HAECO ITM, a member of the HAECO Group, has extended its long-standing agreement with Taiwan low-cost carrier Tigerair Taiwan to provide inventory technical management support to the airline’s Airbus A320 fleet. The new agreement will run until 2027. HAECO ITM has been providing inventory technical management support to Tigerair Taiwan since 2016. Under the extended
J&C Aero, an international aviation design and production company, has announced the receipt of its first EASA Part 145 approval and the launch of an in-house component repair shop. In addition, the company is set to more than double its production and MRO facilities in early 2022. Received in October 2021, the EASA Part 145
A unique collaboration between TrustFlight, Boeing, RaceRocks and The University of British Columbia (UBC) has plans to transform the aviation industry, creating a new digital aircraft records platform aimed at significantly improving efficiency and potentially saving the sector up to US$3.5 billion (£2.6 billion) a year. The Digital Aviation Record System (DARS) will be developed
Akasa Air, India’s newest airline, has announced the purchase of CFM LEAP-1B engines to power its recently ordered Boeing 737 MAX airplanes. The agreement, which also includes spare engines and long-term services agreement, is valued at nearly US$4.5 billion (£3.6 million) at list price. With this purchase and services agreement, Akasa Air will have from
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has reported that the transition to bring operations of Southern Air under a Single Operating Certificate (SOC) with Atlas Air, is now complete. With the addition of Southern Air, Atlas Air was able to add Boeing 777 and Boeing 737 aircraft operating platforms, resulting in a more diversified company offering customers
Airbus has signed a trilateral agreement with Thales and Diehl Aerospace for the joint development of the flight control computers of CityAirbus NextGen. The central flight control system of CityAirbus NextGen, the electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL) being developed by Airbus, will combine extraordinary computing power with lightweight design and highest safety standards.
AvAir, an industry-leading inventory solutions provider for the aviation aftermarket, has been selected by GE Aviation Materials (GEAM) for an asset management programme initially covering more than 50,000 line items totalling nearly 70,000 components. GE Aviation Materials, a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Aviation, is a provider of used serviceable material and TrueChoice TransitionsTM solutions:
Aero Capital Solutions (ACS), has reported the continued growth of its cargo aircraft fleet with a commitment to convert an additional 13 Boeing 737-800SFs to freighters. The conversions will be carried out in conjunction with an STC (supplemental type certificate) provided by Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) and will add to the 21 aircraft that ACS has
Royal Jordanian, the national airline of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Lufthansa Technik have signed an agreement regarding comprehensive component maintenance for the airline´s entire Airbus A320-family fleet. Over a period of five years, Lufthansa Technik will provide its Total Component Support (TCS) including spares support, parts pooling and homebase support services for a
Jan Toschka has been appointed President of Shell Aviation, taking over from Anna Mascolo, who is moving into a senior leadership position in Shell’s Downstream business. Toschka brings to Aviation broad leadership experience in energy transition, global marine, mobility as well as wholesale energy businesses. Since joining Shell in 1998, he has amassed over 20
