In order to continue the modernization of the company’s aircraft fleet, FedEx Express has signed an agreement with Boeing to purchase 27 new 767-300F aircraft, with three arriving in fiscal 2014 and six per year in fiscal 2015-2018. The 767s were selected as the best choice to begin replacing FedEx Express’s MD10 aircraft, some of which are
FLY Leasing Limited has acquired two Boeing 737-800 aircraft, one on lease to Air China and one on lease to Korean Air. The purchase price for both aircraft totaled approximately $62m, which was financed from FLY’s unrestricted cash and new bank debt. FLY also announced that it has sold two aircraft from its portfolio for a
SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) network, has signed exclusive Repair Cycle Management (RCM) and engine maintenance contracts with Philippine Airlines (PAL), the flag carrier of the Philippines. The RCM agreement is for PAL’s entire Airbus fleet, totaling 33 wide and narrow body aircraft, and covering in total 2,000
To meet unprecedented demand for its products and services, Spirit AeroSystems announced plans to transition production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fixed leading edge composite wing component from Spirit’s Tulsa, Okla., facility to Spirit’s Malaysia facility. The realignment will allow Spirit to make more efficient use of its global manufacturing operations. Oklahoma employees working on
Southwest Airlines finalized a firm order for 150 fuel-efficient 737 MAX airplanes. Southwest is the first customer to finalize an order for the 737 MAX and becomes the launch customer for the new LEAP-1B engine-variant. In addition, the airline expanded its current order book with an order for 58 additional CFM56-7BE-powered Next-Generation 737-800s. The firm order
Australia’s Skywest Airlines will introduce five more ATR 72-600 aircraft into its fleet, to be operated on a range of routes on behalf of major carrier Virgin Australia. These five aircraft take to 13 the number of firm orders of ATR 72 aircraft placed by the Singapore-based leasing company Avation PLC in 2011 for Skywest
The CIRCOR Aerospace Products Group has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft to execute a multi-year contract, with an initial award of approximately $25m, to manufacture landing gear for its H-60 – BLACK HAWK and Seahawk helicopters. CIRCOR Aerospace will perform the manufacturing, final assembly and testing of the landing gear at its Corona, California facility.
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, signed an order for 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and two Boeing 777 Freighters. Valued at a combined $2.8bn at current list prices, this order will make Etihad the world’s largest airline customer of the 787-9. Etihad has a total of 41 787s on order. The
Comlux Aviation Services of Indianapolis, Indiana has been appointed by Bombardier as a fully Authorized Service Facility (ASF) for the Global aircraft family. A designated service facility for Learjet 40, Learjet 45, Learjet 60, Challenger 604, Challenger 605, Challenger 300, and Challenger 850 aircraft since May 2009, Comlux Aviation Services also held an Aircraft-on-Ground line maintenance facility designation
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran Group), a leader in aircraft landing and braking systems and Barfield, US subsidiary of Sabena technics Group, have signed two agreements. In the first agreement Barfield will contract the repair of hydraulic equipment to Messier-Bugatti-Dowty’s facility in Queretaro, Mexico and in the second agreement Messier-Bugatti-Dowty will grant an exclusive license to Barfield for the maintenance of
