Air Lease Corporation announced that it has signed lease agreements for 13 additional aircraft. ALC placed the following new aircraft from its order book: Two Embraer 175s leased to Belavia (Belarus). Four ATR 72-600s leased to Passaredo (Brazil). Two Airbus A320-200s leased to S7 Airlines (Russia). Additionally, ALC leased the following aircraft from its fleet: One
Assembly of the 32 metre long carbon fibre wings for the first A350 XWB (MSN1) has started at Airbus’ recently opened “North Factory” in Broughton, UK. Most of the A350 XWB wing is made of light-weight carbon composites, including the upper and lower wing covers, stringers, front and rear spars. The advanced structural designs, combined
Singapore Airlines has expanded its 10-year OnPointSM solution agreement for engine maintenance, repair and overhaul to include its new GE90-115B engines that power its eight additional Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The agreement on the newly added engines is valued at more than $300m over the life of the agreement.
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAE) has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Jet2.com. The agreement will see MAE to provide line maintenance support for Jet2.coms fleet of Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 aircraft across a number of Spanish airports, including Arrecife, Alicante, Malaga and Tenerife South.
BOC Aviation has ordered 15 CF34-10E-powered EMBRAER 190 aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled from the fourth quarter of 2012 through 2014.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes has selected John Holland Aviation Services (JHAS) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to provide Boeing GoldCare maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the region. The GoldCare program designed by Boeing is a total care engineering and maintenance service to airline operators providing fully integrated maintenance solutions. As a partner in Boeing GoldCare,
New Breed Logistics, headquartered in High Point, North Carolina, have been selected by Boeing to provide logistics and supply chain management of commercial aircraft fasteners in support of the Boeing Aggregated Standards Network (BASN) program. The program includes planning, ordering, storage, and distribution of fasteners for up to 300 Boeing suppliers and 20 Boeing fastener manufacturers. Services New Breed
Willis Lease Finance Corporation has closed a new revolving credit facility. The $345m credit facility, with an interest rate equal to LIBOR plus 2.75%, is available to Willis Lease on a revolving basis for five years through November 2016. The credit facility is provided by a syndicate of banks led by Union Bank, N.A., as
Gulfstream G650 has received its provisional type certificate (PTC) from the Federal Aviation Administration. This clears the way for the company to begin interior completions of the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range business jet in preparation for customer deliveries in the second quarter of 2012, as originally planned. “We are pursuing a two-step certification approach to keep us
RUSLINE, Russia, has taken delivery of the second of two Bombardier CRJ-100ER aircraft, MSN 7108, from “MG 7108 Leasing Limited”, Ireland, in a deal arranged by AMS Aircraft Limited, UK. Sister CRJ-100ER aircraft, MSN 7106, was delivered in July of this year. AMS was mandated exclusively as remarketing agent to the lessors, both subsidiaries of
