Airbus and OCCAR sign military Eurodrone global contract for 20 systems

European aerospace giant Airbus has signed a Eurodrone global contract with the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) for the development and manufacture of 20 drone systems and five years of initial in-service support. Airbus Defence and Space GmbH signed in representation of the three Major Sub-Contractors (MSC) Airbus Defence and Space S.A.U in Spain, […]

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HAECO Landing Gear Services adds A320 landing gear overhaul capacity

HAECO Landing Gear Services has attained Airbus A320 landing gear overhaul capability from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Civil Aviation Administration of Thailand (CAAT). Christian Pinter, Director and General Manager of HAECO Landing Gear Services, said: “We are pleased to offer Airbus A320 capability starting this

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Royal Thai Army becomes Boeing’s second international customer for AH-6 helicopter

Boeing has been awarded a US$103.7 million contract by the US Department of Defence as part of a foreign military sale for eight AH-6 light attack reconnaissance helicopters to Thailand. The contract also includes spares, training devices, support equipment and technical publications for the Royal Thai Army. The deal paves the way for the Royal

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Air Lease Corporation places leases for nine Boeing 737s with Corendon Airlines Group

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has announced long-term lease placements for nine Boeing 737 aircraft with Turkey’s Corendon Airlines Group (Corendon). Five new 737-8s will be delivered to Corendon in Turkey in the Spring of this year and one new 737-8 in the first quarter of 2023. Corendon will also lease three new 737-9s from the

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Elix Aviation delivers one Dash 8-300 to Universal Hydrogen

Elix Aviation, the international regional aircraft leasing company, has reported the delivery of one Dash 8-300, MSN 274, to Universal Hydrogen (USA). This aircraft is the first delivery from Elix Aviation to Universal Hydrogen and will be used as a test aircraft in the development of its hydrogen powerplant systems. Universal Hydrogen is making hydrogen-powered

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Vallair inaugurates brand-new state-of-the-art hangar in France

Vallair, the multi-faceted aviation business dedicated to the support of airlines and lessors, has opened the doors to its unique new maintenance hangar located at Marcel Dassault Airport in Châteauroux, France.  The enormous state-of-the-art facility can accommodate up to five A321-size aircraft simultaneously, or a combination of A330s/A340s and A321s. Together with the Centre-Val de

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FAA approves Constant Aviation’s corporate-wide safety management system

Constant Aviation has released that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recognised it as having a single, corporate-wide Safety Management System (SMS), making it only the second MRO so designated. Achieving FAA-accepted corporate SMS status means that Constant is operating under a single safety system company-wide, which generally reduces safety risk and ranks it as

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Bert Selis joins WFS to lead growth with e-commerce, express and freight forwarding clients in EMEA

Bert Selis has joined Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in the new role of VP Business Development, E-commerce, Express & Freight Forwarders EMEAA, based in Liege, Belgium. Selis has close to 20 years’ experience in business development and sales in the air cargo and aviation industry. He has spent the last nine years working for Liège

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SWISS equips entire Boeing 777-300ER fleet with AeroSHARK

SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS) has decided to equip its entire Boeing long-haul fleet with the fuel-saving AeroSHARK surface technology. Starting in the middle of this year, a total of twelve Boeing 777-300ERs will gradually be fitted with the riblet films developed jointly by Lufthansa Technik and BASF. The significantly reduced frictional resistance resulting from

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StandardAero unveils StableLight – the first four-axis autopilot for AS350 Helicopters

StandardAero is unveiling the industry’s first four-axis autopilot available for retrofit on AS350 helicopters with demonstration flights at the 2022 HAI/Heli-Expo. The autopilot, developed in partnership with Thales and known as StableLight, is equipped in an AS350 test rotorcraft which will be located at the Dallas Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center Vertiport and available for onsite

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