Jeppesen to provide U.S. Air Force with iPad-based electronic flight bag services

Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, and the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command signed an agreement to provide iPad-based electronic flight bag (EFB) services for approximately 1,160 Mobility Air Force aircraft, and more than 16,000 related Air Force iPad users. The Mobility Air Force aircraft will be equipped with Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro, […]

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BOC Aviation takes delivery of first two Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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BOC Aviation has added its first two new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft to its fleet. Both of the wide-body aircraft have been placed on long-term leases to Kenya Airways (Kenya Airways) following the successful Sale and Leaseback transaction between the two companies.

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ST Engineering reports comparable year-on-year profit for 3rd quarter 2015

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Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30th, 2015 (3Q2015). The Group posted quarterly revenue of US$1.50bn and profit before tax of US$154.7m. These results are comparable to revenue of US$1.55bn and profit before tax of US$151.7m in the same quarter last year. Quarterly net profit after tax

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Lufthansa face further problems as cabin crew now prepare to strike for 7 days

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Having averted one strike at the end of June, it would seem that negotiations between Lufthansa and the cabin crew union UFO, which represents approximately 19,000 members, have reached an impasse and a strike is now unavoidable, scheduled to start November 6th and lasting for 7 days. Lufthansa have struggled to put together a deal

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Airbus’ A350-1000 Trent XWB-97 engine begins flight-test campaign on A380 flying-test-bed

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The A350-1000’s new engine – the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 – has successfully made its first flight-test aboard Airbus’ dedicated A380 “Flying-Test-Bed” aircraft. The aircraft took off from Airbus’ facilities in Toulouse and performed a flight of 4 hours, 14 mins during which the engine covered a wide range of power settings at altitudes up to

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Air Canada reports third quarter net income improvement of 61%

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Air Canada reported third quarter adjusted net income of CAD$734m, compared to adjusted net income of CAD$457m in the third quarter of 2014, an improvement of CAD$277m or approximately 61%. EBITDAR amounted to CAD$1,076m compared to EBITDAR of CAD$749m in the same quarter in 2014, an increase of CAD$327m or approximately 44% year-over-year. On a

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Sikorsky completes VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program milestones

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Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has successfully completed the VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program Preliminary Design Review (PDR), completion of the integration and performance testing of mission communications system (MCS) components, and Sikorsky’s acceptance of the second S-92A aircraft for the program. On May 7th, 2014, the Navy awarded a US$1,244,677,064 fixed-price incentive engineering and manufacturing development

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Korean Air finalize order for 30 737 MAXs, two 777-300ERs

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Korean Air finalized the airline’s order of 30 737 MAXs and two additional 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners valued at nearly US$4bn at current list prices. The airline also has options for additional 737 MAXs as part of the order, which was previously announced as a commitment during the Paris Air Show in June. With this

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C&L hires Wes DeMoss for Military & OEM Business Development

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C&L welcomed Wes DeMoss as manager of C&L’s growing Military and OEM Business Development division. Wes spent four years developing Hawker Beechcraft’s association with all the major military contractors, and in 2009, he became Government Business Sales Manager. Wes later joined APPH Wichita, now known as Heroux-Devtek Wichita, as Business Development Manager. There, Wes gained

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DVB Group publishes nine-months results for 2015

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DVB Bank generated consolidated net income before taxes of €59.8m (previous year: €72.6m) during the first nine months of 2015, providing financing solutions and advisory services to its clients in the international transport sector. Net interest income decreased by 6.7%, from €62.5m to €151.6m. Thanks to the high volume of new Transport Finance business, interest

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