Goodrich and Hawaiian Airlines extend flight hour agreement

Goodrich Corporation and Hawaiian Airlines have signed an extension to their existing Prime Solutions® nacelle maintenance agreement to support the airline’s fleet of 18 Boeing 717-200 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce BR715 engines. The existing nacelle flight hour agreement provides maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, management of spare parts, rotables and dedicated Goodrich technical support. […]

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CFM reports $51.7bn in orders/commitments for 2011

CFM International (CFM) had a record year in 2011, logging orders for 1,500 commercial, military and spare CFM56 engines and commitments for 3,056 LEAP engines for a combined value of $51.7bn at list price. CFM International, a 50/50 joint company of Snecma (Safran group) and GE, produces the highly popular CFM56 engine family.  CFM is developing

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GECAS delivers two new Airbus A320s to TACA Airlines

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS) delivered two new Airbus A320 aircraft to TACA Airlines to help them with fleet growth. The aircraft come from TACA’s existing order book with Airbus and are part of a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with GECAS announced in February 2010. They will be operated by TACA’s subsidiary in Costa Rica, and will

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Huntley Myrie named president of Nexcelle

Nexcelle, the joint venture of GE’s Middle River Aircraft Systems and the Safran group’s Aircelle, announced the appointment of Huntley Myrie as its new president. Myrie brings extensive experience in program management, design engineering, customer support and the aftermarket business as Nexcelle develops nacelle systems for the next generation of integrated propulsion systems to equip commercial airliners

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MyTECHNIC Aircraft MRO Services receives CAAC approval

MyTECHNIC, Istanbul, Turkey based aircraft MRO center received approval from General Administration of Aviation of China (CAAC). This approval will enable myTECHNIC to provide maintenance services for China registered aircraft, engines and components. Since its foundation, several airlines and leasing companies have chosen myTECHNIC for maintenance services from Middle East, CIS, Europe and Asia. In the

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Dr. Seiraffi appointed new head of LCC Frankfurt

Dr. Mohammad Ali Seiraffi took over as Vice President Handling Frankfurt on 1 January 2012, charged with responsibility for the airline’s major logistics base, the Lufthansa Cargo Center (LCC) in Frankfurt. Dr. Seiraffi succeeds Dr. Andreas Jahnke who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Lufthansa Consulting GmbH after close to four years as head of

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Thales partners with BA on new service capabilities

Thales, a leader in in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) systems, and British Airways  announced the completion of a new component repair agreement. Initially the partnership will focus on British Airways’ repair work, but will expand to include other Thales TopSeries customers in the future. The repair facility will be based at British Airways Avionics Engineering in

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