Finnair to streamline its support functions and marketing and distribution activities

Finnair plans to improve profitability by streamlining its support and management functions and increasing the efficiency of its marketing and distribution activities. These plans are put in place to improve Finnair’s profitability and are part of Finnair’s goals to reduce annual costs by 140 million euros by 2014. Finnair starts employee consultations in many of […]

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GE Aviation and Iberia Maintenance sign CF34-8 engine overhaul agreement

GE Aviation and Iberia Maintenance have signed an agreement that will provide Iberia with OEM technical support for its maintenance and repair services on CF34-8C/E engines. This agreement expands Iberia’s current overhaul capability of the CF34 engine family and licenses GE’s engine maintenance technology. Iberia is also working with GE to develop a high-pressure compressor

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Boeing P-8I aircraft completes 1st flight

Boeing’s first P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy completed its initial flight on September 28th, taking off from Renton Field at 12:02 p.m. Pacific time and landing two hours and 31 minutes later at Boeing Field in Seattle. During the flight, Boeing test pilots performed airborne systems checks including engine accelerations and decelerations and autopilot flight

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Nordic Aviation Capital signs contract for 10 ATR 72-600s and 2 ATR 72-500s

European turboprop manufacturer ATR and Danish regional aircraft leasing company Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) signed a contract for the purchase of 10 ATR 72-600s and 2 ATR 72-500s, plus options for 10 additional ATR 72-600s. The total amount of the deal, including options, is valued at $500 million. The 10 firm ATR 72-600s and the

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Oakenhurst Aircraft Services and Spectralux sign support agreement

Oakenhurst Aircraft Services is to provide product support and repair services for the Dlink+ w/CPDLC (Controller Pilot Data Link Communication) system produced by Spectralux Avionics. Dlink+ w/CPDLC is a single LRU (line replaceable unit) system designed to meet the growing data communications requirements of civil and military aircraft operators – and in particular addresses the

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Lufthansa Technik Sofia offers comprehensive MRO Services for Bulgaria Air

Bulgaria Air and Lufthansa Technik Sofia have signed a ten-year component supply contract. The Total Component Support TCS comprises local stock in Sofia, as well as access to component pool for Bulgaria Air’s Airbus A319 and A320, as well as for the Boeing 737 Classic fleet. The agreement also contains line and fleet base maintenance for

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Lockheed Martin delivers four C-130J Super Hercules Airlifters to Qatar

Lockheed Martin officials formally delivered four C-130J Super Hercules airlifters to the State of Qatar, on September 28th, at the Lockheed Martin facility. The Qatar Emiri Air Force’s new Super Hercules are the longer fuselage or “stretched” variant of the C-130J. The aircraft will be used for humanitarian relief and military missions for the defense

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Rheinland Air Service announces sizeable MRO facility expansion

Rheinland Air Service (RAS), Europe’s independently-owned regional aircraft MRO organization, reported its recent facility expansion – plus its all-new ATR approval. Centrally based at Düsseldorf’s Moenchengladbach Airport, RAS is an EASA Part 145 and Part 21 approved organization. The company, which also holds approvals from Russia and Bermuda, focuses on base maintenance for the ATR 42/72 series.

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SAMC, Boeing, and Avic International sign 10-year 737 Horizontal Stabilizer contract

COMAC Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Co. (SAMC) signed a 1o-year Boeing 737 Horizontal Stabilizer contract with Boeing and AVIC International Holding Corporation. The contract represents the largest deal and covers the longest period so far that Boeing has ever entered into with a Chinese supplier.

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Avianca signs firm order for four Airbus A330 Freighter aircraft

Avianca, part of the airline group AviancaTaca Holdings, has signed a firm order for four Airbus A330-200 Freighter aircraft. The new aircraft will be operated by Avianca’s cargo subsidiary Tampa. Avianca will announce its engine choice at a later date. The A330-200 Freighter will replace Tampa’s current cargo fleet and play a key role in expanding

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