SIA Engineering Group posts profit of $137.2m for first half 2012-13

SIAEC Group recorded a profit attributable to owners of the parent of $137.2m for the first half ended 30 September 2012, a decrease of $2.1m or 1.5%. Profit in the same period last year included a write-back of tax provision of $3.1m. Share of profits from associated and joint venture companies increased $1.1mi or 1.4% […]

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Lufthansa Technik launches E-Jet landing gear services in the US

Hawker Pacific Aerospace, a Lufthansa Technik landing gear service location in California, USA, has built up landing gear overhaul capability for the Embraer E-Jet family of aircraft to cover the North and South American E170/175 and E190/195 customers. Such capability will also be established at Lufthansa Technik’s landing gear workshop in Hamburg over the next

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InterSky entrusts maintenance and support of its aircraft to ATR

ATR and the Austrian carrier InterSky have signed a Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA) for a period of 5 years. The agreement covers the supply of spare parts and maintenance services for the 2 brand new ATR 72-600s of the airline. The very first ATR -600 was delivered to the airline earlier this month, with the

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GoAir takes delivery of first Airbus A320 with Sharklets

India’s GoAir, ‘The Fly Smart Airline”, wholly owned by the Wadia Group, has taken delivery of its first Sharklet equipped A320 aircraft financed by ACG (Aviation Capital Group) under a sale and leaseback arrangement which will see the aircraft added to ACG’s growing portfolio of Airbus A320 family aircraft. The aircraft is part of an

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Boeing reports record revenue and backlog

Boeing Commercial Airplanes fourth-quarter revenue increased to $14.2bn and full-year revenue increased to a record $49.1bn on higher delivery volume. Fourth-quarter operating margin was 8.9% and full-year operating margin was 9.6%, both reflecting the dilutive impact of 787 and 747-8 deliveries and higher period costs partially offset by the higher volume and lower R&D. During

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Thales delivers first maritime surveillance aircraft to Turkey

Thales has achieved delivery of the first of three maritime surveillance aircraft under the Meltem II programme for Turkey. This aircraft will be operated by the Turkish Coast Guard from Izmir Air Base. This marks the delivery of the first maritime surveillance aircraft equipped with the Thales AMASCOS mission system, which will provide the Turkish

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Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company appoints new President

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) Board of Directors appointed the new President Mr. Andrey Kalinovsky, replacing Mr. Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk.  Mr. Kalinovsky will take up his duties on February 1, 2013. During the same Board of Directors’ meeting Mr. Mikhail Pogosyan — President and Chairman of the Executive Board of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) — was

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Bombardier expands business aircraft support network in Nigeria

Bombardier Aerospace increased its aftermarket service network for business aircraft customers with the addition of a Line Maintenance Facility (LMF) in Nigeria. ExecuJet Nigeria in Lagos has been named an LMF for Challenger 300, Challenger 604, Challenger 605, Global 5000, Global 6000, Global Express and Global Express XRS business jets. The facility will complement ExecuJet’s

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