Falko Regional Aircraft (Falko), the asset manager and aircraft lessor focused solely on the regional aircraft sector, has provided a summary of its third-quarter 2022 market activity. Falko added eight aircraft to its portfolio during the quarter, eight aircraft were sold, four aircraft were delivered on lease to customers in Europe and the lease on […]
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Collins Aerospace and China’s Hainan Airlines have inked a FlightSense® contract to provide Hainan Airlines’ fleet of Boeing 787s with customizable support solutions to reduce repair time and costs. The agreement with Hainan Airlines, which builds on a 30-year relationship between the two organisations now includes a total of 185 aircraft on multiple platforms through 2025.
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Japan’s Skymark Airlines has announced that it plans to add up to 12 737 MAX airplanes as part of its fleet modernisation efforts. The carrier intends to order four airplanes including the 737-8 and 737-10 variants with options for two additional jets. Separately, the airline will add six lessor-owned 737-8s to its fleet. Based in Tokyo’s Haneda Airport,
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MTU Maintenance, a leading provider of maintenance solutions for aircraft engines, continues to lead the way in low-carbon fuel (LCF) also known as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for acceptance testing services. MTU Maintenance recently tested an Aramco CFM56-7B engine at its cell in Hannover using an almost 40% SAF fuel blend. That’s unprecedented in the
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Bahrain’s MENA Aerospace, and Singapore-based Asia Cargo Network (ACN) have announced the signing of a significant strategic alliance between the two aviation companies, positioning MAE among the key players in freight cargo in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. Under the agreement, ACN will base six of its cargo planes in Bahrain and the
ATR has announced that it has obtained type certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for its 42-600 turboprop aircraft. This certification will now enable the Franco-Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Blagnac, France to fulfil an order for three of the planes from an undisclosed Chinese customer. The ATR 42-600 is seen as
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Pratt & Whitney will expand its global network of providers that maintain the Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engine to include AFI KLM E&M. The facility will serve PW1500G engines for the Airbus A220 with full disassembly, assembly and test capability. The announcement was recognized at an in-person signing ceremony at Air France-KLM Group headquarters in
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing), has inked lease agreements for a fleet of six Airbus A320neo aircraft with India’s leading airline, Air India. CDB Aviation is among the first aircraft leasing companies to secure the placement of Air India’s additional A320neo aircraft under the recently
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On November 8, 2022, at the 14th Airshow China in Zhuhai, the Engineering Technology Branch of China Southern Airlines Co., (China Southern Technic), Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation (Ameco) and Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co. (GAMECO), signed an agreement on a workload exchange project for aircraft component business. The successful signing of this cooperation project
Air Valletta Group, backed by private Cypriot investment has launched A320 and A330 operator Valletta Airlines (St. Julian’s, Malta), which will focus on global charter and ACMI markets starting early 2023. Targeted regions for operations are North- and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Far East Asia. Valletta Airlines is currently working towards its
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