MacCarthy Aviation has been awarded a contract by Brussels Airlines to upgrade the Business and Economy class lavatories on five if its Airbus A330 aircraft. The first installations will be completed at the Lufthansa Technik MRO facility in Malta in Spring 2012, under MacCarthy supervision for the first ship set only. The design and installation includes […]
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Sikorsky Aircraft has selected 35 companies to join its team assembling two prototype S-97 RAIDER™ helicopters for evaluation by the U.S. military. Self-funded by Sikorsky and its team members, the RAIDER program will demonstrate the military applications of Sikorsky’s break-through X2™ rotorcraft design, which proved its capability in 2010 to double the cruise speed of
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Advaero Technologies has successfully completed initial trials of a revolutionary carbon composite product utilizing a unique fabric technology and Advaero’s new patent-pending HVAR™ resin infusion process. The company developed the composite product as a member of a global consortium that includes Stanford University’s Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics and Chomarat Textile Industries, the aim of which
GA Telesis named Irvin Lucas, Vice President of its C&E and Supply-Chain Programs division, effective immediately. Consisting of two business units – Consumable and Expandable supply as well as Supply-Chain Programs, Mr. Lucas will oversee all group operations from the Company’s Ft. Lauderdale headquarters.
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Sanad Aero Solutions and Engine Lease Finance Corp (ELF) signed a deal with Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways, to finance its 23 spare engines in a sale and lease-back deal valued at $367m, for a ten-year operating lease term. Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala owned Sanad, will buy and lease back five GE90 and six Rolls Royce Trent 500 engines,
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Lufthansa Technik AG is now the sole owner of the American company AirLiance Materials, one of the world’s largest suppliers of quality-assured used aircraft spare parts. Lufthansa Technik announced that it had taken over the shares previously held by the two minority owners United Airlines and Air Canada. AirLiance Materials’ new President and CEO is
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After five years at the helm of AFI KLM E&M subsidiary EPCOR, Paul Chün is moving to a new position as Managing Director of KLM UK Engineering Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AFI KLM E&M which specializes in maintenance solutions for regional aircraft fleets.
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Component Control announced that Aero-Parts Connections, a premier supplier of aircraft safety and emergency equipment to the airline and aircraft repair industries, has expanded its investment with Quantum MRO and Logistics software to support its new sister company, Aviation Inflatables. Aviation Inflatables is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified repair facility, with operational approval from
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Robinson Helicopter Company released that it produced 356 helicopters in 2011 (212 R44s, 88 R66s and 56 R22s), more than double 2010’s production of 162. While the R44 remains Robinson’s top selling helicopter, the response to its latest model, the R66 Turbine, has been very strong. The R66 was FAA certificated in October 2010. As
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TP Aerospace Americas has appointed Mr. Jack Torielli as its Regional Sales Manager in North and Central America. He has held a variety of positions at Tracer Corp., latest VP Sales. Torielli will spearhead the sales effort for TP Aerospace from its newly established offices and warehouse, with ready to go inventory, in Las Vegas,
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