Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey (LTAA) celebrated the final test run after servicing the 1.000th turbofan engine of the General Electric (GE) CF34-series. The first engine of the CF34-series of the American manufacturer was serviced by LTAA already in 1991. Since then the engine type has become a backbone in the service portfolio of the company
Linfox has signed a contract for three AW169 helicopters in full VIP configuration. The aircraft will be used to perform corporate transport missions in the Melbourne area of Australia. This order marks the entrance of the AW169 into the Australian corporate/VIP transport market and continues the growing success of the all new AW169 helicopter in
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a multi-million pound contract to supply the first full-flight simulator (FFS) for the Royal Air Force A400M military transport aircraft, recently designated Atlas by the European purchasing nations. The FFS employs state-of-the-art visual and motion technology developed and produced by Thales UK at its facility in Crawley, West
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
