Jet Aviation Hong Kong gains maintenance approval for Global Express aircraft

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Jet Aviation Hong Kong recently received approval from the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (CAD) to perform maintenance on Global Express aircraft. With the recent approval from the Hong Kong CAD, Jet Aviation Hong Kong is now authorized to support scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on Global Express aircraft. Coupled with the company’s existing Joint Maintenance […]

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Aeroflot starts operating second Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft

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Aeroflot Russian Airlines puts its second Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft (SSJ100) into operation. The airliner will perform scheduled flights on route Moscow — St. Petersburg — Moscow. Sukhoi Superjet 100 SN 95010 was delivered to Aeroflot under contract with VEB-Leasing JSC on financial lease. Aeroflot ordered 30 SSJ100 aircraft in total. In the future the carrier plans to purchase ten more.

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Gary Scott, President Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, to retire

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Gary R. Scott, President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, will be retiring on October 1, 2011. Guy C. Hachey, President and Chief Operating Officer, Bombardier Aerospace, will lead the Commercial Aircraft business unit until a replacement is named.

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Astronics wins U.S. Air Force contract for airfield lighting

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Astronics Corporation, a leader in advanced, high-performance lighting, electrical power and automated test systems for the global aerospace and defense industries, reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Astronics DME Corporation, was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide LED airfield lighting for the U.S. Air Force, with a maximum value of $7.4 million.

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SAS completes delivery of eight MD-90 aircraft

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A year after signing leases for eight MD-90-30 aircraft with an undisclosed operator, Scandinavian Airlines System, Denmark-Norway-Sweden (“SAS”), has completed the delivery of the last aircraft. Five of the aircraft were previously leased to Blue1 Oy, a Finnish-based subsidiary of SAS and three aircraft had been leased to the Swiss charter operator Hello AG. The

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Air New Zealand profit declines

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Air New Zealand reported normalised earnings* before taxation of $75 million for the 12 months to 30 June 2011. The result is 45% down compared to the 2010 financial year. Air New Zealand posted a first half year profit $112 million and second half year loss of $37 million. Net profit after taxation was down 1% to

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Malaysia Airlines reports RM527 million net loss for second quarter 2011

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Malaysia Airlines’ Group posted a net loss of RM527 million for the second quarter 2011, impacted by higher fuel costs that offset yield and Revenue Available Seat Kilometer, higher than the same quarter for 2010. The Group’s total revenues for 2Q2011 increased to RM 3.485 billion, 8% more than 2Q2010 (RM3.213 billion), while passenger revenue

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EADS North America passes halfway mark in deliveries of U.S. Army UH-72A Lakota helicopter

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EADS North America has achieved another milestone on the UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program as the company has delivered more than half of the planned 345 Lakotas to the U.S. Army. The UH-72A Lakota, built by the company’s American Eurocopter business unit, is one of the U.S. Army’s most successful acquisition programs. The

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747-400 inducted into UAM's End of Life Recycling Program‏

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Universal Asset Management (UAM) released that it inducted a 747-400 (MSN 25647) for immediate disassembly at its Tupelo (MS) facility.

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Virgin Australia posts net loss of $67.8 million for full year ended 30 June 2011