On June 7th, the first A380 for Malaysia Airlines (MAS) entered the Airbus Final Assembly Line in Toulouse for the final production phase. The final assembly process of an A380 is made up of five main phases. At the first station, front, central, and aft fuselages, wings, Horizontal and Vertical Tail Plane (HTP and VTP)
Embraer’s sale of eight Super Tucano light attack and advanced training turboprops to the Indonesian Air Force is now in effect. The Company won a bidding competition held by the Indonesian Ministry of Defense, in November 2010. Since then, several administrative phases have been completed, culminating in the finished contract, which includes ground support stations
Bombardier Aerospace has signed a new repair agreement with Icelandair, based in Reykjavik, Iceland. The seven-year contract means that Bombardier will undertake all repair work on engine nose cowls for Icelandair’s fleet of Boeing 757 aircraft. Bombardier has more than 15 years of experience in repairing RB211 535E4 engine nose cowls, and this new agreement
Industria Aeronautica de Portugal, got certified as a Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO) by the Instituto Nacional de Aviação Civil (INAC), per the European Agency for the Safety of Aviation (EASA) applicable regulations; this new competence includes as well the capacity to perform aircraft condition evaluations and issue the related Airworthiness Evaluation Certificates. With this certification
AWAS delivered an Airbus A320-200 passenger aircraft to Starflyer, a successful and growing Japanese airline. This is the first of three planned deliveries from AWAS to Starflyer through 2014, and this delivery will be the sixth aircraft in their fleet.This new aircraft will be used on three routes: Tokyo (Haneda) to Kitakyushu, Kansai and Fukuoka
The first Airbus Military C295 development aircraft fitted with an Airbone Early Warning and Command (AEW&C) rotodome has successfully completed its first flight on 7th June 2011 at Airbus Military’s site in Seville (Spain). The flight follows extensive research and development work, including wind tunnel testing, leading to the conversion of a C295 to be
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has issued $120 million in Senior Unsecured Notes in a private placement to institutional investors. The notes contain a 5% coupon for a 5-year term with a maturity of June 6, 2016. The issuance constitutes the first time ALC has obtained long term unsecured financing under the SEC’s Regulation D in a
Brotonne Capital, the holding company of REVIMA, a leading landing gear MRO provider based in Normandy, France, has completed the acquisition of REVIMA APU from Hamilton Sundstrand, forming the REVIMA Group. Over the past six years, REVIMA APU has become a world class APU MRO provider, developing significantly its activity on Hamilton Sundstrand, Pratt and Whitney Canada
Boeing and ANA have completed pilot training in Seattle, Wash., for the first airline crews who will fly the 787 Dreamliner. Ten ANA pilots concluded their training after each pilot performed flights in ZA001 – the first 787 flight test airplane – over Washington state. These initial crews to go through training are ANA’s senior training
Bombardier Aerospace reported that an unidentified airline has placed a firm order for three CS100 aircraft and options on three more. Deliveries of the aircraft will start in 2014. Based on the list price for the CS100 aircraft, the firm order placed by the unidentified carrier is valued at $186 million, which could increase to $385
