The regional aircraft manufacturer ATR recorded its best commercial year in 2011, posting firm sales of 157 planes and options for an additional 79 aircraft. These 157 firm sales (13 ATR 42s and 144 ATR 72s) round out the manufacturer’s order book for a record high of 224 aircraft, ensuring 3 years of production, taking
Airbus delivered 534 commercial aircraft to 88 customers (10 new) and booked 1,419 net orders in 2011, making it the most successful year in the company’s history, and the 10th in a row with a production increase. The 534 deliveries beat the previous record set in 2010 by 24 aircraft. Deliveries include a new record
AeroMechanical Services has signed a contract with an airline that will become the Company’s largest Canadian customer, for seven Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS™) 220 and 12 of the next generation AFIRS 228B, for a total of 19 aircraft. The contract requires AMA to install AFIRS 220 and AFIRS 228B on Boeing 737-200, 767-200F
FL Technics Jets has become the first fully authorised Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) business jets service centre in Eastern Europe. The company has joined an extensive network of official HBC global customer support stations and will provide line maintenance services to warranted Hawker 125 series aircraft.
Embraer Defense and Security has awarded Ultra’s Controls business two contracts for its KC-390 military transport aircraft. The first award is for all the electronic controls and sensors for the landing gear, nose wheel steering and associated hydraulics. The second award is for all the electronic controls and sensors for the cargo door system which
Vector Aerospace UK, a leading provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has been awarded the MoD’s Design Approval Organisation Scheme (DAOS) certification after a successful audit process undertaken by the Military Aviation Authority on behalf of the MoD. The scheme aims to provide a level of assurance to Project Teams that approved
Cyprus Airways has once again chosen A J Walter Aviation to provide a full power-by-the-hour support service for its fleet of eleven A319 and A320 aircraft. AJW has been delivering PBH support to Cyprus Airlines since 2009 and this contract further extends that relationship into 2016. Cyprus Airways operates out of Larnaca to over twenty
Vueling has announced an investment of €325m at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport, with the addition of five new aircraft to its fleet – four Airbus A320s and one Airbus A319. This represents the biggest investment by Vueling at the Catalan Airport since its merger with clickair in 2009. With the new aircraft, Vueling will have a total fleet
REVIMA APU was awarded EASA Part 145 certification for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW901C APU. This APU is installed on the new Boeing 747-8; the aircraft entered service in October 2011 and is now in operation with 2 airlines. “This new addition to our extensive repair capability list reinforces our commitment to support B747
Sanad Aero Solutions and Engine Lease Finance Corp (ELF) signed a deal with Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways, to finance its 23 spare engines in a sale and lease-back deal valued at $367m, for a ten-year operating lease term. Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala owned Sanad, will buy and lease back five GE90 and six Rolls Royce Trent 500 engines,
