JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) and Transaero Airlines, Russia’s second largest airline, signed a contract for six Sukhoi Superjet 100/95B aircraft with ten options. The firm order is valued at US$212.4m at list prices. The deal could reach US$566.4m if options are converted into firm orders. The SSJ100 aircraft for Transaero will feature a comfortable
Rolls-Royce began construction of a state-of-the-art Advanced Blade Casting Facility in Rotherham. The new facility will manufacture high technology single crystal turbine blades for large civil aero engines and will create 150 jobs. The Advanced Blade Casting Facility is expected to produce its first blades in late 2014, with the facility capable of manufacturing 100,000
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAE) announced the expansion of its line maintenance stations and current scope of approvals. With immediate effect, Monarch Aircraft Engineering has opened four new seasonal stations at Glasgow, Dublin, Edinburgh and Cork providing technical handling maintenance up to but not including A-checks for Monarch Airlines and third party customers. In addition to
Eurocopter and Héli-Union, a leading French civil helicopter operator, celebrate the inauguration of a new simulator for the Dauphin AS365 N3/N3+ developed and built in partnership with Thales. The simulator certified last February is operational at Héli-Union’s training center in Angoulême, in the Charente region of France. The new flight simulator is owned by Héli-Union
Air Works India Engineering (Air Works), India’s leading provider of Aviation Services, has made a strategic investment in Dubai based private aviation specialist, Empire Aviation Group FZCO (EAG). This move will help Air Works increase its footprint in the Middle East and provide world class aircraft management services to its customers in India. Air Works
PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies group has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to supply transparencies for the S-97 RAIDER helicopter, a next-generation rotorcraft being built for evaluation by the U.S. military. PPG will develop and manufacture pilot and copilot coated windshields, as well as side cockpit, lower observation and fuselage windows for the RAIDER helicopter
The Board of Ryanair Holdings plc announced its intention to make an all cash offer of €1.30 per share for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Aer Lingus Group plc, valuing the current issued share capital of Aer Lingus at approximately €694m. Ryanair intends to make this Offer through its wholly-owned
Boeing delivered the sixth United Arab Emirates (UAE) C-17 Globemaster III to the UAE Air Force and Air Defence earlier this month at the company’s final assembly facility in Long Beach. The delivery completes an agreement announced on Jan. 6, 2010, for six advanced airlifters to modernize the UAE’s transport capabilities. Boeing delivered four C-17s
A wholly owned subsidiary of Nordic Aviation Capital A/S of Billund, Denmark has signed a firm purchase agreement for twelve CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft. Nordic Aviation Capital has confirmed that the aircraft will be leased to Garuda Indonesia, Bombardier’s previously announced launch customer for the CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region. Based on the list
Azul Brazilian Airlines, in partnership with Amyris, Embraer and GE made a demonstration flight on June 20th, using an innovative, renewable jet fuel produced from Brazilian sugarcane. Heading to Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport, the Embraer E195 jet operated by Azul departed from Campinas Viracopos Airport and flew over the city of Rio. Known
