Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, has delivered one A320-NEO each to Air Malta and Jazeera Airways. This is the Second Avolon aircraft on lease to Air Malta and the fourth Avolon aircraft on lease to Jazeera Airways.
Spairliners GmbH and Kenya Airways have extended its existing Integrated Component Care contract covering full component support for 15 E-Jet aircraft of the leading African airline. With this further long-term prolongation effective by April 2018, the contracted services have been enhanced by an on-site customer representative based in Nairobi and a Line Maintenance Training for
GE Aviation and ARINCDirect have agreed to engage in a collaborative arrangement to provide flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) services based on GE’s C-FOQA Centerline™ service. GE and ARINCDirect will collaborate to build data integrations between C-FOQA Centerline and ARINCDirect’s existing services, enabling FOQA data to be made available during the flight planning process. In
Inmarsat has signed a deal with low-cost Indonesian airline Citilink. The deal has been signed in partnership with Lufthansa Technik, Lufthansa Systems and Indonesian tech company Mahata Aero Teknologi and will see a retrofit of 50 of Citilink’s Airbus A320s with Inmarsat’s GX Aviation in-flight broadband service.
Honeywell International has expanded its channel partner network across Africa to better service airlines, business aviation operators, and defense and space contractors. Under agreements with channel partners, including ExecuJet Nigeria and Aerotechnic, Honeywell can provide operators with in-region access to Honeywell International avionics, connectivity services, and certified maintenance and upgrades.
Having been announced in June 2017, this week saw the ground broken on the creation of a new testbed in Derby, U.K., the home of Rolls-Royce. It is anticipated the testbed will be commissioned in 2020. The testbed will be capable of testing he Trent XWB and the Trent 1000, while the facility will also
StandardAero Component Services has announced a significant investment and expansion at three of the company’s U.S. sites during 2018 and will increase shop capacity by a total of 260,000 ft² (sq. ft.) collectively, with expansion of facilities in Cincinnati and Hillsboro, Ohio, and Miami, Florida locations. Overall investment to fund the expansions exceeds US$16m in
Seeker Aircraft has announced that Seeker, a one-of-a-kind, purpose built light observation aircraft, specifically designed and developed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, will now be available for purchase from aircraft dealer Ecoalpha Services based in Accra, Ghana. This partnership marks a new expansion effort by Seeker Aircraft into Africa and the Middle East.
Component Control, a CAMP Systems International Company, has released Quantum STEP (Q-STEP), a low cost service for Aviation Traders and Logistics Companies. Quantum STEP (Stock Trading Enterprise Platform) extends the capabilities of StockMarket.aero’s aviation parts marketplace to offer a comprehensive ERP service for traders. The service includes several features of Quantum’s core aviation software that
Morten Beyer & Agnew (mba) has appointed Kim Seward, as Head of Helicopters. Ms. Seward has been a vital part of mba’s asset valuation team since 2015. Thanks to Ms. Seward’s knowledge and expertise, mba’s helicopter business has grown in the midst of a very competitive environment. As the head of Helicopters, Ms. Seward will
