repair management Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH) support for 75 of AirAsia’s Airbus A320 aircraft, and is expected to commence immediately. ST Aerospace is currently supporting AirAsia on an existing component repair management MBH programme for
Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Chorus Aviation, the parent company of Jazz Aviation, has placed a firm order for six Q400 NextGen airliners. The transaction involves the conversion to firm orders of six of the 15 options taken by Jazz with its original order for 15 Q400 NextGen airliners, announced on April 30, 2010. Jazz will operate
UTair, one of Russia’s leading carriers, has signed a firm contract with Airbus for 20 A321 aircraft. This is the largest order for the type received from a carrier in the region and the first time that UTair has ordered Airbus aircraft. UTair’s A321s will feature a spacious single-class cabin layout seating 220 passengers. The
Synergy Aerospace signed a firm order for nine Airbus A330 Family aircraft, including six A330-200 passenger and three A330-200 Freighter aircraft. Synergy Aerospace selected Rolls Royce to provide Trent 700 engines and TotalCare long-term engine service support for the new aircraft.
Avolon, the international leasing company headquartered in Ireland, announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 15 A320neo aircraft at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow. Avolon becomes a new customer for the A320neo, underlining the strong success of this latest generation aircraft with leasing companies. Avolon will make its engine selection later. This commitment follows a
Boeing reported an order from United Continental Holdings and its wholly owned subsidiary, United Air Lines, for 100 advanced LEAP-1B-powered Boeing 737MAX airplanes and an additional 50 CFM56-7B-powered Boeing Next Generation 737-900ERs. United is the latest carrier to choose the newest member of the 737 family, which now eclipsed 10,000 orders overall. United is the
