On the back of the recent launch of direct Etihad Airways flights from Abu Dhabi to Düsseldorf, and last month’s historic deal between the United Arab Emirates flag carrier and Germany’s second largest airline, airberlin technik – the technical wing of airberlin – continues to grow its maintenance customer base. At Düsseldorf, airberlin technik will
The U.S. Army has awarded EADS North America a $212.7 million contract to deliver 39 UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) as part of its total acquisition plan. Thirty-two of these Lakotas will be produced in the Army’s Security and Support (S&S) Battalion configuration. EADS North America has already delivered 198 UH-72A Lakotas to the
ExecuJet Asia announces that their Malaysian operation based at Subang Airport in Kuala Lumpur was recently awarded the first direct Cayman Islands Aircraft Maintenance Organisation approval in Malaysia, known as an OTAR Part 145 Option 2 approval. This will permit ExecuJet Malaysia to work on Cayman registered Bombardier Global Express Series, Challenger 300, Challenger 604/605
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the state-owned flag carrier of Bangladesh, will send its CF6-50 engines to MTU Hannover for maintenance. The three-year exclusive agreement involves 12 engines powering Biman’s fleet of DC-10-30s. Biman has been a customer to MTU Maintenance Hannover since 2005 and, more recently, also awarded a contract to repair and overhaul CFM56-7s powering its
Aeronautical Engineers has been selected by an undisclosed customer to provide one B737-300SF 10 Pallet Passenger to Freighter Conversion. The aircraft, a B737-300, was built in 1993 and is currently undergoing freighter modification and a dual FMS UNS1FW modification at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet, which is located in Miami, Florida.
AIR-TEC Aviation Maintenance has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an Authorized Service Center for the M601 and H80 turboprop engines. As part of the agreement, AIR-TEC will offer comprehensive line maintenance, removals and re-installations of engines and LRUs and engine spares for the M601 and H80 engine families. In addition, AIR-TEC will
Boeing successfully achieved a production rate of 35 airplanes a month for the Next-Generation 737, with the delivery of the first airplane produced at the new rate to AWAS Aviation Services. Norwegian Air Shuttle will lease the airplane from AWAS. Employees will focus on stabilizing the production rate at 35 a month while investments are
BOC Aviation has signed an agreement with South African Airways for the lease of two new A320-200 aircraft. The aircraft, powered by IAE 2527-A5 SelectOne engines, are scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of this year.
Boeing and Air France-KLM Group have finalized an order for 25 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, with options. The order was signed in late December 2011 and was recorded on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website, attributed to an unidentified customer. A preliminary agreement was first announced on September 16, 2011. The Air France-KLM Group is a long-time
A J Walter Aviation has been awarded a seven year contract to provide power-by-the-hour support to Korea’s leading low cost airline, Eastar Jet. The agreement covers the airline’s current fleet of six B737NG aircraft though Eastar Jet plans to rapidly grow this fleet to operate a minimum of sixteen aircraft by 2021. This contract is
