Boeing and Pakistan International Airlines announced a firm order for five 777-300ER (extended range) airplanes. Valued at nearly $1.5bn at list prices, the order also includes purchase rights for five additional 777-300ERs. Based in Karachi, Pakistan International Airlines has been renewing its long-haul fleet to accommodate increased demand for air travel as well as to introduce
Embraer recently delivered the 300th Phenom jet, capping off the latest series of milestones which includes the assembly and first flight of the initial aircraft from the Company’s year-old Melbourne facility in Florida, USA. Embraer recently shifted global operations for its business jets from Brazil to Melbourne, where it is creating 200 engineering and technical
Thai Airways has signed a ‘Flight Hour Services -Tailored Support Package’ contract with Airbus to provide aircraft inventory and maintenance support for its A380 fleet. The contract, which will run for 15 years, provides an extensive scope of A380 line replaceable units and spare parts availability, component repairs, logistics services, and tools availability, as well
South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines has selected MTU Maintenance Hannover to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for its CF6-80C2 engines. The five-year maintenance agreement covers the CF6-80C2 engines powering Asiana’s Boeing 767 and 747 fleets. Asiana currently operates a mixed fleet of 72 Boeing and Airbus aircraft.
The A350 XWB’s new engine – the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB – has successfully made its maiden flight aboard Airbus’ dedicated A380 “Flying-Test-Bed” aircraft. The aircraft took off from Airbus facilities in Toulouse and performed a flight of more than five hours during which the engine covered a wide range of power settings at altitudes up
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) announced the signing of an Inventory Technical Management (ITM) Services Agreement with VietJet Air, a low-cost airline based in Hanoi. The five-year contract, covering VietJet’s fleet of six A320 aircraft, will see SIAEC providing a wide spectrum of ITM services, including spares pooling and support, as well as component repair and overhaul.
SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) network, has received Production Organization Approval from the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA), enabling SR Technics to take aircraft interior design and engineering to innovative levels. All interior design and engineering will be carried out at SR Technics’ VIP Completion Centre
South Korean low-cost carrier JEJU AIR has selected Honeywell Aerospace to provide a full suite of avionics for its new fleet of Boeing 737-800 NG passenger aircraft. This multimillion-dollar contract covers six aircraft that are expected to be delivered between 2013 and 2017. JEJU AIR will be the first LCC in North Asia to fly
Comtek Advanced Structures (Comtek), a subsidiary of Avcorp Industries, has been awarded a contract by Bombardier Aerospace under which Comtek will design, manufacture and support the floor panels for the Learjet 85 business jet. Comtek currently supplies the floor panels for Bombardier’s Q400 turboprop and CRJ700, CRJ900 and CRJ1000 regional jets and has done so since the
Honeywell Aerospace has been awarded a contract to provide its auxiliary power units (APUs) and a three-year maintenance program for Eastar Jet’s growing fleet of Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft. This agreement provides Eastar Jet with a reliable, high-performance APU solution with easy maintainability and lower cost of ownership. In addition to Honeywell’s standard APU product
