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Spirit AeroSystems to realign Boeing 787 Dreamliner wing component production

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

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Southwest orders 150 737 MAX airplanes and 58 Next-Generation 737s

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

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Skywest Airlines to introduce 5 additional ATR 72-600s into Australia

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

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CIRCOR Aerospace to manufacture landing gear for BLACK HAWK Helicopters

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.

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Etihad Airways orders 10 787-9 Dreamliners

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

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Comlux Aviation Services gains full Bombardier Global ASF approval

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

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Messier-Bugatti-Dowty and Barfield sign two cooperation agreements

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

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Weststar Aviation Services signs contract for 10 AgustaWestland helicopters

Weststar Aviation Services of Malaysia has signed a contract for 10 AgustaWestland helicopters comprising, five AW139s configured for offshore transport, one AW139 for VIP transport, two AW169s and two AW189s. The contract was signed at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition. The contract is valued at approximately $150m (RM 470m). Weststar will be the

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ALC finalizes order for 787s and Next-Generation 737s

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has finalized an order for four 787-9 Dreamliners. ALC also exercised options for four Next-Generation 737-800s. The order, with a list-price value of more than $1.2bn, marks the completion of an agreement announced during the Paris Air Show in June. The airplanes join the 74 Next-Generation 737-800s and five 777-300ER (Extended Range)

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Virgin Atlantic selects NAT and HAECO for B747-400 cabin reconfiguration work

Virgin Atlantic Airways has entered into agreements with Northwest Aerospace Technologies and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) to provide cabin reconfiguration services for the airline’s Gatwick based fleet of Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The modifications will reconfigure Virgin Atlantics’ B747-400 fleet with new and upgraded passenger seating, a new inflight entertainment system with connectivity, new monuments, interior furnishing

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