GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) will lease 12 Boeing 737-500s to Indonesian carrier Sriwijaya Air. The first aircraft went into service on May 16th, with the remaining scheduled for delivery through January 2013. The 12 aircraft, with blended winglets for improved fuel savings, are coming off long-term lease with Continental Airlines, now merged with United
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has been selected by LOT Polish Airlines as their primary maintenance organisation for airframe maintenance services, on 8 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The first delivery is scheduled in November 2012. Under the terms of the agreement, MAEL’s engineering team will establish a maintenance base in Warsaw, Poland and will support LOT’s
Republic Airways Holdings released that its Republic Airlines subsidiary has reached a tentative agreement to operate 32 Bombardier Q400 aircraft under the United Express brand. The Capacity Purchase Agreement is expected to become effective in the third quarter of 2012 and continue for approximately eight years. The tentative agreement includes 28 aircraft currently in operation
Nextant Aerospace has delivered its 10th production unit of the 400XT, the only FAA-certified remanufactured business jet. The “N” registered aircraft was delivered to a private client that will operate the plane in a traditional corporate flight department environment. Nextant reached this production milestone just seven months after gaining FAA certification, and is on schedule
Lufthansa Technik’s Innovation Business Unit has been selected by Learjet as the supplier of the cabin management and in-flight entertainment (CMS / IFE) system for the new Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft. Lufthansa Technik’s nice high definition (HD) system is already the baseline CMS / IFE system for the Bombardier Challenger 300 jet and
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) delivered a new Airbus A330-300 aircraft to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. The aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Airbus and will be used to modernize the airline’s fleet.
Airbus and Lufthansa Technik have renewed their general agreement about the cooperation in the VIP and Executive Jet business and will continue to further develop their successful partnership in this area. Since 1998 both companies have already been working closely in the completion of Airbus Corporate Jets. Within the ACJ318 Program Lufthansa Technik is the
Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) announced a new 5-year training services and support agreement with international carrier Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). This dedicated training solution provides world-class flight crew and cabin crew training facilities at OAA’s Scandinavian Training Centres and has been specifically tailored to meet the airline’s expanding training requirements up until 2017. OAA will be
GE Aviation has finalized the architectural design of its Passport engine for the Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000 aircraft. The “Tollgate 6″ review, part of GE’s New Product Introduction process, was held on April 27. With the design frozen, GE now begins the detailed design phase. Component fabrication will begin soon, leading to the
International Airlines Group (IAG) has signed a binding agreement to sell bmi Regional, based in Aberdeen, to Sector Aviation Holdings Ltd (SAH) for a total consideration of £8m in cash. The sale includes all bmi Regional’s fixed assets and long-term liabilities, including owned and operating lease aircraft. bmi Regional operates a fleet of 18 Embraer
