Kiyoshi Okazoe appointed new president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries appointed Kiyoshi Okazoe as the new President of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America. (MHIA), a wholly owned subsidiary of MHI, effective October 1, 2016. A veteran of the MHI North America operations, Okazoe succeeded Kenji Ando, who assumed the position of President and CEO, Energy & Environment, based in Tokyo.

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Guggenheim Partners to sell commercial aviation division to management team

Guggenheim Partners, a global investment and advisory firm with more than US$240bn in assets under management, announced the sale of its commercial aircraft investment and management business, Guggenheim Aviation Partners (GAP), to the GAP management team. Founded in 2003 as a joint venture between Guggenheim and aircraft industry veterans Steve Rimmer and Paul Newrick, GAP

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BOC Aviation and Air China enter into purchase-and-leaseback arrangement for five new aircraft

BOC Aviation has entered into a purchase-and-leaseback arrangement with Air China for five aircraft, comprising three Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and two Airbus A330-300 aircraft, all scheduled for delivery new from the manufacturer in the fourth quarter of 2016.

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Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo test loading of Trent XWB

Together with Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Technik AG has reached another important milestone in its preparations for the entry into service of the Airbus A350 in Lufthansa German Airline’s fleet: In a test carried out in Frankfurt under real-life conditions, a Trent XWB aircraft engine provided by Rolls-Royce was loaded into a Boeing 777F. This successful

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MRJ finally makes it to the U.S. for type certificate testing

Japan’s first home built airplane for fifty years and its first jet, the MRJ90, successfully completed its ferry flight and landed at Grant County International Airport, Washington at 5.44 local time, Wednesday September 28. The jet left Japan’s Nagoya Airfield 1.28pm local time on Monday September 26, stopping at New Chitose Airport, Sapporo in Japan,

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Sikorsky delivers Alaska's first S-92 search and rescue helicopter

North Slope Borough (NSB), Alaska, received its first S-92 helicopter dedicated to search and rescue. Acceptance of the aircraft occurred in a ceremony at Sikorsky’s commercial helicopter center. The helicopter will perform the critical mission of search and rescue operations (SAR) for all NSB residents. The aircraft was selected to provide a safe, efficient and

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