Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) and Boeing signed a collaboration agreement, to partner in areas that will enable commercial aviation industry growth in China and potentially around the world. This is the first collaboration agreement between COMAC, which is building the new C919 jet and ARJ21 regional jet, and Boeing, which this year celebrates
Rolls-Royce is investing $42m to build a new advanced manufacturing facility in Indianapolis. The new facility will produce components for some of the most advanced aircraft engines in the world and create more than 100 new jobs when the facility is fully operational in 2014. The engine components, known as Compressor Banded Stators, will be
French independent MRO provider Sabena technics, strengthens its assistance to Afriqiyah Airways, in order to ensure a rapid recovery of Libyan aeronautical transport. Two Afriqiyah Airways A330 landed at Sabena technics’ Bordeaux facilities in the first week of March, for maintenance C checks, modifications & consequent structural repairs. Sabena technics’ cooperation with Afriqiyah Airways was
Boeing officially began construction on its new enhanced Everett Delivery Center (EDC) on March 5th. The new facility will feature three times the office, conference and delivery operations space as the current EDC. The design includes a customer complex and delivery lounge to enhance the customer experience, as more than 150 customer representatives work on-site
The A350 XWB’s main and nose landing gear test bench is ready for service at Airbus’ site in Filton, UK. This latest step in the A350 XWB’s progress is achieved more than one year before the aircraft’s first flight and two years before its entry into service. Extensive testing campaigns are being carried out for
AWAS has delivered a second A320 passenger aircraft to Virgin America. This is the sixth Airbus aircraft that AWAS has placed with Virgin America over their five year business relationship.
Boeing and Elbit Systems of America have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that supports the development of advanced avionics capabilities in Brazil. Boeing has selected Elbit to provide the Large Area Display system that will be part of an advanced cockpit system to be offered on Boeing fighter aircraft, including the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) reported the delivery of a new, CFM-powered Airbus A320 to GoAir following a purchase and leaseback transaction with the airline. The aircraft, which was inducted into the GoAir fleet a number of weeks ago, comes from the airline’s existing order book with Airbus. GoAir currently operates over 150 flights per
GE Aviation and Aeromecanic have signed an agreement for Aeromecanic to become an Authorized Service Center for the M601 and H80 turboprop engines. As an Authorized Service Center, Aeromecanic will offer comprehensive line maintenance, removals and re-installations of engines and LRU, on-wing heavy repairs and manage a pool of spare/rental engines for the Western Europe
Bombardier Aerospace’s revenues totalled $8.6 bn, compared to $8.8 bn last fiscal year, while EBIT totalled $502 million, or 5.8% of revenues, compared to $554 million, or 6.3%, last fiscal year. Bombardier Aerospace’s backlog increased to $22 bn as at December 31, 2011, compared to $19.2 bn as at January 31, 2011. The group recorded 249 net orders for
